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This Earth Month, we’re highlighting people who are speaking up and fighting for equitable access to the outdoors—something that historian Alison Rose
The avenue was the hub of the West Coast jazz scene.
Chuco's Justice Center continues a long lineage of "bases" of arts and culture mobilization in South L.A.
The Los Angeles suburb of Watts is notorious for the 1965 riots – and for one of the world's great public art works, says Carolyn Lyons
A 9-year-old's visit to her school library sparked a lifelong quest to collect the history and cultural works of African-Americans.
Woody's Barbeque: a Los Angeles family owned Barbeque Institution! The first Woody's Barbeque ( http://www.woodysbarbquela.com ) was opened about 30+ ...
The avenue was the hub of the West Coast jazz scene.
This 1962 b/w photograph, up for auction on eBay, shows a smiling Satchmo and Cotton Club owner Frank Sebastian celebrating before another large photo of Armstrong's 1930 appearance at the club in LA. Both have autographed the picture. According to...
A coalition of antipoverty organizations and black nationalist groups initiated the Watts Summer Festival in 1966 as a way to focus the Watts community on celebrating black heritage and culture annually on the anniversary of the Watts riots. Although the groups involved in establishing and … Read MoreWatts Summer Festival (1966- )
From its inception on Dec. 4, 1881, the Los Angeles Times has been an integral part of this great city. Our metropolis has changed dramatically over the past 130 years, but one thing has remained c…
In 1948, a decade before Motown, black businessman and entrepreneur John Dolphin opened his soon-to-be world famous Dolphin's of Hollywood record store in South Los Angeles, just off legendary Central Avenue. Bringing this little-known slice of L.A. history to life on stage, the world premiere of Recorded in Hollywood opens at the Lillian Theatre on April 11. Scroll down for photos of the real Dolphin family and their iconic business!
An encore for the historic Dunbar Hotel
On its face, the story of Paul R. Williams may seem simple. Extraordinary, for certain—even the stuff of legend. But comprehensible. The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz home
The L.A. Library's Shades of L.A. photo archive contains more than 10,000 photographs drawn from family albums from communities across Greater Los Angeles.
Nurtured by three generations of African Americans with a shared vision of economic self-empowerment, the patronage of black businesses, the cultivation of black arts, and the maintenance of a public commons for political discourse, Leimert Park is not...
The avenue was the hub of the West Coast jazz scene.
