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 [...]

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 [...]

California African American Museum, Los Angeles, CA

  First opening its doors to the public during the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games, the California African American Museum (CAAM) features the history, heritage and culture of African Americans in California and the Nation. Currently occupying over 45,000 square feet, the CAAM has plenty to offer visitors from paintings to sculptures to multimedia installations. [...]

Jackie and Mack Robinson Monument, Los Angeles, CA

Sitting across the street from Pasadena’s City Hall, the two 9-foot bronze sculptures commemorate the lives of brothers Jackie and Mack Robinson. Jackie broke the color barrier in baseball when in 1947 he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers, while brother Mack won the silver medal in the 200-meter race in the 1936 Olympics behind Jesse Owens [...]

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