Black History Month

African-American History Oral Histories

• Bradley, Thomas
• Branton, Leo
• Burke, Yvonne Brathwaite
• Collier, Al
• Craige, Thomas
• Hudson, Claude H.
• Johnson, George P.
• Jones, Regina
• Ligon, Alfred
• Lindsay, Gilbert
• LuValle, James E.
• Matthews, Charles H.
• Matthews, Miriam
• McNichols, Steven E.
• McNichols, Steven E.
• Pestana, Jean Kidwell
• Robinson, Gertrude
• Savage, Sherman
• Temple, Ruth J.
• Williams, Frances

African-American Architects of Los Angeles (Series Detail)

• Bankhead, Lester O.
• Kennard, Robert A.
• Sklarek, Norma Merrick
• Williams, Harold L.
• Williams, John D.

African American Artists of Los Angeles (Series Detail)

• Conwill, Kinshasha Holman
• Davis, Alonzo
• Fergerson, Cecil
• Harden, Marvin
• Jackson, Suzanne
• Lewis, Samella
• Outterbridge, John W.
• Pajaud, William
• Purifoy, Noah
• Riddle, John
• Saar, Betye
• Tann, Curtis
• Waddy, Ruth G.

African Americans in Entertainment and Media (Series Detail)

• Cannon, Reuben
• Guillaume, Robert
• McCormick, Larry
• Nicholas, Fayard
• Tobin, Pat
• Wina, Glenda

Allensworth Community (Series Detail)

• Blodgett, A. V.
• Brooks, Eugene
• Lark, James H.
• McKey, Leroy
• McKey, Mrs. Leroy
• Whitley, Frank

Baseball, Race, and Los Angeles: An Oral History of Negro Leaguers of Southern California (Series Detail)

• Henderson, Neale
• Lewis, James

Black Educators in Los Angeles, 1950-2000 (Series Detail)

• Knox, Owen
• Taylor, James
• Thompson, Sidney

Black Leadership in Los Angeles (Series Detail)

• Beavers, George A.
• Hawkins, Augustus F.
• Hill, John Lamar II
• Houston, Ivan J.
• Kilgore, Thomas Jr.
• King, Celes III
• Stevens, John T.
• Tackett, Marnesba
• Washington, Ruth

Black Music and Musicians in Los Angeles: Spirituals, Gospel, Jazz, and Spoken Word (Series Detail)

• Cox, Bette
• Douroux, Margaret
• McNeil, Albert
• White, Don Lee

Black Politicians of Los Angeles (Series Detail)

• Cunningham, David S., Jr.
• Farrell, Robert
• Miller, Halvor
• Walters, Rita

Black Women Activists in Los Angeles, 1950-2000 (Series Detail)

• Davis, Lillie
• Gipson, Revé
• Sumbi, Joyce

Hollywood in the Civil Rights Era (Series Detail)

• Langley, Norman
• Simpson, Eugene

Oakwood Video Project: Activists in the African American Community of Venice, California (Series Detail)

Recollections about Ralph Bunche (Series Detail)

• Matthews, Charles H.
• Murphy, Franklin D.
• Robinson, William

Second Baptist Church of Los Angeles (Series Detail)

• Elkins, William, Jr.
• Matthews, Albert D.

Twenty-Five Years of Community Organizing and Institution Building in the Aftermath of Watts: 1965-1990 (Series Detail)

• Harris, Alice
• Harris, Hiawatha
• Ivie, Sylvia Drew
• Jacquette, Tommy
• Marsh-Mitchell, Brenda
• McClain, Clifford
• Mobley, Lillian
• Preacely, Earnest
• Smith, Ernest H.
• Smith, Ernie

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