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Four generations: A family mirrors roots of black L.A.

Anna Laws has lived through most of Los Angeles’ modern history. She and her late husband, Henry, were part of it.

The survival of Bruce's Beach: the memory of a Black resort that refused to fade

Bruce's Beach, Manhattan Beach: Dispossession

Meda Simmons Bruce, Harvey Bruce, and Willa Bruce at Bruce’s Lodge. date unknown. Photo from the California African American Museum An American dream came to an end at Bruce’s Beach, but the memory of what happened survived Third in a series by Mark McDermott  By the first years of the 1920s, Manhattan Beach was coming together. In the decade since its founding, what had been mostly a scattering of sandswept shacks emerged as an actual town. A city hall was built and residents approved bonds to construct both a waterworks and a pier with a distinctive octagonal roundhouse at its end. The city’s population had increased, albeit modestly, from 600 people to almost 900. But one particular segment of the population was growing in a way that some people in the city found concerning. 

Triumphant in their time, yet largely erased later: a Met exhibition explores 'The New Woman Behind the Camera'

Paddington overtakes Citizen Kane to score a perfect Rotten Tomatoes rating, thanks to one bad review

Paddington overtakes Citizen Kane to score a perfect Rotten Tomatoes rating, thanks to one bad review At review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, a curator is adding criticism from decades ago. The results can be ... upsetting Author of the article: Chris Knight Publishing date: May 10, 2021  •  6 days ago  •  7 minute read  •  Paddington is said to be the best bear movie since Winnie the Pooh. Photo by Warner Bros Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. Article content The Twitter account @paddingtonbear is a fairly calm corner of the Internet. “The sun is shining so I think I’ll have my #elevenses outside today,” the London-based bear tweeted recently. “I don’t like marmalade anymore” raised some eyebrows, until people realized it was April Fools’ Day.

Black Family Seeks Return of Its Beach Resort Land Near L.A.

WAM Theatre offers a Fresh Take on 'firsts'

Playwright Rachel Lynett’s “Letters to Kamala” is about firsts. It is, tangentially, about our 49th Vice President, Kamala D. Harris. It is directly about three “first” women who put down the path that led Harris to the vice presidency. It’s about the weight, the sacrifices, the lessons of being first. “Letters to Kamala” also is the first of WAM Theatre’s 2021 First Takes Play Readings series; the first presentation of WAM’s 2021 season — period. The digital reading begins streaming Sunday through the WAM Theatre website — wamtheatre.com — and will be available for viewing anytime between Sunday and March 21. Tickets are priced at $15, $25 or $50.

Cedric Dover: The Indian entomologist who saved WWII soldiers and fought for people of colour

Cedric Dover. | Credit: Yale University Library Archives. In 1948, a case came up for hearing in the California supreme court that challenged one of the very bases of racial segregation. The case was of Andrea Perez, a Mexican American woman. Perez, who was legally considered white because of her Spanish heritage, had been denied the right to marry Sylvester Davis, an African American, because of California’s anti-miscegenation law. An indignant Perez petitioned the supreme court, demanding a marriage licence. The court agreed. It struck down the miscegenation law as unconstitutional by a verdict of four to three. Justice Jesse Carter, one of the judges in the majority, wrote a 3,565-word judgement explaining the decision, in which he chose to cite a book written by Cedric Dover, an Anglo-Indian born nearly 8,000 miles away in Calcutta.

The History of Women in Public Office

The History of Women in Public Office By Madison Troyer, Stacker News On 2/28/21 at 7:00 AM EST On Jan. 20, 2021, a new chapter in American history began when Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, the country's first female vice president, were sworn into office. Harris' role in the position is certainly monumental, but her nomination, while significant, was not a first. That honor, of being the first woman nominated by the Democratic party for the role of vice president, belongs to Geraldine A. Ferraro. In 1984, Ferraro, a congresswoman from Queens, strode on stage alongside Walter F. Mondale to accept the nomination, telling attendees at the Democratic National Convention, "If we can do this, we can do anything." While the duo lost to Reagan, the

The Extraordinary Leon Hefflin And His Cavalcade of Jazz

Growing up in Compton in the 1960s, Deborah Swan always looked forward to visits from her grandfather, Leon Hefflin Sr. A handsome, dapper man who wore a suit and a hat, Hefflin was a perpetual tinkerer. He had built her brother's bunk bed and created an aromatic tincture, Leon's Foot Ointment. "He smoked a pipe and was very quiet. He never bragged about himself," Swan recalls. If he had been inclined to do so, he would've had plenty to say. Hefflin was a dreamer, a serial entrepreneur, a breaker of color barriers and the producer of the Cavalcade of Jazz, a trailblazing annual music festival that