Pan African Film & Arts Festival, Los Angeles CA

The Pan African Film & Arts Festival (PAFF), in its 17th year, is the nation’s largest black film festival. Established in 1992, PAFF is a non-profit corporation dedicated to the promotion of cultural and racial tolerance and understanding through the exhibition of film, art and creative expression. PAFF’s stated goal is to present and showcase [...]

African American Firefighters Museum, Los Angeles, CA

Located in South Central Los Angeles, Fire Station No. 30 was one of only two stations (No. 4) in the city during the years of segregation (roughly 1920s to 1950s) where African Americans were allowed to work.
Today, the newly restored building houses the African American Firefighter Museum, devoted to preserving the 100-year history of the [...]

First African Methodist Episcopal Church (FAME), Los Angeles, CA

Barack Obama and Stevie Wonder at FAME Sunday service 
Founded by former slave Biddy Mason from her home in 1872, First African Methodist Episcopal Church (FAME) is the oldest church founded by African Americans in the City of Angels.  From these humble beginnings, the church have grown to what is now a congregation of more than 19,000 members and several [...]

Leimert Park Village, Los Angeles, CA

Leimert Park, as filmmaker and resident John Singleton noted, is “the Black Greenwich Village.”  Located in the Crenshaw District in the heart of Los Angeles, the Leimert Park Village area features art deco buildings housing afro-centric art galleries, shops, restaurants, theaters, nightclubs and cultural centers. A magnet for artists and musicians from around the city, [...]

Watts Tower & Arts Center, Los Angeles, CA

 
One of only nine works of folk art listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Watts Towers, also known as Nuestro Pueblo, are a complex set of 17 separate sculptural pieces built on a residential lot in the Los Angeles community of Watts. Two of the towers rise to a height of nearly [...]

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