National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Convention Collection

This collection contains black and white photographs taken by an unknown photographer – most likely a delegate – to the 40th annual National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Convention held in Los Angeles, California, from July 12-17, 1949. Photos take place around the Greater Los Angeles Area. More information available at: https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt2z09r3nh

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Street view of marquee and building, Lincoln Theatre, July 1949.
Local Identifier
152-1-a-01-04-01
Date Created
1949-07
Description

One of the many fanciful movie houses found throughout Los Angeles, the Moorish-style Lincoln Theatre at 2300 South Central Avenue was designed by architect John Paxton Perrine and opened in 1927. The Lincoln was a popular center of black entertainment including live events and motion pictures for several decades

African American family posed on stairs in front of house.
Local Identifier
152-1-a-01-06-02
Date Created
1949-07
Description

In between conference sessions, attendees took time to explore the city of Los Angeles; these vintage snapshots convey the architecture and feel of life in Los Angeles neighborhoods during the late 1940s

Two African American women on balcony of house.
Local Identifier
152-1-a-01-06-03
Date Created
1949-07
Description

In between conference sessions, attendees took time to explore the city of Los Angeles; these vintage snapshots convey the architecture and feel of life in Los Angeles neighborhoods during the late 1940s

Group on front porch of building.
Local Identifier
152-1-a-01-06-04
Date Created
1949-07
Description

In between conference sessions, attendees took time to explore the city of Los Angeles; these vintage snapshots convey the architecture and feel of life in Los Angeles neighborhoods during the late 1940s

People walking up to church entrance.
Local Identifier
152-1-a-01-01-01
Date Created
1949-07
Description

Opening session for the 40th NAACP Convention took place at the Second Baptist Church, 2412 Griffith Ave., in South Central Los Angeles. Norman F. Marsh designed the building along with black architect Paul R. Williams. The church has figured prominently in the African-American civil rights movement

The closing ceremony of the conference
Local Identifier
152-1-a-01-02-01
Date Created
1949-07
Description

Held in the outdoor Hollywood Bowl and included a musical program by the Los Angeles County Band and local church choirs

Original format