African American Pioneer Society.

During the 1950s Civil Rights struggles President Eisenhower implied the 14th Amendment did not protect Negros and other Americans from being denied service in privately owned businesses.

During the 1950s Civil Rights struggles President Eisenhower implied the 14th Amendment did not protect Negros and other Americans from being denied service in privately owned businesses.

*****************Strange Fruit 1939 song by Billie Holiday**************

Southern California's Cajon Pass about sixty miles from downtown Los Angeles has played a prominent role in Southeastern, San Bernardino County. Since prehistoric times. Indians, explorers, trappers, settlers, rail passengers, and early motorists have all passed through San Bernardino County on their way to or from Desert communities. This well-used passageway also brought the first African-American pioneers into San Bernardino County. In 1826, 27-year-old Jedediah Strong Smi...Continue reading

As a sub-unit of the vast Folsom Lake Recreational Area, managed by California State Parks, soon the amazing legacy of people of Pan African Ancestry officially... apart of multiple Federal and State agencies with aligned primary source documents supporting the narrative. Negro Bar Historic State Park poised for prime time, globally. See more

~~~~~~~~~~ORAN Z'S BLACK WAX MUSEUM~~~~~~~~~~~`: BRUTALLY-HONEST COLLECTION OF HISTORICAL AFRICAN-AMERICAN WAX FIGURES AT THIS BALDWIN HILLS WAX MUSEUM Oran Z began his quest for a wax head of Barack Obama even before the president took office. The creator and proprietor of the Pan African Black Facts and Wax Museum in South Los Angeles met resistance from his supplier, who wanted to wait at least six months after Obama had won to begin the molding process. They said tha...Continue reading

~~~CITY OF THE ANGELS WAS FOUNDED IN YANGNA IN 1781~~~ Before Alta California Spanish Governor Felipe de Nave, visited what he named "El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de Los Ángeles del Río Porciúncula" -or- Los Angeles. The area was already settled. It had been settled for thousands of years as the home of the Tongva community. . On a September day in 1781 Alta California Spanish Governor Felipe de Nave with his Spanish military and the forty-four, mix race Spanish subje...cts known as Los Pobladores consisting of men, women, children, with Native, Spanish and African heritage, ~~VISITED~~ Yangna a community populated by the Tongva people, the original inhabitants of what is known today as Los Angeles. Los Pobladores had agreed to participate with Spanish Governor Felipe de Nave in assisting in establishing a Spanish farming Pueblo somewhere in coastal Alta California, for Spain's King Carlos. Governor Felipe de Nave his Spanish military escorted forty-four Los Pobladores for close to four months from southern Mexico north-west to coastal Alta California. Arriving at Mission San Gabriel in various groups at various dates in the summer of 1781. Following an extended rest at Mission San Gabriel Governor, Felipe de Nave his military escorts guiding the forty-four Pobladores a short distance to a location selected by the Spanish Governor near Río Porciúncula (Los Angeles River). El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de Los Ángeles del Río Porciúncula" -or-Town of our lady the Queen of Angels of the River Porciúncula was founded. Founded by Alta California Spanish Governor Felipe de Nave for King Carlos of Spain on September 4,1781

1936 Watts California Hickory Street home sold new for $1,350.00.

African American Museum (CAAM) in Los Angeles, California explores the art, history, and culture of greater California African Americans. The museum conserves more than 6,300 objects of art, historical artifacts, and memorabilia, and maintains a research library with more than 20,000 books and other reference materials available for limited public use. The collection includes paintings, photographs, sculptures, and artifacts representing the diverse contributions of African Americans. The collection ranges from African art to 19th-century landscape. Along with its permanent collection, CAAM hosts specially mounted exhibitions curated out of its own collection, as well as traveling exhibitions from other museums California African American Museum is located at 600 State Drive in Los Angeles Exposition Park,

LOS ANGELES 18 & 19 CENTURY AFRICAN AMERICAN BUSINESS Los Angeles was founded near the end of the eighteenth century. Founded on September 4 1781 and founded as El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reyna de Los Angeles Del Rio Porciuncula".by Alta California Spanish Governor Felipe de Nave with support from forty-four Spanish subjects. Twenty-six of the forty-four supporting Spanish subjects had African blood. The city of Los Angeles celebrates its founding at El Pueblo de Los Ang...Continue reading

Following a 1972 petition sent by African Americans to Los Angeles Board of Education, California Supreme Court ruled Ward v. Floor's current segregation in educational practices as unconstitutional, breaching U.S. Constitution's 14th and 15th amendments. African American elementary students in lower education increased from 24 in 1870 to 183 by the late 19th century and ranked highest performing students in literacy subjects in 1900. In 1994, California's African American students made up about seven percent of higher education, compared to nine percent in the country.

. African American Joshua Smart arrived in Los Angeles from Rhode Island in the late 1850’. He acquired a parcel of swampy land on the Dominguez family’s Ranchero San Pedro in the 1860s. Mr. Smarts' settlement was located near a marsh. His 1860s settlement was located in today's Gardena or possibly today's west Carson. A portion of Rancho San Pedro was swampland, replete with Ducks, snakes and a variety of waterfowl. Think of today's Gardena Willows, the marshland in Gardena... Ca near the .intersection of Vermont and Artesia, Joshua Smart nineteenth-century settlement was located on the vast Dominguez families Rancho San Pedro land grant. Mr. Smart shared his space with newly arriving African Americans, many were ex-slaves that crossed the country by wagon train to settle in Los Angeles, They found refuge on his land and paid for their tenancy by helping Joshua and his wife care for his land. Due to a growing African American presence in the area, it became known as Nigger Slough. There is no written or recorded history of Joshua Smart or recorded documentation of what happened to his settlement. And the Black settlers that lived on it. A December 1894 Los Angeles Herald Newspaper article reported NIGGER SLOUGH IS DOOMED and needs to be cleaned up. There is no mention of Joshua Smart or his settlement. Following the reported court-ordered clean up due to health concerns, the article referred to the Slough as Dominguez Channel a name change from Nigger Slough to Dominguez Channel.. Today the Dominguez Channel is a flood control channel that starts in east Hawthorne passes through south Los Angeles County and empties in the Los Angeles Harbor. The Los Angeles Times still referred to the swampy area as Nigger Slough as late as 1949. Gardena and South Los Angeles county thrived as an agricultural area because it had standing water from various paces the slough. You can view present-day Images of Gardena Willows ...Follow directions Below: JOSHUA SMART’S NINETEENTH CENTURY LOS ANGELES COUNTY SETTLEMENT CALLED NIGGER SLOUGH WAS LOCATED NEAR WHERE PRESENT DAY GARDENA WILLOWS IS....TODAY.....OF COURSE WHERE THE SMARTS CHOSE TO LIVE 150 YEARS AGO WOULD BE ANYBODY'S GUESS TODAY, HOWEVER, A SMALL PORTION OF THOSE WILLOWS CAN BE WALKED THROUGH, ENJOYED AND EXPLORED. TRAVEL TO THE INTERSECTION OF VERMONT AT ARTESIA BLVD ARTESIA, BLVD IS THE WESTBOUND EXTENSION OF THE END OF THE 91 ARTESIA FREEWAY, IN GARDENA, CA. FROM THE WESTERN END OF THE 91 FREEWAY TRAVEL WEST ON ARTESIA BLVD PAST VERMONT STREET. TURN RIGHT AT THE FIRST LIGHT FOLLOW THE COUNTY'S DIRECTION TO THE VIEWING AREA OF THE WILLOWS ---ENJOY----

Mexico would cede a portion of what Spanish founders and Mexican settlers proudly called Alta California, Mexico would cede its Alta California to the United States to end the 1846-1848 Mexican American War. Following the United States acquiring Mexico's Alta California the southwestern landmass became the future states of California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, and western part of Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico

TRI-COUNTY BULLETIN IS ORANGE COUNTIES AFRICAN AMERICAN WEEKLY NEWSPAPER Ms.Jacqueline Johnson recommends Orange Counties Tri-County Bulletin. for people interested in African American news and events within Orange County. California. Tri-County Bulletin offers news and information on various topics that are of interest to Orange Counties African American citizens. Local News, Religious, Political and social news and events, within Orange County. News and information not found in other County newspapers or publications. For subscription, information contact Tri-County Bulletin Newspaper

WILLIAM GRANT STILL ART CENTER, LOS ANGELES Have you seen Dreadlocks and the Three Bears? Well you're sure to find them this Saturday at our Book Signing And Paperdoll Workshop with Alile Sharon Larkin! at William Grant Still Arts Center.Saturday, January 25th FREE 2PM - 4PM "Come and join the adventure with Dreadlocks, a cinnamon-brown girl with lots and lots of African curls who makes the best cheese-grits in the Teddy Bear Forest."This workshop will include a storytime a...nd a doll workshop. William Grant Still Arts Center 2520 S. West View Street, Los Angeles. See more