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The S.S. James W. Johnson docked at the Terminal Island shipyard, Los Angeles, circa 1943

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Title	The S.S. James W. Johnson docked at the Terminal Island shipyard, Los Angeles, circa 1943
Description	Photograph of the S.S. James W. Johnson, a liberty ship christened by Charlotta Bass, editor of the California Eagle. The ship was one of the first liberty ships named for an African-American. James Weldon Johnson, a writer and composer, was a member of the U.S. Government Consular Service in South America. Johnson later was the first Executive Secretary of the NAACP, leading a campaign to secure passage of an anti-lynching law. In her autobiography, Bass wrote that "selection by the California Shipbuilding Corporation of myself as the sponsor for the launching of this new Liberty Ship was indeed a signal honor to me, and was a tribute to the growing influence of the California Eagle. Some observers pointed out that it was the California Eagle during the period of my editorship which led the fight which secured employment of the first Negro workers in the Los Angeles shipyards."
Subject (naf personal name)	Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938 Bass, Charlotta A., 1879-1969
Keyword	Liberty ships -- 1940-1950
Geographic subject	Terminal Island; Los Angeles (City)
Coverage date	circa 1943
Photographer	Unknown
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	circa 1943
Type	images
Format (aacr2)	1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
Format (aat)	photographs
Other format (imt)	image/tiff
Call number	scl-mss064-0150
Legacy record ID	scl-m0150
Part of collection	Charlotta Bass / California Eagle Photograph Collection, 1880-1986
References	preferred citation: [Identification of item], Charlotta Bass / California Eagle Photograph Collection, Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research, Los Angeles
Rights	Copyright has not been assigned to the Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research
Access conditions	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. USC may provide high-resolution images and/or prints for purposes other than private study only with written permission from the Southern California Library.
Repository name	Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research
Repository address	6120 South Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90044
Repository email	archives@socallib.org
Filename	scl-mss064-0150~1; scl-mss064-0150~2

Title	Page 1
Other format (imt)	image/tiff
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Archival file	sclcbegl_Volume16/scl-mss064-0150~1.tiff

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