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Ken Brecher, anthropologist and longtime champion of Los Angeles humanities, dies at 78
LA Times via Yahoo News· 6 months agoKen Brecher, former president of the Library Foundation of Los Angeles, executive director of the...
'And Still We Rise': Exhibit at Galveston's new Juneteenth museum tells powerful history
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 1 year agoGALVESTON — Let's dispense with one Juneteenth legend right away. Major Gen. Gordon Granger,...
Pride on the Page returns to Palm Springs with ‘Tales of the City’ author Armistead Maupin
The Desert Sun via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe second annual Pride on the Page, a celebration of LGBTQ+ writers and books, returns to Palm Springs on Oct. 13 and 14 with a number of guest authors and speakers, including headliner Armistead ...
How anti-union was L.A.? The LAPD once arrested a famous author for reading the 1st Amendment
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoUpton Sinclair, the author of 'The Jungle,' ran up against L.A.'s anti-labor authorities 100 years...
Juneteenth, Jim Crow and how the fight of one Black Texas family to make freedom real offers lessons...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 12 months agoJoshua Houston leads a Juneteenth Parade in Huntsville, Texas, in a photo circa 1900. Sam Houston...