Bass was also active as a civil rights campaigner in Los Angeles, working to end segregation in jobs, housing and transportation.

[6] During the Great Migration, the paper offered information on employment and housing opportunities as well as news stories geared towards the newly arrived migrant population.

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.

[9] In 1963, Miller sold the paper to fourteen local investors in order to accept his appointment as judge.

[10] But within six months the paper had to close; on January 7, 1964, the California Eagle ceased publication after 85 years.