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The ''California Eagle'' (1879–1964) was an African-American newspaper in Los Angeles, California. It was founded as ''The Owl'' in 1879 by John J. Neimore, a former slave.〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=USC Digital Archive )〕 Charlotta Bass became owner in of the paper after Neimore's death in 1912. She owned and operated the paper, re-named the ''California Eagle'', until 1951. Her husband, J. B. Bass, served as editor until his death in 1934. In the 1920s, they increased circulation to 60,000. During this period, Bass was also active as a civil rights campaigner in Los Angeles, working to end segregation in jobs, housing and transportation. The newspaper was next owned for more than a decade by Loren Miller, who had been city editor. He also worked as a civil liberties lawyer and was a leader in the community. After he sold the paper in 1964 to accept an appointment as a justice to the State Supreme Court, the publication quickly lost ground and closed that year. ==History== Neimore founded the newspaper in 1879 to serve new arrivals to Los Angeles during the Great Migration, when millions of African-Americans left the Deep South. The paper offered information on employment and housing opportunities as well as news stories geared towards the newly arrived migrant population.〔 After Neimore's death in 1912, Charlotta Bass bought paper. She retired in 1951. Her husband, J.B. Bass, was editor until his death in 1934.〔(Charlotta Bass: Her Story ), ''Charlotta Bass and the California Eagle'', Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research, accessed 13 March 2011〕 By 1925, the newspaper had a circulation of 60,000, the largest of any African-American newspaper in California. Its publishers and editors were active in civil rights, beginning with campaigns for equitable hiring, patronage of black businesses, and an end to segregated facilities and housing. In 1951 Bass sold the ''California Eagle'' to Loren Miller, the former city editor. Miller was a Washburn University, Kansas law graduate. After he relocated to Los Angeles in 1930, he began writing for the ''Eagle'' and eventually became city editor. In 1945, Miller represented Hattie McDaniel and won her case against the "Sugar Hill" restrictive covenant case. He was appointed in 1963 as Superior Court of California judge by former Governor Edmund "Pat" Brown.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=California Eagle History: ''Charlotta Bass and the California Eagle'' )〕 In 1963, Miller sold the paper to fourteen local investors in order to accept his appointment as judge. The ''California Eagle'' initially increased circulation from 3,000 to 21,000. But within six months the paper had to close; on January 7, 1964, the ''California Eagle'' ceased publication after 85 years. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「California Eagle」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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