At the end of February 2017, Toyota Motor Corporation invited me to create an afternoon guided driving tour of sites to showcase facets of Los Angeles’ Afro-Spanish/-Mexican and African American heritage...



Nick Gabaldón Day, African American Beach Culture Heritage and Ocean Stewardship
Nick Gabaldón Day, a celebration of African American beach culture heritage with introductory surf lessons and experiences with ocean stewardship was held this year on Saturday, June 4. The Bay...
William Henry Ellis aka Guillermo Enrique Eliseo, Karl Jacoby’s Book and Upcoming Lecture
Karl Jacoby will speak about his new book on William Henry Ellis aka Guillermo Enrique Eliseo at The Huntington Library on Wednesday, September 14 at 7. 30 PM. This book which I have read is about an...
Global Event for Social Action and More Inclusive American History, CCD, Sat., September 17
This year’s global Coastal Cleanup Day takes place on Saturday, September 17. Santa Monica College, the Santa Monica Conservancy, Heal the Bay, the L.A. Black Underwater Explorers and other...
SI’s New African American Museum Opens
The Time Has Finally Come. The National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) opens to the public on September 24 on the National Mall in Washington, DC. It will be the 19th museum of...
African American Leisure, Southern California Tales and Bruce’s Beach
If you missed my April 26 lecture at the Manhattan Beach Public Library on African American and women’s history at the early twentieth century Bruce’s Beach in the South Bay of Los Angeles County, here...
