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Roberto Del Hoyo and his Mobile Mural Lab uses public art to help communities see and feel what is important to them in their lives.
Yong Kim was born the year of the Watts Riots. The South Korea native and small business owner was reborn, in a way, during the L.A. Riots. Twenty years later, he looks back at what has changed since -- and what hasn't.
The economic and social conditions of South Central Los Angeles at the turn of the 21st century contributed to the brewing of repressed emotions and explosive atmosphere that birthed the essence of krump.
Many traces of once-prominent developers Alfred Chapman and Andrew Glassell remain around Los Angeles.
"Smog in a Can" allowed everyone the chance to share the same genuine Los Angeles air as Hollywood stars.
Artist Sonya Fe pays tribute to an influential figure in the Chicano Art Movement.
Sikhs throughout the region have found a welcoming home at the Vermont Gurdwara in Los Feliz.
A new exhibit in Lincoln Heights celebrates what would have been Salazar's 84th birthday, with photos, articles, art, documentary films and dramatic readings of some of his most important articles.
How would Charles Lummis celebrate his birthday in contemporary L.A.?
We explore an unlikely but important area to the growth of black identity in Los Angeles - a 66-square-block area known as Little Tokyo.
Every wednesday night a vacant grocery store parking lot in North Hollywood is transformed into a space for krumping, a highly expressive form of street dance born out of South Los Angeles.
Black migrants with blue-collar jobs and middle-class American dreams found their ambitions blocked by racially restrictive covenants in all-white suburbs until the 1950s.
Today we celebrate media artist and filmmaker Ben Caldwell for the "Iconic Angelenos in Black History" series.
Today we review the life of architect Paul Williams for the "Iconic Angelenos in Black History" series.
A new gallery exhibit showcases selections from Los Angeles Public Library's collection of rarely seen Ansel Adams photos.
Today we celebrate filmmaker Ava Duvernay for the "Iconic Angelenos in Black History" series.
Today we review the life of science fiction writer Octavia E. Butler for the "Iconic Angelenos in Black History" series.
The Second Great Migration of the 1940s brought an influx of Black migrants to Los Angeles, shifting the identities of neighborhoods throughout the city.
Today we review the life of jazz musician Eric Dolphy for the "Iconic Angelenos in Black History" series.
Today we review the life of track and field Florence Griffith-Joyner for the "Iconic Angelenos in Black History" series.
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