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During that time, the committee was able to identify 116 individuals who were either KIA or MIA with Japanese ancestry. The Japanese American Cultural & Community Center agreed to host the memorial on their property at 244 San Pedro Street. This initial Vietnam memorial was dedicated on Veteran's Day, 11 November 1995. [5] [4] [6]
LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes, also called LA Plaza, is a Mexican-American museum and cultural center in Los Angeles, California, USA that opened in April 2011. [1] Housed in two historic buildings in downtown Los Angeles it includes a museum, a 30,000-square-foot outdoor space with a performance stage, an edible garden, and LA Cocina de Gloria Molina, a teaching kitchen and flexible event space.
First home of the Japanese American National Museum at First and Central. The Japanese American National Museum (全米日系人博物館, Zenbei Nikkeijin Hakubutsukan) is located in Los Angeles, California, and dedicated to preserving the history and culture of Japanese Americans. Founded in 1992, it is located in the Little Tokyo area near ...
The culture of Los Angeles is rich with arts and ethnically diverse. The greater Los Angeles metro area has several notable art museums including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), the J. Paul Getty Museum on the Santa Monica Mountains overlooking the Pacific, the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), and the Hammer Museum.
Heaviest concentrations are in East Los Angeles, Echo Park/Silver Lake, South Los Angeles, and San Pedro/Harbor City/Wilmington. As of 2010, about 2.5 million residents of the Greater Los Angeles area are of Mexican American origin/heritage. [7] As of 1996 Mexican-Americans make up about 80% of the Latino population in the Los Angeles area. [8]
Further south, on Terminal Island in Los Angeles Harbor, a Japanese American fishing community was established, starting around 1906. [3] Prior to World War II, the community had grown to about 3,500 persons of Japanese ancestry. [8] Families of Japanese ancestry being removed from Los Angeles, California during World War II.
Another study, published in 2017, found that Filipino American youth were at higher risk of depressive symptoms during adolescence and young adulthood compared with their Chinese American peers.
The California African American Museum (CAAM) is a museum located in Exposition Park, Los Angeles, next to the California Science Center. The museum focuses on enrichment and education on the cultural heritage and history of African Americans with a focus on California and western United States. Admission is free to all visitors.