Los Angeles Rams Unveil Uniforms For 2017 Season
March 4, 2017
Iconic White-Horned Helmet to Return to LA Memorial Coliseum
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history
City Council Committee Opposes Historic Designation for Parker Center
February 9, 2017
A City Council committee voted Tuesday February , against designating Parker Center, the Los Angeles Police Department’s former headquarters, an historic monument.
History Detectives
August 24, 2016
How many generations back can you trace your family lineage? Many people who consider themselves “native Angelenos” have a history that dates back to the South.
African American Women Make History at Democratic National Convention
August 3, 2016
For the first time in the history of the Democratic National Convention (DNC), three African American women were named to top leadership positions. Rev. Leah D. Daughtry, Donna Brazile, and the Honorable Marcia Fudge, D-Ohio served as leaders at the 2016 Democratic National Convention held last week at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, PA.
Discover the Unexpected: Continuing the Legacy of Freedom’s Journal in 2016
June 16, 2016
This year is another national election year. The value and purpose of the right and responsibility to vote is more important today than in 1965 when the Voting Rights Act was first made law
Standing on Sacred Ground
February 4, 2016
Three unarmed Black men encountered a group of White men walking down a dirt road in Slocum, Texas on July 29, 1910. Without warning, and with no reason, the White men opened fire on the Black men. And for two days White men simply slaughtered Black people. Eight deaths have been officially acknowledged, but historians who have studied the Slocum Massacre say that it is likely that dozens more were killed, with some saying as many were killed in Slocum as in Tulsa in 1921 (and those numbers range into the hundreds). The New York Times quoted William Black, the
This Week in Black History (July 9)
July 9, 2015
1955- E. Frederic Morrow was appointed as an administrative aide to President Eisenhower and became the first African American to hold an executive position in the White House staff.
U.S. Makes History as 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup Champions
July 8, 2015
Japan’s fate was written after U.S. women’s national team (USWNT) midfielder Carli Lloyd scored a hat trick — punishing Japan’s defense ruthlessly
Governor signs Mitchell bill ending law’s misuse of the L word: Lynching
July 8, 2015
SB 629, a measure to correct an obsolete reference to the term “lynching” in California’s penal code, has been signed into law by Governor Brown. It takes effect January 1, 2016. “The Governor’s swift approval of my bill speaks to its obvious truth. It’s been said that strong words should be reserved for strong concepts, and ‘lynching’ has such a painful history for African Americans that the law should only use it for what it is – murder by mob – and not, especially given recent events nationwide, for an attempt, even if misguided, to free someone from police custody,”
What is Juneteenth?
July 2, 2015
Juneteenth occurs every year on June 19 and it marks the day slavery ended in the United States.
This Week in Black History (July 2)
July 2, 2015
(July 2) 2001- Robert Tools became the first recipient in the world to receive an AbioCor, a self contained artificial heart, at Saint Thomas hospital in Louisville, Kentucky.
Black Music Month, Celebrating Musical Hymns to New School Rap
July 1, 2015
Neilsen research company finds innovative ways to preserve Black music
Rewriting Confederate History
July 1, 2015
On their Website, the Sons of Confederate Veterans describe themselves as preserving the “history and legacy” of the Confederacy. Their organization, they say, is “dedicated to ensuring that “a true history of the 1861-1865 period is preserved.” I would suggest, instead, that the Sons of Confederate Veterans is guilty of rewriting history instead of preserving it.
This Week in Black History (June 25-July 1)
June 25, 2015
June 25 1968- Lincoln Alexander became the first African American Member of Parliament in the Canadian Parliament. June 26 1967- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was denied freedom of speech in Chicago area churches because of the accusations of being a radical preacher. Friendship Baptist Church, located in Chicago’s Westside, was the only church that allowed King to speak on civil rights. June 27 1890- George Dixon became the first Black to hold a world title in boxing. Dixon beat Nunc Wallace in England’s Pelican Club and was the only Black present during the fight. June 28 1991- U.S. Supreme