News from communities around Los Angeles
September 6, 1866
Abolitionist and newspaper publisher Frederick Douglass becomes the first black person invited to serve as a delegate at a political convention in the United States.
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Ralph Bunche, a Jefferson High School and UCLA graduate, is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts as a United Nations mediator in the […]
April 13, 1964 Sydney Poitier, who died earlier this year, became the first African American to win the Academy Award for Best Actor, for his […]
On May 14, 1991, Winnie Mandela is sentenced to six years in prison in South Africa for her involvement in the kidnapping and beating of […]