The Great Wall of Los Angeles

Judy Baca's 2,754-foot long mural along the Tujunga Wash in San Fernando Valley paints a lesser-known history of California from the perspective of the underrepresented. Learn more about the the making of "The History of California" — more popularly known as "The Great Wall of Los Angeles" — and the stories it seeks to tell.

Judy Baca's murals recover history through 'public memory'

Judy Baca's murals recover history through 'public memory'

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Judy Baca's murals recover history through 'public memory'

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Artbound

Making a Monument: Archive Shows How 'The Great Wall of Los Angeles' Was Created

Detail of the Great Wall of Los Angeles

Detail of the Great Wall of Los Angeles

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Seven Books to Help Understand Judith Baca’s Great Wall of Los Angeles and L.A. Itself

Stories Behind 'The Great Wall'

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Departures

The Beginning: How The Great Wall Of Los Angeles Was Conceived

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Departures

Building The Great Wall Of Los Angeles

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Departures

Restoration Of The Great Wall Of Los Angeles

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Departures

The Next Chapter for the Great Wall of Los Angeles

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Great Wall of Los Angeles

Departures

Through the Communities Eyes: Perceptions of the Great Wall

Histories Depicted on the Mural

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Tending the Wild

Untold History: The Survival of California's Indians

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The Magic Washer (thumbnail)

Lost LA

Before It Embraced Immigrants, California Championed the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

Asian Americans

The Astonishing Story of the Men Who Built the Railroad

Exclusionary Laws and the Chinese-American Experience

City Rising

Gentrification and Displacement: Legacy

Undocumented Immigrants Go To Court For Deportation Hearings

Undocumented Immigrants Go To Court For Deportation Hearings

SoCal Connected

The Racial Origins of Immigration Policy in the United States

Japanese American internment (featured)

Japanese American internment (featured)

Artbound

'No More Japanese Wanted Here': When Japanese Americans Were Forced Into Internment Camps

A photograph of an Army convoy, 1941 July 10 | Go for Broke National Education Center Collection, USC Libraries

A photograph of an Army convoy, 1941 July 10 | Go for Broke National Education Center Collection, USC Libraries

Lost LA

The 442: Fighting for Freedom Abroad and at Home

Biddy Mason | Wikimedia Commons/Creative Commons

Biddy Mason | Wikimedia Commons/Creative Commons

Lost LA

Biddy Mason and the Founding of Los Angeles: From Slavery to Entrepreneurship

Seventy Years Later: The Zoot Suit Riots and the Complexity of Youth Culture

For several days in June 1943, uniformed members of the U.S. armed forces rioted throughout Los Angeles, targeting young men in zoot suits. Courtesy of the Los Angeles Examiner Collection, USC Libraries.