Jefferson received the prestigious and rare David G. Cameron Award for her many significant contributions to our understanding of African-American history in Santa Monica. For over a decade, Jefferson...
I am looking forward to attending the 2017 El Día de los Muertos (the Day of the Dead) festival at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. I attended last year's community-based festival...
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...
I want to call your attention to vital contributions to the understanding of the African American experience in the nation and particularly the American West from the past for the present and future...
With the opening of the new Smithsonian Institution National Museum of African American History and Culture (SI / NMAAHC) in Washington, DC, I had the opportunity to attend the artifacts donors preview...
