In this photograph, I, Alison Rose Jefferson, sit in the iconic fan chair, some identify as a symbol of the Black Power movement of the late 1960s–1970s, at the “All Power to the People: Black Panthers...
Last year was tempestuous globally to put it mildly, and 2017 has presented new sets of unforeseen challenges and opportunities. Reflecting on the recent past on an optimistic note, the last year was a...
In the Los Angeles area, 2016 marked important milestones for the interpretation of African American experience at Santa Monica’s Bay Street/Inkwell monument site for contemporary audiences. The fifth...
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...
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...
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...
