Freedom, Liberation, and Justice Now On the beach, on the street and in the boutique window, social justice undertakings around the nation are actively using history to engage the public in critical...
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Manhattan Beach
Rising Up: African American Sites of Conscience in Manhattan Beach and Santa Monica, CA
New energy has arisen to reclaim the important marginalized California ocean coastline history of African American places of enjoyment, freedom struggle and community and economic development sabotaged...
ARJ || New Year’s Greetings 2019 and Social Justice News
SHINING A LIGHT ON HISTORY || CONNECTING PAST STRUGGLES TO STRENGTHEN COMMUNITIES TODAY AND IN THE FUTURE Good tidings to all. I wish you good health, and infinite possibilities for happiness and success...
ARJ, Coastal Conservancy Noon Time Talk | Thurs., Sept. 20, 2018
Please join me, Dr. Alison Rose Jefferson, at the Coastal Conservancy at noon on September 20 for my presentation: “Making Visible Overlooked Stories of African Americans in California Dreams.” You can...
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...
African Americans, Women and Beach Culture in the News!
Over the last few months several articles appeared about African Americans’ and women’s history of enjoying the beach culture of California. First up, Ryan Reft's three articles written for KCET’s...
