Time has flown by in 2023 with the work to document and share hidden, overlooked and forgotten stories of African Americans and other marginalized people. I join other like-minded folks to illuminate in...



ARJ || Breaking News, History Making Milestones and Spring/Summer Greetings!
I continue to be busy with research documenting overlooked African American and other marginalized groups’ histories, as well as with making presentations about these findings in a few places. I have...
ARJ || Breaking News Nov. 2022 and Season’s Greetings!
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...
Belmar History + Art, a Santa Monica Commemorative Justice Initiative Continues Rolling Out 2020–2021
First published January 6, 2021 | Updated July 15, 2022 – In a year’s time, Belmar History +Art project’s historian Alison Rose Jefferson and artist April Banks with other contributors and Santa Monica...
ARJ News June 2021! – Black Lives Matter
Freedom, Liberation, and Justice Now! The sentiments expressed by these words in the sub-title have galvanized the reinvigorated demands from Black America and their allies in a present day moral...
Join the 2021 Juneteenth Celebrations at Belmar History + Art Site and Bruce’s Beach
Juneteenth, June 19th was the day enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas learned they were free at the end of the Civil War in 1865 – two years after President Abraham Lincoln issued the...
