As the U.S. Conference of Mayors’ 91st Meeting in Ohio concludes today, the president of the organization announced that Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass would chair the USCM Task Force on Homelessness
Dorsey high school is a place of education and growth, within the halls we see future innovators public servants, movers and shakers of the community. Elite branding agency, Deutsch LA collaborated with Dorsey High School to foster a new idea into a marketable product, the Dorsey Green Sauce. This was an eye-opening experience for students looking to get into businesses and marketing; they were able to exercise their creative process to deliver a fully developed brand.
Former Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa encourages a new mark in history, with Karen Bass as Mayor of LA
Everyday the streets of Los Angeles are filled with people suffering from unbearable loss. The kind of loss that makes you simply lose your mind. Loss of your job, loss of your home, loss of your car, loss of your family, loss of your standing in this world, and worse of all, the loss of hope.
Terrence Blanchard, 59, is the first Black Trumpeter and Composer to have his work performed at the Metropolitan Opera.
In 2009, Susan Rice was appointed by former President Barack Obama as the first African American woman to serve as the United States Ambassador of the United Nations.
Jackie Robinson became the first African American to play Major League Baseball, joining the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 5, 1947.
Kenneth Hahn was the only elected politician to meet Reverent Martin Luther King Jr. at the airport when he visited Los Angeles in 1961.
Tarana Burkę founded the #MeToo movement in 2006, creating a hashtag and a voice to the many untold stories of victims of sexual assault.
After almost 100 competitions, Zaila Avant-Garde, 14, became the first Black contestant to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee
The first Black Barbie doll, Christie, premiered in 1968 in response to the Equal Rights Movement.
Robert Johnson became the first African American billionaire when he sold his cable television station, Black Entertainment Television
Sharon Jackson-Lee is one of the longest-serving African American women in Congress.
Quinton Byfield, 19, is the highest drafted Black hockey player in NHL history.
In 2008, former President Barack Obama became the first Black President of the United States.