Detail View: African - Americans on the Central Coast: Members of the Twentieth Century Onyx Club : 1963 ; a social and philanthropic group founded in 1961 by Ruth Gibson. Standing L. to R.: Thelma Calhoun, Lona Fountain, Mary Mason, Mary Jordan, Gloria Thomas. Seated L. to R.: Elsie Kelley*, Geraldine Lyghts*, Faye Brown, Marguerite Milton, Ruth Gibson*. *Charter members. Other charter members not included in this picture are Mattie Adams, Mildred Morrison, W. Margaret Tatum, Elsie Johnson and Patricia Goone.

Title: 
Members of the Twentieth Century Onyx Club : 1963 ; a social and philanthropic group founded in 1961 by Ruth Gibson. Standing L. to R.: Thelma Calhoun, Lona Fountain, Mary Mason, Mary Jordan, Gloria Thomas. Seated L. to R.: Elsie Kelley*, Geraldine Lyghts*, Faye Brown, Marguerite Milton, Ruth Gibson*. *Charter members. Other charter members not included in this picture are Mattie Adams, Mildred Morrison, W. Margaret Tatum, Elsie Johnson and Patricia Goone.
Creator: 
unknown
Date: 
1963
Description: 
Outdoor group portrait of ten members of the Twentieth Century Onyx Club. Image originally obtained from Mattie Adams.
Format: 
1 photographic print : b&w ; 21 X 26 cm.
Type: 
image
Contributor: 
Black Gold Cooperative Library System
Subject: 
Gibson, Ruth
Subject: 
Oxnard (Calif.)
Subject: 
20th Century Onyx Club
Subject: 
African Americans -- Organizations -- California
Subject: 
African Americans -- California -- Ventura County
Language: 
eng
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Copyright Holder: 
Copyright status unknown.
Note: 
Part of "Historical Photos of Four Ethnicities on California's Central Coast" Collection
Note: 
Originally published as part of African - Americans on the Central Coast: a photo essay
Identifier: 
AA024
Filename: 
BG-AA-14-024.jpg