A selection of photos from the California Eagle is below. Select any thumbnail to see a larger version. If you are interested in getting higher resolution versions of these photos, please contact us at the Southern California Library.

The Library and USC worked together on a project to digitize approximately 500 photos drawn from the personal papers of Charlotta Bass and from the California Eagle and make them available via the web. To access these photos, go to the USC Digital Archives page; from there, you can search or browse.

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Multiracial troop of Bluebirds gathers at Evening Star Baptist Church, ca. 1950, Los Angeles.		Silver Spurs Riding Club astride their mounts, June 9, 1949, Los Angeles.
The Laws family await their housing discrimination trial, ca. 1945, Los Angeles.		Lester Tate addresses the Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers, ca. 1949, Los Angeles.
May Co. employees sign letter to end discriminatory hiring, ca. 1946, Los Angeles.		Rito Valencia on the picket line during a strike at Phelps-Dodge, 1946/1949, Los Angeles.
Sign in front of a housing tract reading "This tract is exclusive and restricted," ca. Sept. 1950, Los Angeles.		Paul Robeson and Tom Bradley attend the California Eagle's 70th birthday party, 1949, Los Angeles.
Demonstrators marching along Broadway in L.A. to demand the repeal of the Smith and McCarran Acts, July 1950 (?).		Charlotta Bass and Eagle production staff, 1929/34, Watts.
Charlotta Bass and a group of businessmen outside the Eagle offices, late 1930s (?), Los Angeles.		The staff of the "The California Eagle Hour" prepare for their weekly radio broadcast, ca. 1940, Los Angeles.