Councilmembers Hutt and Price Honor Dr. Adrian Dove
March 8, 2025
Dr. Adrian Dove, a lifelong civil rights and economic equity champion, was recently honored by the Los Angeles City Council.
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The California wildfires could be leaving deeper inequality in their wake
January 13, 2025
The sight of celebrity mansions and movie landmarks reduced to ashes can make it seem like the wildfires roaring through the Los Angeles area affected a constellation of movie stars. But a drive through the charred neighborhoods around Altadena shows that the fires also burned through a remarkable haven for generations of Black families avoiding discriminatory housing practices elsewhere.
Crowd on hand for unveiling of John Lewis statue at spot where Confederate monument once stood
August 26, 2024
A crowd was on hand at a city park in Georgia Saturday to witness the unveiling of a large bronze statue of the late civil rights leader and congressman John Lewis that stands in the same spot as a contentious Confederate monument that was dismantled four years ago.
Celebration of Life Services Set for Rev. James Lawson
June 19, 2024
The family of the Rev. James Morris Lawson, Jr. has scheduled the celebration of life services for the trailblazing icon of the Civil Rights Movement.
U.S. Mourns Death of Rev. James M. Lawson, `One of Our Nation’s Noblest Leaders’
June 12, 2024
Tributes continued this week for the Rev. James Lawson Jr., an icon of the Civil Rights Movement and the longtime pastor of Holman United Methodist Church in South Los Angeles, with President Joe Biden saying on June 11 that Lawson dedicated his life to “our country’s ideals.” Lawson died June 9 in Los Angeles after a brief illness at age 95.
‘The Big Cigar’ Is One Of The Greatest Stories Never Told
June 5, 2024
André Holland embodies Black Panther Party Founder, Huey P. Newton in new series
Dorie Ann Ladner, Civil Rights Movement Trailblazer, Passes Away
April 10, 2024
Dorie Ann Ladner, a formidable figure in the Civil Rights Movement known for her tenacious spirit in the face of harrowing dangers in Mississippi, including gunfire, tear gas, police dogs, and Ku Klux Klansmen, passed away on March 11, at the age 81.
Academy Museum and Filmmaker Ben Caldwell Host ‘Documenting a Movement’
January 11, 2024
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures will commemorate Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy on Monday, January 15, through two impactful films, “The March” (1964) and “The Bus” (1965), showcasing the 1963 March on Washington for jobs and freedom.
Skirball’s Exhibit ‘This Light of Ours: Photographers from the Civil Rights Movement’ Inspires Hope
October 26, 2023
The Skirball Cultural Center’s Exhibit “This Light of Ours: Activist Photographers from the Civil Rights Movement presents the visions of nine photographers whose work shined a light on the nation’s major movement that ended Jim Crow laws.
L.A. County Decrees September 22 as Rev. James Lawson Jr. Day
September 14, 2023
Supervisors Holly J. Mitchell and Hilda L. Solis proclaimed Rev. James Lawson Jr. Day on his 95th birthday, September 22, 2023, in honor of Rev. Lawson’s leadership in advancing worker and human rights.
Xernona Clayton and Other ‘Herstory Sheroes’ Honored in Atlanta
March 16, 2023
Civil rights icon Xernona Clayton became the first woman to be enshrined with a statue in downtown Atlanta on March 8. The eight-foot statue with its arms open, propped high on a pedestal, looks down on Xernona Clayton Plaza, making the petite icon a giant in the cradle city of the modern Civil Rights Movement.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Los Angeles Have History
January 12, 2023
Martin Luther King, Jr. made frequent visits to Los Angeles. Many of his visits in the late 1950s to 1960s consisted of private fundraisers, places of worship, educational institutions and conferences.
Jackie Robinson Museum Opens After 14 Years of Planning
July 28, 2022
Long dreamed about and in development for longer than the big league career of the man it honors, the Jackie Robinson Museum opened Tuesday in Manhattan with a gala ceremony attended by the widow of the barrier-breaking ballplayer and two of his children.
Healing Ourselves Communities and Country
June 16, 2022
Those of us who believe a peaceful world is possible need to figure out how we can truly become “indivisible” as we vow in our pledge of allegiance.
COMMENTARY: Black No More
April 21, 2022
It is worth noting that recounting the horrors of slavery, remembering heroes of the civil rights movement, along with a few 19th and 20th century inventors, athletes and entertainers, in no way sufficiently pays proper tribute to the totality of our past. Only by passing down our complete stories and sharing the fullness of our heritage do we properly honor our ancestors and history, a history that long predates the 17th century in North, South and Central America and the Caribbean. We were Africans long before becoming New Yorkers, Jamaicans, Brazilians, Haitians, Cubans or Puerto Ricans.