Mary E. Pleasant: Reshaping the Landscape of Segregation in California
Between the 1830s and 1890s, the Colored Conventions Movement transformed Black political organizing across the US. Of the thirty states
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California
We are our own Multitude: Los Angeles’ Black Panamanian Community
*This essay is republished in partnership with Boom California as part of an ongoing series on Black California. On a Saturday
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“The Rent Eats First”: Fighting Gentrification in California
A recent report found that the city I call home—Long Beach, California, located on the Pacific Ocean along the southern
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The Revolution Has Come: A New Book on Gender and the Black Panther Party
This post is part of a blog series I am editing, which announces the release of selected new works in African
Read moreBook Review-Racial Beachhead: Diversity and Democracy in A Military Town
This is a guest post by Le’Trice Donaldson, a historian who specializes in 19th and 20th century African American military
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