June Jubilee: A Celebration of Black Excellence | Los Angeles Public Library
Saturday, June 10, 2023, from 3 pm to 4 pm PT
Please join me at the Los Angeles Public Library, Central Branch (LAPL) for a discussion illuminating hidden and eased stories about the African Americans’ fight for dignity, equal access, and the full range of human experience and self-fulfillment.
Learn about stories of how African Americans created recreational and relaxation spaces in Southern California naturescapes as they formed community and created business projects from 1900s to 1960s at places such as Bruce’s Beach and the Bay Street Beach/Inkwell in the cities of Manhattan Beach and Santa Monica, respectively.These stories emerge from my recent book, Living the California Dream: African American Leisure Sites during the Jim Crow Era. I will also talk about how some of these stories are being used in contemporary Public History remembrance and public policy actions.