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January 2020

16 January

7:00 pm

Los Angeles, CA — Book Talk Event

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Thursday, January 16, 2020
7:00 PM

Chevalier’s Books
120 N. Larchmont Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90004

 

For more details about this event on the venue website: chevaliersbooks.com

 

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February 2020

08 February

2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Oakland, CA — Meet the Author event

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Saturday, February 8, 2020
2:00 – 4:00 PM

Oakland African American Museum and Library
559 14th Street
Oakland, CA 94612
 
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For more details about this event on the venue website: oaklandlibrary.org

 

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11 February

12:00 pm

Berkeley, CA — Book Talk Event

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Tuesday, February 11, 2020
12:00 PM

University of California, Berkeley,
Department of History
Dwinelle Hall, Room 3335
Berkeley, CA 94720-2550
 
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11 February

6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

San Francisco, CA — Book Talk and Signing Event

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Tuesday, February 11, 2020
6:00 – 7:30 PM

San Francisco Public Library
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102

 

For more details about this event on the venue website: sfpl.org

 

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26 February

6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Santa Monica, CA — Author Talk Event

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Wednesday, February 26, 2020
6:30 – 7:30 PM

Santa Monica Public Library
Montana Avenue Branch
1704 Montana Avenue
Santa Monica, CA 90403
 
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For more details about this event on the venue website: smpl.org

 

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March 2020

05 March

5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

Los Angeles, CA — OXY/ISLA Book Talk Event

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Thursday, March 5, 2020
5:00 – 6:30 PM

Institute for the Study of Los Angeles (ISLA)
OXY | Occidental College
1600 Campus Road
Los Angeles, CA 90041

More details on this event to come soon.
 

For more details about this event on the venue website: oxy.edu

 

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08 March

12:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Los Angeles, CA — LACHS Event Speaker

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Sunday, March 8, 2020
12:00 noon – 3:00 PM

Los Angeles Historical City Historical Society Gala Jazz Brunch and Awards Ceremony

The Dunbar Hotel
Delicious Restaurant
4225 So. Central Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90011

 

For more details about this event on the venue website: mailchi.mp

 

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June 2020

04 June

1:30 pm - 2:30 pm

Heal the Bay Knowledge Drop: Nick Gabaldon Day VIRTUAL Program

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June 4, 2020 
1:30 – 2:30 PM 

Heal the Bay Knowledge Drop: Nick Gabaldon Day
www.healthebay.com
Santa Monica, CA 90401

Join Heal the Bay’s Ines Ware in conversation with historian Alison Rose Jefferson and filmmaker Rhasaan Nichols. They will discuss the legacy of Nick Gabaldon, the first documented surfer of African American and Mexican American descent in the Santa Monica Bay, through their work — Alison’s book, “Living the California Dream: African American Leisure Sites during the Jim Crow Era” and Rhasaan’s film “Walking on Water”.

More details about this event are on the venue website: healthebay.org

 

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14 June

2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Hudson River Museum, NY — “Radical Recreation” VIRTUAL Public Program

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June 14, 2020 
2:00 – 4:00 PM ET / 11.00 AM – 1.00 PM PT

Hudson River Museum
511 Warburton Avenue
Yonkers, NY 10701

“Radical Recreation,” a conversation bewteen artist Derrick Adams and historian Alison Rose Jefferson, M.H.C., Ph.D., will explore the theme of water in modern African American history—from segregation to access, from restricted clubs to public bathhouses, pools, and beaches—to the present day. Jefferson selected one of Adams’ work for the cover of her book, Living the California Dream: African American Leisure Sites during the Jim Crow Era. Both will discuss the complexities of the Black lived experience illustrated in her book and his art. This live, pay-as-you-wish event will take place on Zoom.

For more details about this event go to the venue website: hrm.org

 

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28 June

2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

City of Industry, CA – Workman Temple Family Homestead Museum VIRTUAL Book Talk Event

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Sunday, June 28, 2020
2.00 – 4.00 PM

Workman & Temple Family Homestead Museum
15415 East Don Julian Road
City of Industry, CA 91745

More details about this event are on the venue website: homesteadmuseum.org

 

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August 2020

06 August

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Santa Monica History Museum (CA) – Virtual Book Talk Event

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Thursday, August 8, 2020
5.00 – 6.00 PM

Santa Monica History Museum
1350 Seventh Street
Santa Monica, CA 90401

More details about this “Throwback Thursday” VIRTUAL event are on the venue website: santamonicahistory.org

 

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20 August

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Los Angeles, CA – Los Angeles Central Library Virtual Book Talk Event

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Thursday, August 20, 2020
4.00 – 6.00 PM

Los Angeles Public Library
Central Branch, Mark Taper Auditorium
630 West Fifth Street
Los Angeles, CA 90071

For more details about this LA Made VIRTUAL event go to the venue website: lapl.org

 

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