Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park commemorates Colonel Allen Allensworth and the only California town to be founded, financed and governed by African Americans. Colonel Allen Allensworth founded the town in 1908. Colonel Allensworth, born a slave, served in the Army and Navy and retired as lieutenant colonel, the highest ranking black in the armed forces. [...]

UPDATE!  The City of Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission unanimously recommended today that the City Council revise the Cultural Heritage Ordinance to include, among other things, the provision promoting democracy, diversity, and freedom or reflects the diversity of Los Angeles!  Now the organizing effort turns to the City Council . . .
On November 20, 2008, the [...]

234 Museum Drive, Mt. Washington.
Constructed between 1912 – 1914, the building was designed by the firm of Sumner P. Hunt and Silas R. Burns. It is one of the first major examples of the transition from Mission Revival to Spanish Colonial Revival in Los Angeles. The 1920 Lower entrance on Museum Drive is Pre-Columbian Revival [...]

Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park commemorates Colonel Allen Allensworth and the only California town to be founded, financed and governed by African Americans. Colonel Allen Allensworth founded the town in 1908. Colonel Allensworth, born a slave, served in the Army and Navy and retired as lieutenant colonel, the highest ranking black in the armed forces. [...]

November 17, 2008
The contentious proposal to extend a toll road 16 miles, part of that through San Onofre State Beach in northern San Diego County, has been moving slowly through the bureaucratic process for decades. The $1.3-billion road is intended to connect Rancho Santa Margarita in southern Orange County with Interstate 5 at Basilone Road [...]

While the current building was constructed in 1925 and designed by African-American architect Paul Revere Williams, the church has been the hub of cultural life in the African-American community since its inception in 1885.
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Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park commemorates Colonel Allen Allensworth and the only California town to be founded, financed and governed by African Americans. Colonel Allen Allensworth founded the town in 1908. Colonel Allensworth, born a slave, served in the Army and Navy and retired as lieutenant colonel, the highest ranking black in the armed forces. [...]

Zoe Rawson, The City Project Staff Attorney
Election Day 2008 began with a panicked phone call from the coordinator of an election protection group I worked with in Miami, Florida, “We’re already seeing voter problems in North Dade County, a predominantly Black community.  Head to North Dade Regional Library.”  I had traveled from Los Angeles to [...]

This community group, whose offices were located in the Garnier building in El Pueblo, has been a powerful force in Chinatown. Serving as the umbrella organization for the entire Chinese community in Los Angeles, the Benevolent Association mediated intra-community disputes and worked to stop anti-Chinese legislation in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park commemorates Colonel Allen Allensworth and the only California town to be founded, financed and governed by African Americans. Colonel Allen Allensworth founded the town in 1908. Colonel Allensworth, born a slave, served in the Army and Navy and retired as lieutenant colonel, the highest ranking black in the armed forces. [...]