SEASON'S GREETINGS! Yes, it’s been a while since I have sent out my email musings. I have been busy doing research to document overlooked African American stories and making presentations about...
Reclaiming 50 years of lost African American history in Santa Monica
Reclaiming 50 years of lost African American history in Santa Monica by Adrienne Alpert | ABC 7 News Belmar History + Art project March 16, 2021 Read the article here.
This Black Family Ran a Thriving Resort 100 Years Ago. They Want the Land Back.
Photo: California African American Museum This Black Family ran a Thriving Resort 100 Years Ago. They Want the Land Back. By Jocey Fortin | The New York Times March 11, 2021 Last year the NYT did a short...
Tour Santa Monica’s once-vibrant Black neighborhoods, nearly erased by racism and ‘progress’
Photo: Dancer Cristyne Lawson as a young girl in Santa Monica in 1953, and today. (Cristyne Lawson Collection; Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times) Tour Santa Monica’s once-vibrant Black...
LA County Looking to Return Land to the Family Descendants of Bruce’s Beach
Photo: NBC4 TV News LA County Looking to Return Land to the Family Descendants of Bruce’s Beach by Jonathan Gonzalez | NBC4 TV News March 1, 2021 Read the article here.
Historic Belmar Park and Belmar History + Art Virtual Opening Ceremony
Historic Belmar Park and Belmar History + Art Virtual Opening CeremonySunday, February 28, 2021





