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Carlos E. Cortés is a historian, media specialist, and diversity consultant. He is currently the Edward A. Dickson Emeritus Professor of History and co-director of the Health Equity, Social Justice, and Anti-Racism curriculum of the School of Medicine at the University of California, Riverside.
[6] [7] [8] Including partly Black people, Los Angeles proper is 10% Black (estimated 385,000 residents in 2021). [9] Many African Americans have become homeless in the city. African Americans make up 34% of Los Angeles's homeless, while only being 8% of the city's population in 2020. [10]
St. Patrick Catholic Church (Los Angeles, California) Second Baptist Church (Los Angeles) Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties; Ann Shaw (social worker) The Shifting Grounds of Race; South Los Angeles
The Eaton fire, burning on the east side of the city near Pasadena, has completely obliterated a vital piece of Black history. Altadena was more than a neighborhood; it was a beacon of opportunity.
As noted by ASALH's official website, the theme for Black History Month 2023 is Black Resistance, which emphasizes the "ongoing oppression" of Black people throughout American history.
William M. Mason, historian of Los Angeles and early California, uncovered the ethnic richness of the Pueblo de la Reina de los Angeles through extensive research.Mason, one of three founders of the Los Angeles Historical Society, authored six books and several articles regarding the early history and cultures around Southern California and he is credited with helping to uncover the ethnic ...
Fernando Valenzuela arrived in Los Angeles in 1980 as a young Mexican and built a community in Chavez Ravine for Mexican Americans.
Historic South Central Los Angeles is a 2.25-square-mile neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, within the South Los Angeles region. It is the site of the Bob Hope Patriotic Hall. [1] [2] From the late 1800s to early 1910s, African Americans began relocating to the area, mostly organizing around landholdings of Los Angeles pioneer Biddy Mason ...