American Legion Post 710

Title: American Legion Post 710
Description: American Legion Post 710 was founded and led early on by returning veterans James Guy, Edward Greer, Jack Hill, Talmadge Hughes, Henry Hooks, Willie Roberts, Ed Hooks, P.K. Blakely, Art Townsend, Edgar Slaughter, Jesse Smith, Curtis Boat, Oscar Hemington, Thomas Bonderant, Jerome Sneed, and Milton Johnson. It was located in the Black-owned business center at 8th and Perris, meeting in what was sometimes called “Harlem Hall” alongside the first Golden State Mutual and Prince Hall Lodge. In 1953, it moved to a new facility opened at 2181 West Highland. Many early members became longtime community leaders, and some like Art Townsend became key leaders of the NAACP and longtime advocates for civil rights.
Date: 1940
Creator: The Bridges That Carried Us Over Project
Format: Information Sheet
Rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
Rights Holder: The Bridges That Carried Us Over Project