Photograph of Charlotta Bass, publisher of the California Eagle, far right, and a group of African-American citizens meeting with police officers and others at the Newton Division police station, July 5, 1949. Charles H. Matthews, the second African-American to become a Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney, is seated third from left. Frederick Madison Roberts, the former California state assemblyman, stands against the wall, his arms folded over his chest. The California Eagle consistently pursued and publicized cases of suspected police brutality and abuse.
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