Celebrating the California Dream:
A Look at Forgotten Stories and Other Musings
Alison Rose Jefferson
Check out the Selective Media Coverage of Nick Gabaldón Day!
Commemorating a Surfing Pioneer Blog, Mark Ridley-Thomas, Los Angeles County Supervisor, Second District Wednesday, June 5, 2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barrier-Breaking Surfer's Legacy A...
“When Little Tokyo Went Bronze,” Don’t Miss the Project Bronzeville Symposium, Saturday, June 22, 2013
Join Historians Christopher Jimenez y West, Ph.D., Hillary Jenks, Ph.D. and Anthony Macias, Ph.D. in a discussion about the Bronzeville period on Saturday, June 22, 2.00 p.m. at the Downtown Independent...
Sonya Clark’s Material Reflex Exhibition Debuts at the Craft and Folk Art Museum, May 26–September, 8, 2013
Artist Sonya Clark will discuss her new solo exhibition at CAFAM on Sunday, June 23, 3.00 p.m. As quoted from the CAFAM website, “drawing from her African-American, Scottish, and Caribbean roots, Clark...
Check out Pellom McDaniels, III upcoming book, The Prince of Jockeys: The Life of Isaac Burns Murphy
We have waited a long time for a scholar to pull together the story of Isaac Murphy and nineteenth century American and Kentucky life with the exquisite interpretation that Pellom McDaniels offers in...
Save the Date!
Nick Gabaldon Day — Saturday, June 1, 2013 Heal the Bay’s Santa Monica Pier Aquarium, the Black Surfers Collective, the Santa Monica Conservancy, Surf Bus, Sierra Club Outdoors and other groups will...
Latest Publications
New Articles at BlackPast.org and in The Public Historian I am proud to say I am a new author at BlackPast.org, a web portal reference center providing information to the general public on the history of...
Sierra Club’s Diversity Outdoor Hangout
Important Discussion About Engagement of More Varied Audiences for Appreciation of America’s Natural, Cultural and Historical Heritage The folks who participated in the recent Sierra Club diversity...
California Coastal Cleanup Day 2012 Events
The California Coastal Cleanup Day/Coastweeks 2012 events, September 15 and 16, were a very rewarding collaboration, with historic preservation, aquatic, and environmental groups participating to educate...
CA Coastal Cleanup Day in Santa Monica
Saturday, September 15, 2012 • 9:00 A.M.–Noon Join Heal the Bay and other local organizations in the annual cleanup at the historic African American Bay Street Beach in Santa Monica, California. Santa...