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DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0430
title: Library building at Highlander Folk School, Monteagle, Tennessee, 1958

description: Photograph of students outside the Highlander Library at the Highlander Folk School, May 11, 1958. The Highlander Folk School was founded in 1932 in the belief that education is a tool for social change. The school's founders maintained that poor people themselves knew best what they needed to learn, and that the policies of a truly just and democratic society must be shaped by all of the people in that society. Over the years, the school has played an important role in many political movements, including the Southern labor movements of the 1930s and the Civil Rights Movement of the 1940s-60s.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0428
title: Students at Highlander Folk School, circa 1958, Monteagle, Tennessee

description: Photograph of students who attended Highlander Folk School in the late 1950s. The Highlander Folk School was founded in 1932 in the belief that education is a tool for social change. The school's founders maintained that poor people themselves knew best what they needed to learn, and that the policies of a truly just and democratic society must be shaped by all of the people in that society. Over the years, the school has played an important role in many political movements, including the Southern labor movements of the 1930s and the Civil Rights Movement of the 1940s-60s.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0440
title: Charlotta Bass and Anita Whitney, Los Angeles, ca. 1951-1960

description: Photograph of Charlotta Bass, right, publisher of the California Eagle, and Anita Whitney, a leader of the California Communist Party.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0412
title: Two restaurant workers behind a lunch counter, circa 1930/1940, Los Angeles(?)

description: Photograph of two unidentified men behind a restaurant lunch counter. Some of the restaurant's prices are visible on the sign in the background. The Number 3 breakfast, consisting of orange juice, oatmeal, bacon with one egg, grits, hot rolls and coffee, costs 45 cents. A serving of sausages costs 35 cents; an order of pancakes with butter and syrup costs 20 cents.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0417
title: Children receive food at the Eastside Settlement House, Los Angeles, ca. 1941-1950

description: Photograph of employees and volunteers at the Eastside Settlement House giving candy bars and food to children. Exie Lee Hampton, executive director of the settlement house, is standing at the far right, wearing glasses and holding a box. The back of the photograph states that three of the other women are "Mesdames Crutchfield, Garland and Wini Orr," but doesn't specify who these women are, nor does it identify the other two women. This photo was published in the California Eagle.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0426
title: Portraits of Paul and Eslanda Robeson's grandchildren, New York City, 1958

description: One page with four photographs of Paul and Eslanda Robeson's grandchildren, July 6, 1958. Eslanda Robeson sent this photograph to her friend, Charlotta Bass, with a handwritten note next to the photos: "Susie-5-1/2 yrs. Robeson" and "David 7 yrs. June 1958." On the back of the photograph, Eslanda wrote the following note: "Dear Mrs. Bass. Herewith the next generation of Robesons -- my photograph! Greetings, Eslanda." The children's father was Paul Robeson, Jr., the only child of Paul and Eslanda.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0418
title: Crowd of people wait to enter Los Angeles donor center, Los Angeles, ca. 1941-1950

description: Photograph of a large group of people waiting to enter the Los Angeles Donor Center. The signs on the building, located in downtown Los Angeles, state that "Paid donors are needed." Some of the people waiting to enter could be residents of Skid Row who want to earn some money by donating their blood.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0423
title: Dalton Trumbo addresses a crowd protesting his prison sentence, Los Angeles, 1950

description: Photograph of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo delivering a speech to supporters of the Hollywood 10, a group of screenwriters and film makers who were jailed for their refusal to cooperate with the House Committee on Un-american Activities (HUAC). This photograph was published in the California Eagle with the following caption: "Dalton Trumbo addresses more than 1,000 people who assemble in protest against his jailing for contempt of the House Un-American Activities Committee. Listening to him here are David Robison, second from Trumbo's right, and Howard Koch, chairman of the Hollywood chapter of the Arts, Sciences and Professions (Council). Second from Trumbo's left is Gordon Kahn, author of 'Hollywood on Trial,' the story of the Hollywood Ten. Trumbo with his colleagues are now serving time in a federal penitentiary for the defense of free conscience and the Bill of Rights."
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0419
title: Crowd lines up to be fed at Good Samaritan Relief center, Los Angeles(?), ca. 1931-1940

description: Out-of-focus photograph of a group of men waiting to enter the Good Samaritan Relief center, which most probably was located in Los Angeles. The center provided free food to hungry people.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0427
title: Students hold class on the lawn, Highlander Folk School, Monteagle, Tennessee, ca. 1958

description: Photograph of a group of students at the Highlander Folk School holding class on the lawn. The Highlander Folk School was founded in 1932 in the belief that education is a tool for social change. The school's founders maintained that poor people themselves knew best what they needed to learn, and that the policies of a truly just and democratic society must be shaped by all of the people in that society. Over the years, the school has played an important role in many political movements, including the Southern labor movements of the 1930s and the Civil Rights Movement of the 1940s-60s.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0437
title: Miss B. Graham, circa 1941/1950, Los Angeles

description: Photograph of Miss B. Graham. This photograph was published in the California Eagle with the caption "Off to Mexico."
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0413
title: Fannie E. Benjamin, organist and mortician, circa 1941/1950, Los Angeles

description: Photograph of Fannie E. Benjamin talking on the phone. This photograph was published in the "Trail Blazers" column of the California Eagle with the caption, "Fannie E. Benjamin, Trail Blazers, Musician and Mortician." Benjamin played the organ at the People's Independent Church of Christ from 1923 until 1962, and at the Congregational Church of Christian Fellowship from 1963 until her death in 1996. A native of Denver, Benjamin moved to Los Angeles when she was nine years old, and became the first African-American to graduate from Los Angeles High School. She studied piano, organ, theory and teaching at USC, and upon completion of her studies performed a concert at Los Angeles Philharmonic Hall. Benjamin was also a funeral director, and worked as a counselor at several Los Angeles mortuaries.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0431
title: Eleanor Roosevelt visits the Highlander Folk School, Monteagle, Tennessee, ca.1958

description: Photograph of Eleanor Roosevelt paying a visit to the Highlander Folk School. She is talking to Myles Horton, left, one of the founders of the school, and James (Jim) Stokely of Newport, TN, who authored "Neither Black nor White" with his wife, Wilma Dykeman. The Highlander Folk School was founded in 1932 in the belief that education is a tool for social change. The school's founders maintained that poor people themselves knew best what they needed to learn, and that the policies of a truly just and democratic society must be shaped by all of the people in that society. Over the years, the school has played an important role in many political movements, including the Southern labor movements of the 1930s and the Civil Rights Movement of the 1940s-60s.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0414
title: Naval aviation Cadet Albert Floyd at Naval School of Pre-Flight, Pensacola, Florida, 1950

description: Official U.S. Navy photograph of a group of naval aviation cadets attending courses at the Naval School of Pre-Flight, July 1, 1950. Cadet Albert Floyd, second from the right, and the other students learn how to operate a reciprocating gasoline engine. According to the caption written on the back of the photo, "Students engage in ground school studies throughout flight training to maintain a fresh memory of subjects learned in the Naval School of Pre-Flight."
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0415
title: Portrait of defense industry worker Damon C. Hall, Los Angeles(?), 1945

description: Photograph of Damon C. Hall, who was employed in the defense industry during the Second World War, July 31, 1945.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0416
title: New students are welcomed at CIO Summer School, California Hot Springs, 1953

description: Photograph of a new class of students being welcomed to the CIO Summer School at California Hot Springs, September 1953. The summer school program provided courses to help union members learn leadership tactics and other skills needed to administer local unions.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0345
title: Loretta Starvus Stack is released from jail, Dec. 10, 1951, Federal Building, downtown Los Angeles

description: Photograph of Loretta Starvus Stack carrying a parcel of her belongings as she leaves a Los Angeles jail. Stack and 14 other members of the Communist Party were indicted under the Smith Act, which made it a federal crime to advocate the overthrow of any United States government by force or violence. Stack was arrested in August 1951 and served 138 days in jail before the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ordered her release on bail.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0337
title: Demonstrators demand repeal of the Smith and McCarran Acts, circa July 19, 1950, Los Angeles

description: Photograph of demonstrators marching along Broadway, across the street from the Grand Central Market, in Los Angeles. Hershel Alexander, the man in the hat passing out leaflets, was a member of the Communist Party in Los Angeles. The demonstrators are holding signs denoucing Pres. Harry Truman and demanding the repeal of the Smith and McCarran Acts. Enacted in 1490, the Smith Act made it illegal for anyone to knowingly or willfully advocate the overthrow of any government in the United States. The McCarran Act established the Subversive Activities Control Board. Organizations that were deemed un-American were required to register with the board, disclose their membership and finances, and label themselves "subversive" on all printed matter. Critics maintained the laws were unconstitutional, usurping citizens' rights to free speech and peaceful assembly.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0338
title: "The Smith Act hurts Mexican and Negro People," circa July 19, 1950, Los Angeles

description: Photograph of demonstrators marching along Broadway in Los Angeles to demand repeal of the Smith and McCarran Acts. Demonstrators hold picket signs proclaiming "The Smith Act hurts the Mexican People," and "The Smith Act hurts the Negro People." Another sign declares that the "CRC Defends Rights of the Mexican People," a reference to the Civil Rights Congress. Enacted in 1940, the Smith Act made it illegal for anyone to knowingly or willfully advocate the overthrow of any government in the United States. The McCarran Act established the Subversive Activities Control Board. Organizations that were deemed un-American were required to register with the board, disclose their membership and finances, and label themselves "subversive" on all printed matter. Critics maintained the two laws were unconstitutional, usurping citizens' rights to free speech and peaceful assembly.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0336
title: Demonstrators demand repeal of the Smith Act, circa July 19, 1950, Los Angeles

description: Photograph of protestors marching near the federal courthouse in downtown Los Angeles to demand repeal of the Smith Act. Enacted in 1940, the Smith Act made it illegal for anyone to knowingly or willfully advocate the overthrow of any government in the United States. Critics maintained the law was unconstitutional, usurping citizens rights to free speech and right to peacefully assemble.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0343
title: Ernest Fox is greeted by Marguerite Robinson upon release from jail, Dec. 10, 1951, Federal Building, downtown Los Angeles

description: Photograph of Ernest Fox receiving a warm greeting from Marguerite Robinson, executive director of the Los Angeles Civil Rights Congress, after he is released from a Los Angeles jail. Fox, a member of the Communist Party, was among 15 Communist Party members who were indicted under the Smith Act, which made it a federal crime to advocate the overthrow of any United States government by force or violence. Fox was arrested in August 1951 and served 138 days in jail before the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ordered his release on bail.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0355
title: Two men go to the Hall of Justice to protest imprisonment of 10 of the "Los Angeles 21," November 1948, Los Angeles

description: Photograph of two unidentified men who went to the Hall of Justice to await the release of prisoners who were jailed for refusing to answer a grand jury's questions. Beginning in Oct. 1948, 21 individuals were cited for contempt and jailed for indefinite terms without bail for refusing to answer the grand jury's questions about the Communist Party of Los Angeles. The Civil Rights Congress and other civil libertarians organized protests and waged a legal battle to release the citizens on bail.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0351
title: Members of the Independent Progressive Party of California submit petitions to allow party candidates to appear on the ballot, 1948, Los Angeles(?)

description: Photograph of members of the Independent Progressive Party (IPP) of California on their way to submit signed petitions to allow their party to participate in California's primary election on June 1, 1948. The woman in the center of the photograph wears a campaign button with the slogan, "Wallace in '48," proclaiming her support for Henry Wallace, the Progressive Party candidate for President. The IPP was established in California in 1948 to support Wallace's candidacy. According to the memoirs of Charlotta Bass, publisher of the California Eagle and an active IPP member, the party needed to obtain 275,970 valid signatures by Feb. 26, 1948 to qualify for the 1948 elections.
DOI: 10.21227/94km-0873
title: Hard dataset and Normal dataset for robotic tactile sensing

description: Two dataset collected by USkin tactile sensors for detecting grasping stability and slip detection during lifting objects.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0339
title: Marguerite Robinson joins protest, circa July 19, 1950, Los Angeles

description: Photograph of Marguerite Robinson, executive director of the Los Angeles Civil Rights Congress (CRC), taking part in a demonstration in downtown Los Angeles. Robinson is standing in the background, wearing a sleeveless white blouse and sunglasses. The Los Angeles Civil Rights Congress fought to preserve civil rights for falsely accused Communists, minorities and working people during the late 1940s and early 1950s. Robinson was taking part in a demonstration demanding repeal of the Smith and McCarran Acts, federal laws the CRC maintained denied citizens their constitutional rights to freedom of speech and assembly.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0348
title: Phil Bock is released from a Los Angeles jail, Nov. 4, 1948, Hall of Justice, Los Angeles

description: Photograph of Phil Bock waiting for the elevator that will let him leave a Los Angeles jail. Bock and nine other individuals received subpoenas at around 7 a.m. on Oct. 25, 1948, ordering them to testify before a federal grand jury investigating the Communist Party of Los Angeles. The 10 refused to answer any questions, citing their privilege against self-incrimination. Later that evening, a judge found the 10 people in contempt and sentenced them to jail for an unlimited term without bail. The 10 were released after more than a week in jail, but were ordered to answer another round of questions. Another 11 people were called before the grand jury and subjected to the same treatment. The Civil Rights Congress and other defenders of civil liberties organized protest rallies and waged a legal battle to release the Los Angeles 21 on bail.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0363
title: Protestors denounce racism at local business, circa 1950, Los Angeles

description: Photograph of protestors denouncing racist practices at a business establishment. It is unclear what business is being picketed, but from the words on the sign it may be a dance hall. One of the picketers holds a sign with the words "Strike out Jim Crow."
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0346
title: Rose Chernin receives a warm greeting upon her release from jail, Dec. 8, 1951, Federal Building, downtown Los Angeles

description: Photograph of Rose Chernin receiving a warm greeting upon her release from a Los Angeles jail. Chermin and 14 other members of the Communist Party were indicted under the Smith Act, which made it a federal crime to advocate the overthrow of any United States government by force or violence. Chernin was arrested in August 1951; she and two other prisoners were released on Dec. 8, 1951.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0362
title: Picketers protest Kirsten Flagstad concert, circa 1950, Philharmonic Auditorium, Los Angeles

description: Photograph of picketers protesting a scheduled performance by opera singer Kirsten Flagstad at the Philharmonic Auditorium. Demonstrators march in front of the building, located at Fifth and Olive Streets, carrying signs urging a "Protest of Faust Flagstad" and denouncing Flagstad as the "Norwegian Axis Sally." During World War II, Flagstad returned to her native Norway, then-occupied by the Nazis. Flagstand's husband collaborated with the Nazis and after the war was arrested for being a war profiteer. Although Flagstad was not involved with Nazi activities, and refused to sing for the Germans, many people denounced her as a Nazi collaborator. The anti-Flagstad campaign was especially viscious in the United States, where people picketed her concerts and urged auditoriums to cancel her performances.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0364
title: Minute Women for Peace gather signatures, circa 1950, Los Angeles

description: Photograph of members of the Minute Women for Peace organization gathering signatures on a Los Angeles street. The peace organization was active in the early 1950s, working to attain world wide disarmament and abolish nuclear weapons. The women are gathering signatures on a petition for world peace to be sent to the United Nations.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0347
title: Mickey Lima is released from jail, Dec. 10, 1951, Federal Building, downtown Los Angeles

description: Albert "Mickey" Lima clutches his parcels and smiles broadly as he is released from a Los Angeles jail. Lima, the leader of the Northern California Communist Party, and 14 other Communists were indicted under the Smith Act, which made it a federal crime to advocate the overthrow of any United States government by force or violence. Lima was arrested in August 1951 and served 138 days in jail before the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ordered his release on bail.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0361
title: Protestors gather in support of New York 12, 1948, Los Angeles

description: Photograph of a group of demonstrators gathered in downtown Los Angeles. The demonstration, sponsored by the Civil Rights Congress, was held in support of the New York 12, members of the National Committee of the Communist Party. In 1948, the 12 were indicted for conspiring to subvert the government. The indictment listed the acts of subversion as: organizing a political party dedicated to Marxism-Leninism; promoting Marxism-Leninism in publications; and establishing schools to teach the need to overthrow the government by force or violence. Eleven of the 12 were tried in the U.S. District Courthouse in Foley Square, New York; all were convicted and sentenced to serve prison terms. Defendants appealed their convictions, but the U.S. Supreme Court in 1951 upheld the trial court's decision.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0354
title: Crowd of citizens gather outside the Hall of Justice to protest imprisonment of 10 of the "Los Angeles 21," November 1948, Los Angeles Hall of Justice, Los Angeles

description: Photograph of a crowd of citizens standing outside the Hall of Justice awaiting the release of 10 members of the "Los Angeles 21." On Oct. 24, 1948 at arpimd 7 a.m., 10 people were served subpoenas and ordered to testify before a federal grand jury investigating the Communist Party of Los Angeles. The 10 refused to answer any questions, citing their privilege against self-incrimination. Later that evening, a judge found the 10 people in contempt and sentenced them to jail for an unlimited term without bail. The 10 were released after more than a week in jail, but were ordered to answer another round of questions. Another 11 people were called before the grand jury and subjected to the same treatment. The Civil Rights Congress and other defenders of civil liberties organized protest rallies and waged a legal battle to release the Los Angeles 21 on bail.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0370
title: Miss Mine-Mill smiles for the camera, circa 1948, Los Angeles

description: Photograph of Miss Mine-Mill smiling for the camera. Miss Mine-Mill represented the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union, Local 700 in Los Angeles.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0342
title: William Schneiderman greets his wife and child upon release from jail, Dec. 10, 1951, Federal Building, downtown Los Angeles

description: William Schneiderman receives a warm greeting from his daughter, Ellen, and his wife, Leah, upon his release from a Los Angeles jail. Schneiderman, a leader of the California Communist Party, was among 15 Communist Party members who were indicted under the Smith Act, which made it a federal crime to advocate the overthrow of any United States government by force or violence. Schneiderman was arrested in August 1951 and served 138 days in jail before the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ordered his release on $10,000 bail.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0357
title: Picketer marches in support of the New York 12, 1948, Los Angeles

description: Photograph of unidentified picketer attending a demonstration. The man's picket sign calls upon Judge Harold Medina to free three of the New York 12, members of the National Committee of the Communist Party. On July 20, 1948, a federal grand jury indicted the 12 for conspiring to subvert the government. The indictment listed the acts of subversion as: organizing a political party dedicated to Marxism-Leninism; promoting Marxism-Leninism in publications; and establishing schools to teach the need to overthrow the government by force or violence. Eleven of the 12 were tried in the U.S. District Courthouse in Foley Square, New York City; all were convicted and sentenced to serve prison terms. Defendants appealed their convictions, but the U.S. Supreme Court in 1951 upheld the trial court's decision.
DOI: 10.25549/scl-m0369
title: Lester Tate addresses the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers, circa 1949, Los Angeles

description: Photograph of Lester Tate, at right, speaking to the members of the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union, Local 700. Union members shown in the photograph are, clockwise from left: Val Benavides, Fermin Estrada, William James, Art Romero, Joe Davis, Primo Cabello, Adam Squeglia, Art Lundren, Edna Richard, and John H. Bowen. The union, the Civil Rights Congress and other organizations waged a successful campaign to prevent Tate's extradition to Virginia. Tate's legal problems began in 1941, when he and four others were arrested and charged with the attempted robbery of a grocery store near Norfolk, Virginia. Tate was sentenced to a chain gang, but escaped in 1943 and moved to Los Angeles. In Los Angeles, he changed his name from Albert Lindsay Gee to Lester Tate and became active in the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers union. In 1944, Tate was arrested in Los Angeles on a minor charge, and police learned he was wanted in Virginia on a fugitive warrant. In response to lobbying from civil libertarians and labor unions, California Gov. Earl Warren refused to sign the extradition papers.