Saturday, June 19, 2021 at 8:00 – 10.00 pm Bring your blankets and beach chairs on Juneteenth to watch the premiere of the film, "Belonging," a Belmar History + Art site-specific film honoring early...
California Historical Society || Black Leaders of Leisure Virtual Presentation
Tuesday, June 21, 2021 at 5.30 pm Join the California Historical Society (CHS) and Alison Rose Jefferson, M.H.C. | Ph.D. for a discussion about the early twentieth century African American resort,...
Architecture&Beyond Virtual Lecture Series || Los Feliz Library, Los Angeles, CA
Thursday, April 22, 2021 at 7.00 – 8.00 pm Dr. Alison Rose Jefferson, historian and author on African-American history in Southern California, will be a feature speaker at the Los Feliz Library's...
ISLA/Oxy College Symposium || Promised Land, Hallowed Ground: Commemorative Justice and Making Change in Community Heritage Preservation
Saturday, March 20, 2021 at 1.00 – 5.00 pm Join the Institute for the Study of Los Angeles and our Scholar in Residence, Alison Rose Jefferson, M.H.C. | Ph.D. for a symposium with invited guest speakers...
Mayor of L.A. and Our Authors Study Club Present an Evening With Black Authors
Tuesday, February 23, 2021 at 6.00 pm Join Mayor Eric Garcetti and Our Authors Study Club for an Evening with African American Authors in celebration of Black History Month. The purpose of this program...
Book Club of California Virtual Program || Black Leaders of Leisure: Their California Dream during the Jim Crow Era and these Implications of these Stories Today
Monday, February 8, 2021 at 5.00 pm This presentation includes an overview of the author Alison Rose Jefferson’s book, Living the California Dream: African American Leisure Sites during the Jim Crow Era...