black history
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Lead Stories
Creator sought to honor Black achievement
By Janice Hayes Kyser Contributing Writer As the observance of Black history marks its 100th birthday, scholars and community leaders…
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Opinion
STREET BEAT: ‘What does Black history mean to you?’
JJ Howard Los Angeles “The beginning of time and the origins of the planet because we were God’s…
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Entertainment
Jazz trumpeter honors Jackie Robinson with suite at Hammer Museum
LOS ANGELES — Bobby Bradford has spent nearly a century perfecting his craft. A renowned trumpeter, cornetist, bandleader and composer,…
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This Week in Black History
This Week in Black History: Arnette Rhinehart Hubbard becomes first woman president of National Bar Association
On July 31, 1981, Arnette Rhinehart Hubbard, a Chicago-based attorney, made history by becoming the first female president of the…
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This Week in Black History
This Week in Black History: Martin Luther King Jr. leads 60,000 at Chicago Freedom Movement rally
On July 10, 1966, an estimated 60,000 people filled Chicago’s Soldier Field for the largest northern civil rights rally of…
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Opinion
‘What to the slave is the Fourth of July?’
The distance between this platform and the slave plantation from which I escaped, is considerable — and the difficulties to…
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Featured
Leimert Park, libraries and parks to anchor weeklong Juneteenth celebrations across L.A.
SOUTH LOS ANGELES — Juneteenth, a day that celebrates the end of slavery, will be observed throughout the region beginning…
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Lead Stories
The conviction of Bobby Frank Cherry: This Week in Black History
A jury in Birmingham, Alabama, convicted former Ku Klux Klan member Bobby Frank Cherry of the 1963 murder of four girls in the 16th Street…
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Entertainment
Musical tribute to Ahmaud Arbery premieres at Wallis Theater
LOS ANGELES — On Feb. 23, 2020, Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, decided to jog in Satilla Shores, a…
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Opinion
When was America at its greatest? Four Angelenos share their views on history and progress
STREET BEAT: ‘When do you thing America was at its greatest?’ In the ever-evolving story of America, opinions on the…
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