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New stamp honors civil rights icon Lewis

Wave ProductionJuly 27, 202305 mins

By Ariyana Griffin Contributing Writer SOUTH LOS ANGELES — A new U.S. postage stamp honoring the life and legacy of…

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October 21, 1968 Dexter Scott King, the youngest son of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, is named…

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By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer LOS ANGELES — If only a single source existed where you could find 70-plus years…

Wave Staff DonApril 14, 2022010 mins

By Cynthia Gibson Contributing Writer LOS ANGELES — As a Black teenager in Cheyenne, Wyoming, in the 1950s, Ayuko Babu…

Wave Staff DonJanuary 13, 2022January 20, 202209 mins

By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Contributing Writer There’s some consolation that more businesses have finally gotten on board and given their…

Wave Staff DonJanuary 11, 202201 mins

January 10, 1957 Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and 60 other black activists organize the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, a…

Wave Staff P3September 23, 202109 mins

THE HUTCHINSON REPORT By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Contributing Columnist There are two events seared deep in my memory about “the…

Wave Staff P3September 16, 2021015 mins

By Bill Vaughan Entertainment Writer Three new documentaries from Academy Award, BAFTA, and Golden Globe-winning filmmaker Steve McQueen (“12 Years…

Wave Staff P3July 9, 2021015 mins

By Bill Vaughan Entertainment Writer Viola Davis lends her powerful voice to narrate Sergei Prokofiev’s “Peter And The Wolf” for…

Wave Staff P3November 25, 202005 mins

By Sue Favor Contributing Writer SOUTH LOS ANGELES — A stretch of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard is on its…