News from communities around Los Angeles
Sept. 20, 1847
William Leidesdorff is elected to the San Francisco Town Council, becoming one of California’s first Black elected officials. He later became the San Francisco town treasurer.
For more information on black history, arts and culture, visit www.caamuseum.org.
By Don Wanlass Contributing Writer If you are still wondering why USC would leave its decades-long association with the other schools in the Pac 12 […]
January 3, 1973 Yvonne Brathwaite Burke is sworn-in to the U.S. House of Representatives, becoming California’s first African-American congresswoman. She later is appointed to the […]
By Don Wanlass Contributing Writer Clippers all star Kawhi Leonard played in 68 regular season games this season, the most he has played since 2016-17 […]