Celebrating the California Dream:
A Look at Forgotten Stories and Other Musings
Alison Rose Jefferson
SM Conservancy’s Youth Program Makes a Big Splash with So. Los Angeles Youngsters at Nick Gabaldón Day 2017 Celebration and Other Field Trips
Youngsters from South Los Angeles hosted by the Santa Monica Conservancy’s Passport to Success LA2017: Life at the Beach Series pilot youth program jubilantly waded in the water, had some fun and learned...
Sites of Black Heritage in Los Angeles Auto Tour Creates New Cultural Connections for Participants
At the end of February 2017, Toyota Motor Corporation invited me to create an afternoon guided driving tour of sites to showcase facets of Los Angeles’ Afro-Spanish/-Mexican and African American heritage...
Featured 2017 Cameron Preservation Award winner: Alison Rose Jefferson, Ph.D.
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...
A Cultural Moment: Artist Zeal Harris Joins Political Activism with El Día de Los Muertos Celebration and the Legacy of Jose Guadalupe Posada
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...
¡It’s 2017. The Year of the Fire Rooster in the Chinese Zodiac is upon us, as is the yearly recognition of Black History and Women’s History!
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...
Successes in Recognition of African American History and Protection of Historic Sites In the City of the Angels and Beyond
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...
ARJ Picks: Important New Books and Films on the African American Experience
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...
#MakingHistory with the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of African American History and Culture
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...
Roger Guenveur Smith and Richard Montoya Make L.A. History Come Alive With A New Play
On the untold stories front and making Los Angeles history alive through theatre, on June 1, 2016 an audience viewed a glimpse into the creative and research processes of award winning Los Angeles...