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Kevin Ashley is a local historian documenting Coronado's Black history, and curator of the Coronado Historical Association's current exhibition, "An Island Looks Back: Uncovering Coronado's Hidden African-American History." His work to document the wrongful death of Coronado's Alton Collier in 1946 has led to the Equal Justice Initiative including Collier in its listing of racial terror lynching victims.

Black Coronado resident Alton Collier drowned in the San Diego Bay nearly 80 years ago. His death now being called a racial terror lynching.

Seth Mallios is a professor of anthropology at SDSU and author of a book about Nathan Harrison, San Diego's first Black homesteader. He will present a talk on "Historical Racism in San Diego County” at the Fallbrook Library on Nov. 14

A sneak peek at upcoming events including the Ukrainian Mosaic Orchestra, Bowl for the Blind, Opera à la Carte concert, the San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival, hikes, community classes, meetings, blood drives and library activities

For the graduation speech, President Kennedy talked about education and civil rights, and opened the door for research money in a win-win for both him and the school

Hoover High senior Shakur Jackson writes, co-directs and stars in a play bringing the legend and life of freed slave Nathan Harrison to the stage on Feb. 22-23

The La Jolla Light presents this continuing listing of online activities and local in-person events.

The La Jolla Light presents this continuing listing of online activities and local in-person events.

Articles from the tag: San Diego State University

As the oldest higher education institution in San Diego, San Diego State University is celebrating 125 years of educating the community this year.