By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer SOUTH LOS ANGELES — An area that has endured both myth and mystery has always had a story to tell. […]
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Reparations coming to Black residents of L.A. County?
Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — The county Board of Supervisors has voted to explore additional efforts for making reparations to “historically disenfranchised” Black residents, […]
Urban League to hold annual awards gala
Wave Staff Report CENTURY CITY — Noel Massie, chairman emeritus of the Los Angeles Urban League, will receive the Whitney M. Young Jr. Award May […]
Coffee shop honors iconic actress Pam Grier
By Shirley Hawkins Contributing Writer LOS FELIZ — In the early 1970s, actress Pam Grier emerged as the premier female action hero of the blaxploitation […]
Harris-Dawson ‘humbled, proud’ to lead council
Eighth District councilman will assume president’s role in September By Ray Richardson Contributing Writer LOS ANGELES — The City Council has unanimously voted to make […]
Councilman seeks to rename Pershing Square for Biddy Mason
Wave Staff and Wire Reports LOS ANGELES — City Councilman Kevin de León has officially started the process of renaming downtown’s Pershing Square as “Biddy […]
Harris-Dawson eyeing council presidency?
Post to Lead Story and South Los Angeles with photo Marqueece Harris-Dawson By Ray Richardson Contributing Writer LOS ANGELES — City Councilman Marqueece Harris-Dawson is […]
Assembly votes 64-0 to apologize for slavery
By Antonio Ray Harvey Contributing Writer SACRAMENTO — California is moving towards officially apologizing for the horrors African Americans endured during chattel slavery after the […]
New center seeks to empower women in business
Wave Staff and Wire Reports SOUTH LOS ANGELES — Mayor Karen Bass celebrated the opening of the first federally recognized Women’s Business Center, which it […]
‘For Our Children’ explores police killings of Black men
By Shirley Hawkins Contributing Writer LOS ANGELES — Filmmaker Debora Souza Silva has produced a new documentary entitled “For Our Children” that depicts a group […]