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lost landmarks
History & Society
When Central Avenue Swung: The Dunbar Hotel and the Golden Age of L.A.'s 'Little Harlem'
Everybody who was anybody in the jazz world stayed at South Central's Dunbar Hotel, where "the future of black America was discussed every night of the week in the lobby".
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intersections
History & Society
Fighting for Leisure: African Americans, Beaches, and Civil Rights in Early 20th Century L.A.
Bruce's Beach and the Inkwell served as sites of leisure, agency, community, and controversy, and demonstrate the complex racial history of the Golden State.
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intersections
History & Society
Surfing for Freedom: Black Surfers and Reclaiming Cultural History in Los Angeles
Popular culture has long portrayed surfing as a sort of reservoir of bohemian, along with a large helping of agro-masculinity and whiteness. Yet, if one traces its origins you find a much more complicated story.