This Week in Black History
January 29, 2009 President Barack Obama signs his first bill as president of the United States. The Lilly Ledbetter Fair…
January 29, 2009 President Barack Obama signs his first bill as president of the United States. The Lilly Ledbetter Fair…
By Don Wanlass Contributing Writer So much for changing our perceptions of them. The Chargers had the local sports spotlight…
January 19, 1969 Jefferson High School and UCLA graduate Ralph Bunche, the first African American to win the Nobel Prize…
By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer Attorney George Fatheree has made a name for himself over the years, successfully leading…
By Don Wanlass Contributing Writer There’s a sports hierarchy in Los Angeles. The Dodgers lord over the Angels in baseball,…
January 14, 1972 “Sanford and Son” debuts as a TV sitcom set in Watts, starring Redd Foxx and featuring mostly…
By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer Naomi Bradley McSwain, the longtime executive director of the Al Wooten Jr. Youth Center, stepped…
By Don Wanlass Contributing Writer USC football coach Lincoln Riley got most of it right this year. He turned the…
January 10, 1957 Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and 60 other Black activists organize the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, a…
By Don Wanlass Contributing Writer It may seem like a long time ago, but last February Los Angeles was celebrating…