There's a tiny Victorian town hiding alongside California's oldest freeway
On a recent frigid Saturday evening in northeast Los Angeles, a group of discerning partygoers filtered into a local architectural oddity known as the Heritage Square Museum. Among the eight ornate ...
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The Trailblazing Black Librarian Who Rewrote the Rules of Power, Gender and Racial Passing
Belle da Costa Greene, the first director of the Morgan Library, was a Black woman who passed as white in the early 20th ...
Hazel Scott, a trailblazing entertainer and activist, was silenced. A PBS doc brings her to light
"The Disappearance of Miss Scott" reacquaints viewers with a jazz virtuoso who was the first Black person to have a TV show ...
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Meet Gwendolyn Rainey, the founder of Mardi Gras' fast-rising Mystic Krewe of Femme Fatale
Gwendolyn Rainey founded the Mystic Krewe of Femme Fatale in 2013 to represent Black women in Carnival. It’s become one of the fastest growing parade groups ...