Michaels Abels By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer Composer Michael Abels has loved music ever since he was a child. He started taking piano lessons at […]
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This Week in Black History, Feb. 13, 1920
Led by Rube Foster, owner and manager of the Chicago American Giants, the Negro National League was established by a coalition of team owners at a […]
Wren T. Brown discusses ‘Family Business’ in new book
Wren T. Brown By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer LOS ANGELES — Wren T. Brown has been making his mark in the entertainment industry for decades […]
This Week in Black History, Feb. 8, 1986
Stanford student Debi Thomas becomes the first Black skater to win the women’s singles of the U.S. National Figure Skating Championship. In 1988, she captured […]
This Week in Black History, Jan. 31, 1988
Doug Williams, the first black quarterback to start in an NFL championship game, is named MVP of Super Bowl XXII in San Diego after leading […]
SPOTLIGHT ON L.A.: In El Segundo, Blue Butterflies are free but endangered
By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer El SEGUNDO — The beauty of a butterfly has long been admired. Artist Robyn Nola once said “Butterflies are nature’s […]
This Week in Black History Jan. 23, 1977
Alex Haley’s award-winning narrative “Roots” is adapted for television in a landmark mini-series that would explore Black people’s forced journey from Africa to the Americas. […]
This Week in Black History Jan. 19, 1969
Nobel Peace Prize winner Ralph M. Bunche is honored by UCLA, which places his name on the 1964 Social Science Building, the tallest building […]
California Respects the Power of Your Vote
By Shirley N. Weber, PhD, California Secretary of State Californians can confidently claim this: California has made more significant reforms to our election laws and […]
This Week in Black History January 10, 1957
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and 60 other Black activists organized the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, a direct action organization aimed at gaining equal […]