usc_scl_scl-m0317 scl-m0317 scl usc yes Lester Tate joins the Los Angeles Civil Rights Congress, January 1950, Los Angeles African Americans--Civil rights--California--Los Angeles African Americans--Civil rights--United States Labor movement--California--Los Angeles Labor unions--California--Los Angeles Civil Rights Congress (U.S.) Associations, institutions, etc.--African American membership Meyers, Shifra Rodriguez, Celia Tate, Lester Photograph of Celia Rodriguez, left, and Shifra Meyers helping Lester Tate sign membership papers to become the first person in 1950 to join the Los Angeles Civil Rights Congress. Rodriguez was financial secretary and Meyers was administrative secretary of CRC, an organization founded in 1946 to defend the rights of labor, African-Americans and other minorities. CRC successfully waged a national campaign to prevent Tate's extradition to Virginia, where he was charged with the attempted robbery of a grocery store. This photograph was published in the California Eagle on Jan. 12, 1950. The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. [Los Angeles, Calif.] : University of Southern California Digital Archive Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research University of Southern California. Digital Archive Charlotta Bass / California Eagle Photograph Collection (University of Southern California. Digital Archive) Black-and-white photographs http://digarc.usc.edu/search/controller/view/scl-m0317.html Charlotta Bass / California Eagle Photograph Collection, Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research, Los Angeles Forms part of online collection: Charlotta Bass / California Eagle collection. 1950-01 Los Angeles (Calif.) Los Angeles County (Calif.) Cite as: [photographer]. [title]. From the Charlotta Bass / California Eagle Photograph Collection, Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research, Los Angeles. Digitally reproduced by the University of Southern California Digital Archive. Available: http://digarc.usc.edu. Accessed [date]. Copyright has not been assigned to the Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research Researchers may make single copies of images solely for the purpose of private study. Copies for any other purpose must be requested in writing from the director of Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research at the address or e-mail given (phone (323) 759-6063; fax (323) 759-2252). When the Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research gives permission for publication, it is as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained. 20090526 204856