Below are links to stories on people and places that have been overlooked in the “collective memory” of the heritage of the Southern California region and the United States.
Some of the stories include coverage of my research and public history programming efforts.
stories on people and places that have been overlooked
Podcast: Bruce’s Beach
Cover Art: California African American Museum Podcast: Bruce's Beach By Julia Nutter | VICE News Reports, iHeartRadio August 12, 2021 In 1912, a Black couple named Charles and Willa Bruce bought a parcel...
Nbn Podcast, People and Places: Living the California Dream….by Alison Rose Jefferson
NBn Podcast, People and Places: Living the California Dream...by Alison Rose Jefferson By Stephen R. Hausmann | New Books Network, American West Episodes August 9, 2021 Read the article here.
Exhibit at Santa Monica park sheds light on Black history
Photo: Spectrum News1 Exhibit at Santa Monica park sheds light on Black history By Ariel Wesler | Spectrum News1 August 7, 2021 Santa Monica's newest park includes a 3.5 acres multi-purpose sports field,...
KCET Leads In Wins At Los Angeles Area Emmys For Fifth Year In A Row
Photo: NATAS KCET Leads In Wins At Los Angeles Area Emmys For Fifth Year In A Row – Complete Winners List By Matt Grobar | Deadline.com July 24, 2021 KCET has now led in wins at the Los Angeles Area Emmy...
États-Unis: une famille afro-américaine retrouve sa propriété spoliée dans les années 1920
La parcelle appartenant à Willa et Charles Bruce retournera à sa famille après avoir été spoliée dans les années 1920. Photo: Patrick T. Fallon / AFP États-Unis: une famille afro-américaine retrouve sa...
Bruce’s Beach, symbole de la lutte pour la réparation des spoliations subies par les Noirs en Californie
Photo: Michael Christopher Brown Bruce’s Beach, symbole de la lutte pour la réparation des spoliations subies par les Noirs en Californie By Corine Lesnes | Le MondeJuly 2, 2021 | Updated July 15, 2021...
Santa Monica Conservancy Hosts Annual Preservation Awards
Photo: Mendota Block, which was constructed in 1913 as an early commercial brick building on Main Street, received the Restoration Award. Santa Monica Conservancy Hosts Annual Preservation Awards By...
Podcast: The fight for a beach once owned by a Black family
A monument for Bruce’s Beach in Manhattan Beach. A Black family owned two beachfront parcels in the 1910s, only to see them condemned by government officials. Photo: Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times...
Cities grow more diverse but segregated
The first group of Freedom Riders left Washington, D.C., to challenge racial segregation on interstate buses and in bus terminals. Above, group members look over a map in 1961. Photo: Associated Press ...
What’s in a street name? How proposals to rename Crenshaw Boulevard divide the community.
“We identify Crenshaw as the main artery of Black culture here in Los Angeles,” says Shaka Satori, longtime Leimert Park resident and community activist. Photo: Mike Schitt What’s in a street name? How a...
Santa Monica Honors Black Residents and Black History at Belmar History + Art Project
Detail of interpretative sign at Historic Belmar Park (Courtesy Photo) Santa Monica Honors Black Residents and Black History at Belmar History’s + Art Project By Saybin Robinson | The Los Angeles...
Bruce’s Beach Series From Plan B, Viola Davis & Julius Tennon’s JuVee Productions In Works At Amazon
Photo: Dean Musgrove/The Orange County Register via AP Bruce’s Beach Series From Plan B, Viola Davis & Julius Tennon’s JuVee Productions In Works At Amazon By Nellie Andreeva and Denise Petski |...
Bruce’s Beach: A Black family’s fight to reclaim land grabbed in 1920s
Photo: California African American Museum Bruce’s Beach: a Black family’s fight to reclaim land grabbed in 1920s By Cat Roberts | Upfront radio show, KPFK May 5, 2021 Listen to segment (around 26.04...
Reclaiming Bruce’s Beach
Photo: 60 Minutes+ streamed on Paramount+ Reclaiming Bruce's Beach (S1 E12) By Westley Lowery | 60 Minutes+ on Parmount+ Original May 2, 2021 60 Minutes+ visits Southern California where a black family...
Manhattan Beach Took Beachfront Land from a Black Family. L.A. County Has Voted to Give it Back
Photo: Genaro Molina Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Manhattan Beach Took Beachfront Land from a Black Family. L.A. County Has Voted to Give it Back By Ian Spiegelman | Los Angeles MagazineApril 23,...
Manhattan Beach May show the Way on Reparations
Photo: Prime beachfront property. Mario Tama/Getty Images North America Manhattan Beach May show the Way on Reparations By Francis Wilkinson | Bloomberg.comApril 22, 2021 Almost a century after...
Once Upon A Beach In California
Photo: California African American Museum Once Upon A Beach In California By Mike Wesson | The Beat Podcast, TheBeatMedia.com April 21, 2021 (aired) You wouldn’t know it today, but Manhattan Beach in...
How one beach city’s racial reckoning is putting California’s racist history front and center
A photo of Charles and Willa Bruce is attached to a plaque marking Bruce's Beach in Manhattan Beach, Calif., on April 19. Mario Tama / Getty Images How one beach city’s racial reckoning is putting...
California Beach Seized in 1924 From a Black Family Could Be Returned
Photo: Manhattan Beach, Gabriella Angotti-Jones for the New York Times California Beach Siezed in 1924 From a Black Family Could Be Returned By Jocey Fortin | The New York Times April 18, 2021 Nearly a...
A beach town seized a Black couple’s land in the 1920s. Now their family could get it back
Photo: Chief Duane Yellow Feather Shepard is a relative of the Bruce family. Photograph: Damon Casarez/The Guardian A beach town seized a Black couple's land in the 1920s. Now their family could get it...
$75M Beachfront Property Taken From Black Owners in 1927 Set to Be Returned to Descendants
Photo: Inside Edition TV Show $75M Beachfront Property Taken From Black Owners in 1927 Set to Be Returned to Descendances By Staff | Inside Edition, CBS TV Los Angeles April 15, 2021 Nearly a century...
Bruce’s Beach: (Finally) doing the right thing
Photo: Our Weekly, Charles and Willa Bruce Bruce's Beach: (Finally) doing the right thing By Gregg Reese | Our WeeklyApril 14, 2021 Lawmakers move to correct injustice in the South Bay Read the article...
Segregation: les Afro-Americains demandent des reparations || Segregation: African Americans Demand Reparations
Photo: Nicole Spohn Almeida, Arte TV Segregation: les Afro-Americains demandent des reparations || Segregation: African Americans Demand Reparations By Nicole Spohn Almeida | Arte TV (French) April 14,...
USA: Afroamerikaner fordern Reparationszahlungen || USA: African Americans are demanding reparations payments
Photo: Nicole Spohn Almeida, Arte TV USA: Afroamerikaner fordern Reparationszahlungen || USA: African Americans are demanding reparations payments By Nicole Spohn Almeida | Arte TV (German) April 14,...