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Right to Recreation: The History of African American Leisure Sites – Ep. 163
By Jessica Aldridge | EcoJusticeRadio/SoCal 350 Climate Action
February 2023
Historian Alison Rose Jefferson discusses her book Living The California Dream: African American Leisure Sites During The Jim Crow Era. She demonstrates how Black communal practices and economic development around leisure confronted politics of racial exclusion in recreational spaces. She shares unique stories of leisure sites, and their rich history, and the influence they still have today. The interviewed aired on several public radio stations and now lives as a podcast with an accompanying article.
