(Part 7) DA Jackie Lacey speaks on family and up bringing
March 23, 2017
“My dad, he loved talking about history,” -DA Jackie Lacey
Breaking News
- Curren Price Hosts the Return of the Central Avenue Jazz Festival
- Countdown Begins to 2023 Taste of Soul Family Festival
- CUSD, NAF and RTX Open Career-Focused Academies at Centennial High School
- Minority Environmental Justice Orgs Want to Connect to Millions in EPA Funding for California
- Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Honors Mayor Karen Bass
- L.A. Chapter of Links, Inc. Holds 70th Anniversary Cotillion
- Los Angeles High Celebrates 150th Anniversary with Romans Block Party
- Sparks Celebrate Turbulent 2023 Season
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Speaks At Black Historic Spaces Event
books
The 10th Annual Leimert Park Village Book Fair Draws Thousands
August 24, 2016
More than 150 authors, writers, storytellers, poets, spoken word performers, vendors and exhibitors attended this year’s fair
The Ten Best Black Books of 2015
December 29, 2015
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates Black Male Frames African-Americans in a Century of Hollywood Cinema, 1903-2003 by Roland Leander Williams, Jr. The Face That Changed It All A Memoir by Beverly Johnson America The Black Point of View by Tony Rose After the Dance My Life with Marvin Gaye by Jan Gaye Undivided A Muslim Daughter, Her Christian Mother, Their Path to Peace by Patricia Raybon and Alana Raybon Stand Your Ground Black Bodies and the Justice of God by Kelly Brown Douglas The Presidency in Black and White My Up-Close View of Three Presidents and Race
Sanaa Lathan to produce and star in Omar Tyree’s ‘Flyy Girl’
June 25, 2015
Sanaa Lathan will executive produce and star in the film adaptation of Omar Tyree’s classic book trilogy, “Flyy Girl”.
Lathan, who partnered with Lionsgate’s Codeblack Films to produce the film, will play the lead role of beautiful, smart and spoiled Tracey Ellison.