- Topic:
- African American History
- Length:
- 10.5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Interviews in this series were made possible by support from the UCLA Center for African American Studies, Institute of American Cultures. This is the first of several Oral History Program series focusing on social, cultural, economic, and political aspects of African American citizens in the Lo...
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- 62nd district California State Assembly member from 1935 to 1963. Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1963 to 1991 serving as the he first black politician west of the Mississippi River elected to the House of Representatives.
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- African American HistorySports
- Length:
- 2 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This project is designed to document the lives of Negro League baseball players whose careers spanned the heyday of the league (1920s-1950s) and who grew up in Southern California, who played in the West Coast Professional Baseball League or the California Winter League, or who eventually migrate...
- Biographical Note:
- African American baseball player.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryFilm and Television
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The interviews in the series African Americans in Entertainment and Media are designed to document African Americans in television, radio, theater and film and aims to better understand how they overcame bias and discrimination and were trailblazers who opened doors for other African Americans in...
- Topic:
- BusinessAfrican American History
- Length:
- 6.8 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Interviews in this series were made possible by support from the UCLA Center for African American Studies, Institute of American Cultures. This is the first of several Oral History Program series focusing on social, cultural, economic, and political aspects of African American citizens in the Lo...
- Biographical Note:
- Chief executive officer and chair of Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company, one of the largest Black-owned insurance companies in the United States.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryPolitics and Government
- Length:
- 14 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series includes interviews with African Americans who were involved in Los Angeles politics from the 1940s to the present day. In addition to African American politicians, it includes individuals who could speak to the political history and influence of the black community in Los Angeles. Th...
- Biographical Note:
- Member of the Los Angeles City Council from 1974 to 1991.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryMusic
- Length:
- 6.3 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Interviews in this series preserve the spoken memories of individuals, mainly musicians, who were raised near and/or performed on Los Angeles's Central Avenue from the late 1920s to the mid-1950s.
- Biographical Note:
- Jazz woodwind player.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryMusic
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Interviews in this series extend the UCLA Oral History Program's "Central Avenue Sounds" series and preserve the spoken memories of musicians who were active in the jazz music scene in Los Angeles from the 1950s to the 1970s. This series includes a broad range of interviewees, some of whom are we...
- Biographical Note:
- Jazz bass player and UCLA adjunct associate professor of music.
- Topic:
- African American HistorySocial MovementsCommunity Activism
- Length:
- 4 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series documents community organizations and institutions that arose in the aftermath of the Watts Rebellion to address issues such as education, employment, healthcare, housing, transportation, and police harassment. The first phase of the series involved interviews with key organizers of ...
- Biographical Note:
- Mental health specialist and psychiatrist. Medical director of the Community Mental Health Center in Los Angeles.
- Topic:
- African American History
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Topic:
- SportsAfrican American History
- Length:
- 1 hr.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Purpose Served: An Oral History of the Exemplary Life of Arthur Ashe, 1943-1993 is an initiative of the Arthur Ashe Legacy Fund (AALF) at UCLA and is funded by AALF and by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. By launching an oral history project to document and capture the firsthand recollections of ...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed because of connection to tennis player Arthur Ashe. Teammate of Ashe on the UCLA men’s tennis team. Served as Ashe’s attorney during the early years of Ashe's amateur career.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryMusic
- Length:
- 12 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Interviews in this series extend the UCLA Oral History Program's "Central Avenue Sounds" series and preserve the spoken memories of musicians who were active in the jazz music scene in Los Angeles from the 1950s to the 1970s. This series includes a broad range of interviewees, some of whom are we...
- Biographical Note:
- Cornet and trumpet player. Bandleader and composer.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryMusic
- Length:
- 3.2 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Interviews in this series preserve the spoken memories of individuals, mainly musicians, who were raised near and/or performed on Los Angeles's Central Avenue from the late 1920s to the mid-1950s.
- Biographical Note:
- Entertainment attorney.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryMusic
- Length:
- 2.65 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Interviews in this series preserve the spoken memories of individuals, mainly musicians, who were raised near and/or performed on Los Angeles's Central Avenue from the late 1920s to the mid-1950s.
- Biographical Note:
- Jazz drummer.
- Topic:
- African American History
- Length:
- 7 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Interviews in this series were made possible by support from the UCLA Center for African American Studies, Institute of American Cultures. This is the first of several Oral History Program series focusing on social, cultural, economic, and political aspects of African American citizens in the Lo...
- Biographical Note:
- Executive director of the Los Angeles chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Director of Project AHEAD (Accelerating Home Education and Development). Chair of the board of directors of the Los Angeles branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
- Topic:
- African American HistoryMusic
- Length:
- 7.5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- These interviews with African American musicians provide details about the narrators' background, training, influences, and musical choices and discuss their contributions, and connections to the music of black Los Angeles. The series was a collaborative project of the UCLA Center for Oral Histor...
- Biographical Note:
- Prairie View A. & M and California State University, Los Angeles professor of music. Organist of African American hymnal music.
- Topic:
- African American HistorySports
- Length:
- 2 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Purpose Served: An Oral History of the Exemplary Life of Arthur Ashe, 1943-1993 is an initiative of the Arthur Ashe Legacy Fund (AALF) at UCLA and is funded by AALF and by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. By launching an oral history project to document and capture the firsthand recollections of ...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed because of connection to tennis player Arthur Ashe. First African American head pro of Longwood Cricket Club. Sims first met Arthur Ashe in 1972 during Ashe’s visit to MacGregor Park in Texas.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryArt
- Length:
- 6.2 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The interviews in the series African American Artists of Los Angeles document significant African American Artists and others in the Los Angeles metropolitan area who have worked to expand exhibition opportunities and public support for African American visual culture. The series was made possibl...
- Biographical Note:
- African American artist.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryMusic
- Length:
- 8 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Interviews in this series extend the UCLA Oral History Program's "Central Avenue Sounds" series and preserve the spoken memories of musicians who were active in the jazz music scene in Los Angeles from the 1950s to the 1970s. This series includes a broad range of interviewees, some of whom are we...
- Biographical Note:
- Latin jazz drummer.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryArchitecture, Landscape Architecture, and Design
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The interviews in the series African American Architects of Los Angeles document the work of selected African American architects who have enhanced the built environment, principally in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. Influenced by earlier pioneers such as Paul R. Williams, these individuals ...
- Biographical Note:
- African American architect who designed homes and churches in Los Angeles, including Chapel of Faith Baptist Church, Greater Life Missionary Baptist Church, and Greater New Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryMusic
- Length:
- 1.8 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Interviews in this series preserve the spoken memories of individuals, mainly musicians, who were raised near and/or performed on Los Angeles's Central Avenue from the late 1920s to the mid-1950s.
- Biographical Note:
- Jazz saxophone, clarinet, and flute player. Music educator at the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music and Arts and owner of a music education studio in Los Angeles.
- Topic:
- African American HistorySports
- Length:
- 1.75 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Purpose Served: An Oral History of the Exemplary Life of Arthur Ashe, 1943-1993 is an initiative of the Arthur Ashe Legacy Fund (AALF) at UCLA and is funded by AALF and by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. By launching an oral history project to document and capture the firsthand recollections of ...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed because of connection to tennis player Arthur Ashe. Teammate of Ashe on the Charles Sumner High School boys team.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsAfrican American HistoryCommunity Activism
- Length:
- 3 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series documents community organizations and institutions that arose in the aftermath of the Watts Rebellion to address issues such as education, employment, healthcare, housing, transportation, and police harassment. The first phase of the series involved interviews with key organizers of ...
- Biographical Note:
- Co-founder and executive director of the Watts Summer Festival.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryMusic
- Length:
- 6.15 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Interviews in this series extend the UCLA Oral History Program's "Central Avenue Sounds" series and preserve the spoken memories of musicians who were active in the jazz music scene in Los Angeles from the 1950s to the 1970s. This series includes a broad range of interviewees, some of whom are we...
- Biographical Note:
- Jazz keyboardist.
- Topic:
- UCLA and University of California HistoryAfrican American HistoryMusicUCLA Faculty
- Length:
- 5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Biographical Note:
- UCLA professor of ethnomusicology. Director of UCLA’s Ethnomusicology Archive.
- Topic:
- SportsAfrican American History
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This project is designed to document the lives of Negro League baseball players whose careers spanned the heyday of the league (1920s-1950s) and who grew up in Southern California, who played in the West Coast Professional Baseball League or the California Winter League, or who eventually migrate...
- Biographical Note:
- Member of the American Negro League. Shortstop for the Kansas City Monarchs.
- Topic:
- BusinessAfrican American History
- Length:
- 7.75 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series documents long-term and multigenerational business ownership in the black community through oral history interviews with owners of businesses located in Los Angeles County. The title is inspired by Martin Luther King, Jr.'s last book, Where Do We Go From Here? Chaos or Community, whic...
- Biographical Note:
- Owner of Dickerson Employee Benefits.
- Topic:
- BusinessAfrican American History
- Length:
- 2.5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series documents long-term and multigenerational business ownership in the black community through oral history interviews with owners of businesses located in Los Angeles County. The title is inspired by Martin Luther King, Jr.'s last book, Where Do We Go From Here? Chaos or Community, whic...
- Biographical Note:
- Owner of Vivid Reflections Barber Shop.
- Topic:
- African American HistorySocial MovementsCommunity Activism
- Length:
- 4.25 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series documents community organizations and institutions that arose in the aftermath of the Watts Rebellion to address issues such as education, employment, healthcare, housing, transportation, and police harassment. The first phase of the series involved interviews with key organizers of ...
- Biographical Note:
- Advocate for Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center. Executive director of T.H.E. (To Help Everyone) Clinic. Executive director of the National Health Law Program, staff attorney with the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, and director of the U.S. Office for Civil Rights in the Department of Health an...
- Topic:
- African American HistoryMusic
- Length:
- 6.1 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Interviews in this series extend the UCLA Oral History Program's "Central Avenue Sounds" series and preserve the spoken memories of musicians who were active in the jazz music scene in Los Angeles from the 1950s to the 1970s. This series includes a broad range of interviewees, some of whom are we...
- Biographical Note:
- Jazz double bass player.
- Topic:
- African American HistorySports
- Length:
- 5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This project is designed to document the lives of Negro League baseball players whose careers spanned the heyday of the league (1920s-1950s) and who grew up in Southern California, who played in the West Coast Professional Baseball League or the California Winter League, or who eventually migrate...
- Biographical Note:
- Member of the American Negro League. Player for the Indianapolis Clowns.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryMusic
- Length:
- 4.5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- These interviews with African American musicians provide details about the narrators' background, training, influences, and musical choices and discuss their contributions, and connections to the music of black Los Angeles. The series was a collaborative project of the UCLA Center for Oral Histor...
- Biographical Note:
- Founding member of the Watts Prophets, a music and spoken word performance group. Influential in development of hip hop and rap musical styles.
- Topic:
- African American HistorySocial MovementsCommunity Activism
- Length:
- 2.5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series documents community organizations and institutions that arose in the aftermath of the Watts Rebellion to address issues such as education, employment, healthcare, housing, transportation, and police harassment. The first phase of the series involved interviews with key organizers of ...
- Biographical Note:
- Advocate for Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center. Executive director of South Central Multipurpose Senior Citizen Center.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryArt
- Length:
- 5.8 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The interviews in the series African American Artists of Los Angeles document significant African American Artists and others in the Los Angeles metropolitan area who have worked to expand exhibition opportunities and public support for African American visual culture. The series was made possibl...
- Biographical Note:
- African American artist.
- Topic:
- Politics and GovernmentAfrican American History
- Length:
- 9.5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Biographical Note:
- Mayor of Los Angeles from 1973 to 1993.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryUCLA and University of California HistoryMusicUCLA Research Centers and Programs
- Length:
- 1.5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series documents the history of UCLA's Institute of Ethnomusicology, which was founded in 1961 and dissolved in 1974.
- Biographical Note:
- Performer of Balinese and Javanese music and director of the ethnomusicology program at Loyola Marymount University. Graduate student in ethnomusicology during her time at UCLA.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryMusic
- Length:
- 2.85 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Interviews in this series preserve the spoken memories of individuals, mainly musicians, who were raised near and/or performed on Los Angeles's Central Avenue from the late 1920s to the mid-1950s.
- Biographical Note:
- Jazz arranger and trumpet player.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryCivil Rights Movement
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Biographical Note:
- Participant in the Freedom Rides sponsored by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) to desegregate southern transportation facilities.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryFilm and Television
- Length:
- 10.75 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The interviews in the series African Americans in Entertainment and Media are designed to document African Americans in television, radio, theater and film and aims to better understand how they overcame bias and discrimination and were trailblazers who opened doors for other African Americans in...
- Biographical Note:
- Publicist and press officer. Founder and president of public relations firm, Tobin & Associates, Inc.
- Topic:
- African American History
- Length:
- 7 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Interviews in this series were made possible by support from the UCLA Center for African American Studies, Institute of American Cultures. This is the first of several Oral History Program series focusing on social, cultural, economic, and political aspects of African American citizens in the Lo...
- Biographical Note:
- Civil rights activist and senior pastor of the Second Baptist Church, the oldest black Baptist church in Los Angeles.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryBusiness
- Length:
- 3.25 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series documents long-term and multigenerational business ownership in the black community through oral history interviews with owners of businesses located in Los Angeles County. The title is inspired by Martin Luther King, Jr.'s last book, Where Do We Go From Here? Chaos or Community, whic...
- Biographical Note:
- Co-owners of Summit Enterprises, a real estate investment business in Pasadena, California established in 1976.
- Topic:
- BusinessAfrican American History
- Length:
- 4.25 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series documents long-term and multigenerational business ownership in the black community through oral history interviews with owners of businesses located in Los Angeles County. The title is inspired by Martin Luther King, Jr.'s last book, Where Do We Go From Here? Chaos or Community, whic...
- Biographical Note:
- Owner of the marketing communications firm Lagrant Communications, the Lagrant Foundation, and KLH Enterprises.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsAfrican American HistoryCommunity Activism
- Length:
- 5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series documents community organizations and institutions that arose in the aftermath of the Watts Rebellion to address issues such as education, employment, healthcare, housing, transportation, and police harassment. The first phase of the series involved interviews with key organizers of ...
- Biographical Note:
- Member of the Black Congress and the Long Beach Community Improvement League.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryFilm and Television
- Length:
- 10.25 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The interviews in the series African Americans in Entertainment and Media are designed to document African Americans in television, radio, theater and film and aims to better understand how they overcame bias and discrimination and were trailblazers who opened doors for other African Americans in...
- Biographical Note:
- Journalist, anchorwoman, publicist, and producer.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsAfrican American HistoryCommunity Activism
- Length:
- 8 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series documents community organizations and institutions that arose in the aftermath of the Watts Rebellion to address issues such as education, employment, healthcare, housing, transportation, and police harassment. The first phase of the series involved interviews with key organizers of ...
- Biographical Note:
- Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science professor of medicine. Education and health activist.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryMusic
- Length:
- 12 hrs.
- Audio:
- Biographical Note:
- Co-founder and publisher of SOUL magazine.
- Topic:
- African American HistorySocial MovementsCommunity Activism
- Length:
- 5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series documents community organizations and institutions that arose in the aftermath of the Watts Rebellion to address issues such as education, employment, healthcare, housing, transportation, and police harassment. The first phase of the series involved interviews with key organizers of ...
- Biographical Note:
- California State University, Fullerton, professor of linguistics and expert on ebonics.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryMusic
- Length:
- 6 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- These interviews with African American musicians provide details about the narrators' background, training, influences, and musical choices and discuss their contributions, and connections to the music of black Los Angeles. The series was a collaborative project of the UCLA Center for Oral Histor...
- Biographical Note:
- Educator, school psychologist, composer, musician, conductor, church and community leader with a focus on gospel music. CEO of the Heritage Music Foundation and founder of the the Gospel House.
- Topic:
- African American HistorySocial MovementsCommunity Activism
- Length:
- 2.25 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series documents community organizations and institutions that arose in the aftermath of the Watts Rebellion to address issues such as education, employment, healthcare, housing, transportation, and police harassment. The first phase of the series involved interviews with key organizers of ...
- Biographical Note:
- Founder and executive director of Parents of Watts.
- Topic:
- African American HistorySports
- Length:
- 1.25 hrs
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Purpose Served: An Oral History of the Exemplary Life of Arthur Ashe, 1943-1993 is an initiative of the Arthur Ashe Legacy Fund (AALF) at UCLA and is funded by AALF and by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. By launching an oral history project to document and capture the firsthand recollections of ...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed because of connection to tennis player Arthur Ashe. Attended UCLA with Ashe, played on the UCLA tennis team, and remained friends with Ashe after their time at UCLA.
- Topic:
- BusinessAfrican American History
- Length:
- 4.5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series documents long-term and multigenerational business ownership in the black community through oral history interviews with owners of businesses located in Los Angeles County. The title is inspired by Martin Luther King, Jr.'s last book, Where Do We Go From Here? Chaos or Community, whic...
- Biographical Note:
- Owner of Antique Stove Heaven, a Los Angeles antique stove repair business that opened in the late 1970s.
- Topic:
- African American History
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Biographical Note:
- Physician and co-founder of the Temple Health Institute, a community-based health clinic.
- Topic:
- UCLA and University of California HistoryAfrican American HistoryUCLA Research Centers and Programs
- Length:
- 11 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Interviews in this series include individuals who were instrumental in creating and guiding the Center for African American Studies at UCLA to a position of widely recognized excellence among the nation's African American studies departments, centers, and institutes.
- Biographical Note:
- UCLA assistant professor of labor economics and founding director of the UCLA Bunche Center for African American Studies. Later professor of economics at Loyola Marymount University.
- Topic:
- BusinessAfrican American History
- Length:
- 4.5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series documents long-term and multigenerational business ownership in the black community through oral history interviews with owners of businesses located in Los Angeles County. The title is inspired by Martin Luther King, Jr.'s last book, Where Do We Go From Here? Chaos or Community, whic...
- Biographical Note:
- Second-generation restaurateur and owner of Dulan’s soul food restaurant on Crenshaw Boulevard.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryBusiness
- Length:
- 5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series documents long-term and multigenerational business ownership in the black community through oral history interviews with owners of businesses located in Los Angeles County. The title is inspired by Martin Luther King, Jr.'s last book, Where Do We Go From Here? Chaos or Community, whic...
- Biographical Note:
- Owner of A+ Moving and former owner of Robert Taylor Furniture in Los Angeles.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryMusic
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Interviews in this series extend the UCLA Oral History Program's "Central Avenue Sounds" series and preserve the spoken memories of musicians who were active in the jazz music scene in Los Angeles from the 1950s to the 1970s. This series includes a broad range of interviewees, some of whom are we...
- Biographical Note:
- Woodwind player and composer.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryEducation
- Length:
- 3.3 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series documents efforts to secure quality education for Black students in the Los Angeles area in the years 1950-2000. This includes the issues of integration/desegregation, increasing the numbers of Black teachers and administrators and the struggle against discriminatory hiring practic...
- Biographical Note:
- Deputy superintendent for the Los Angeles Unified School District and first principal of Locke High School in South Central Los Angeles. Architect and a founder of the Young Black Scholars Program.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryCommunity History
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The interviews in the series Allensworth Community feature recollections of the descendants of Allensworth (California) residents and founders. The town was established in 1908 by Lieutenant Colonel Allen Allensworth (1842-1914), at that time the highest-ranking African American officer in histor...
- Topic:
- African American HistoryMusic
- Length:
- 2 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Interviews in this series preserve the spoken memories of individuals, mainly musicians, who were raised near and/or performed on Los Angeles's Central Avenue from the late 1920s to the mid-1950s.
- Biographical Note:
- Jazz piano player.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsAfrican American HistoryCommunity Activism
- Length:
- 2.75 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series documents community organizations and institutions that arose in the aftermath of the Watts Rebellion to address issues such as education, employment, healthcare, housing, transportation, and police harassment. The first phase of the series involved interviews with key organizers of ...
- Biographical Note:
- Co-founder and president of Mothers in Action.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryBusiness
- Length:
- 1.25 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series documents long-term and multigenerational business ownership in the black community through oral history interviews with owners of businesses located in Los Angeles County. The title is inspired by Martin Luther King, Jr.'s last book, Where Do We Go From Here? Chaos or Community, whic...
- Biographical Note:
- Second-generation owner of Little Red Hen Coffee Shop in Altadena, California, which was established by Shay’s mother in 1972.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryFilm and Television
- Length:
- 60 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The interviews in the series African Americans in Entertainment and Media are designed to document African Americans in television, radio, theater and film and aims to better understand how they overcame bias and discrimination and were trailblazers who opened doors for other African Americans in...
- Biographical Note:
- Choreographer, dancer, and actor. Member, with younger brother Harold Nicholas, of the Nicolas Brothers jazz tap dance duo.
- Topic:
- African American History
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series documents black women’s activism in Los Angeles from 1950 to the present, showing how women’s roles in the professions and in religious, civic, and social organizations translated into community activism to address disparities in education, healthcare, housing and political rights and...
- Biographical Note:
- Ordained Dean at Westminster Presbyterian and civic activist with the Harvard Heights Block Club, different civic committees, and the American Red Cross. Serves on various courts of the church Presbytery, Synod, General Council, and women's division. Vice President of the national United Presbyte...
- Topic:
- African American HistoryFilm and Television
- Length:
- 21 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The interviews in the series African Americans in Entertainment and Media are designed to document African Americans in television, radio, theater and film and aims to better understand how they overcame bias and discrimination and were trailblazers who opened doors for other African Americans in...
- Biographical Note:
- Television and music news reporter, news anchor, and actor. Anchor for Los Angeles local news station, KTLA.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryBusiness
- Length:
- 3 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series documents long-term and multigenerational business ownership in the black community through oral history interviews with owners of businesses located in Los Angeles County. The title is inspired by Martin Luther King, Jr.'s last book, Where Do We Go From Here? Chaos or Community, whic...
- Biographical Note:
- Owner of Coleman Construction in Los Angeles, California.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryMusic
- Length:
- 10. 15 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Interviews in this series preserve the spoken memories of individuals, mainly musicians, who were raised near and/or performed on Los Angeles's Central Avenue from the late 1920s to the mid-1950s.
- Biographical Note:
- Jazz saxophone player.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryArt
- Length:
- 9.2 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The interviews in the series African American Artists of Los Angeles document significant African American Artists and others in the Los Angeles metropolitan area who have worked to expand exhibition opportunities and public support for African American visual culture. The series was made possibl...
- Biographical Note:
- African American artist and founder of Gallery 32 in Los Angeles.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryMusic
- Length:
- 12.5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Interviews in this series extend the UCLA Oral History Program's "Central Avenue Sounds" series and preserve the spoken memories of musicians who were active in the jazz music scene in Los Angeles from the 1950s to the 1970s. This series includes a broad range of interviewees, some of whom are we...
- Biographical Note:
- Jazz bass player.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryMusic
- Length:
- 6 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- These interviews with African American musicians provide details about the narrators' background, training, influences, and musical choices and discuss their contributions, and connections to the music of black Los Angeles. The series was a collaborative project of the UCLA Center for Oral Histor...
- Biographical Note:
- Director of Choral Activities, professor of Ethnomusicology, and head of Music Education at U.C. Davis. Choral director, composer, arranger, author, and editor.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryArt
- Length:
- 19.75 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The interviews in the series African American Artists of Los Angeles document significant African American Artists and others in the Los Angeles metropolitan area who have worked to expand exhibition opportunities and public support for African American visual culture. The series was made possibl...
- Biographical Note:
- African American artist and community-activist. First director of the Watts Towers Art Center in Los Angeles.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryFilm and Television
- Length:
- 2 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series includes interviews with studio workers who gained entry to the motion picture industry following Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. They were donated to the UCLA Center for Oral History Research by Andrew Dawson of the University of Greenwich, London, who conducted them as part ...
- Biographical Note:
- Camera operator. Active in the union International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments (IASTE) Local 659.
- Topic:
- Latina and Latino HistoryAfrican American HistoryMusic
- Length:
- 4.5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Interviews in this series preserve the spoken memories of individuals, mainly musicians, who were raised near and/or performed on Los Angeles's Central Avenue from the late 1920s to the mid-1950s.
- Biographical Note:
- Jazz tenor saxophone player, vocalist, and bandleader.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryArt
- Length:
- 16.65 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The interviews in the series African American Artists of Los Angeles document significant African American Artists and others in the Los Angeles metropolitan area who have worked to expand exhibition opportunities and public support for African American visual culture. The series was made possibl...
- Biographical Note:
- African American art curator and community-activist. Co-founder of the Black Arts Council, advocate for African American exhibits at LACMA, and exhibit creator in community venues.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryFilm and Television
- Length:
- 2 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series includes interviews with studio workers who gained entry to the motion picture industry following Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. They were donated to the UCLA Center for Oral History Research by Andrew Dawson of the University of Greenwich, London, who conducted them as part ...
- Biographical Note:
- Crewman. One of the first African Americans to work in Hollywood in the areas of stage lighting, rigging, and as a best boy.
- Topic:
- UCLA and University of California HistoryAfrican American HistoryUCLA Research Centers and Programs
- Length:
- 2.5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Interviews in this series include individuals who were instrumental in creating and guiding the Center for African American Studies at UCLA to a position of widely recognized excellence among the nation's African American studies departments, centers, and institutes.
- Biographical Note:
- Managing partner of the law firm Bobbitt & Roberts and president of Solar Records. Involved in the founding of the UCLA Bunche Center for African American Studies.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryCommunity History
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The interviews in the series Allensworth Community feature recollections of the descendants of Allensworth (California) residents and founders. The town was established in 1908 by Lieutenant Colonel Allen Allensworth (1842-1914), at that time the highest-ranking African American officer in histor...
- Topic:
- BusinessAfrican American History
- Length:
- 3.25 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series documents long-term and multigenerational business ownership in the black community through oral history interviews with owners of businesses located in Los Angeles County. The title is inspired by Martin Luther King, Jr.'s last book, Where Do We Go From Here? Chaos or Community, whic...
- Biographical Note:
- Third-generation owner of Angelus Funeral Home in Los Angeles.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryCommunity History
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The interviews in the series Allensworth Community feature recollections of the descendants of Allensworth (California) residents and founders. The town was established in 1908 by Lieutenant Colonel Allen Allensworth (1842-1914), at that time the highest-ranking African American officer in histor...
- Topic:
- African American HistoryCommunity History
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The interviews in the series Allensworth Community feature recollections of the descendants of Allensworth (California) residents and founders. The town was established in 1908 by Lieutenant Colonel Allen Allensworth (1842-1914), at that time the highest-ranking African American officer in histor...
- Topic:
- African American HistoryMusic
- Length:
- 1.75 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Interviews in this series preserve the spoken memories of individuals, mainly musicians, who were raised near and/or performed on Los Angeles's Central Avenue from the late 1920s to the mid-1950s.
- Biographical Note:
- Jazz saxophone player.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryArt
- Length:
- 11.25 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The interviews in the series African American Artists of Los Angeles document significant African American Artists and others in the Los Angeles metropolitan area who have worked to expand exhibition opportunities and public support for African American visual culture. The series was made possibl...
- Biographical Note:
- African American artist. Co-founder of the Brockman Gallery in Los Angeles.
- Topic:
- BusinessAfrican American History
- Length:
- 3.5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series documents long-term and multigenerational business ownership in the black community through oral history interviews with owners of businesses located in Los Angeles County. The title is inspired by Martin Luther King, Jr.'s last book, Where Do We Go From Here? Chaos or Community, whic...
- Biographical Note:
- Owner of Harold and Belle’s, a long-established restaurant in the West Adams neighborhood in Los Angeles.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryArt
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The interviews in the series African American Artists of Los Angeles document significant African American Artists and others in the Los Angeles metropolitan area who have worked to expand exhibition opportunities and public support for African American visual culture. The series was made possibl...
- Topic:
- African American HistoryCommunity History
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The interviews in the series Allensworth Community feature recollections of the descendants of Allensworth (California) residents and founders. The town was established in 1908 by Lieutenant Colonel Allen Allensworth (1842-1914), at that time the highest-ranking African American officer in histor...
- Topic:
- BusinessAfrican American History
- Length:
- 4.5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series documents long-term and multigenerational business ownership in the black community through oral history interviews with owners of businesses located in Los Angeles County. The title is inspired by Martin Luther King, Jr.'s last book, Where Do We Go From Here? Chaos or Community, whic...
- Biographical Note:
- Second-generation owner of Bowers and Sons Cleaners, located in the historic Central Avenue district in Los Angeles.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryArt
- Length:
- 5.10 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The interviews in the series African American Artists of Los Angeles document significant African American Artists and others in the Los Angeles metropolitan area who have worked to expand exhibition opportunities and public support for African American visual culture. The series was made possibl...
- Biographical Note:
- African American artist.
- Topic:
- BusinessAfrican American History
- Length:
- 7.25 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series documents long-term and multigenerational business ownership in the black community through oral history interviews with owners of businesses located in Los Angeles County. The title is inspired by Martin Luther King, Jr.'s last book, Where Do We Go From Here? Chaos or Community, whic...
- Biographical Note:
- Third-generation owner of Woods-Valentine Mortuary in Pasadena, California.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryFilm and Television
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The interviews in the series African Americans in Entertainment and Media are designed to document African Americans in television, radio, theater and film and aims to better understand how they overcame bias and discrimination and were trailblazers who opened doors for other African Americans in...
- Topic:
- African American History
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Biographical Note:
- California State College, Los Angeles professor of history. The first black graduate of the University of Oregon and the first black individual to receive a doctorate from Ohio State University.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryJournalism
- Length:
- 3.8 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Interviews in this series were made possible by support from the UCLA Center for African American Studies, Institute of American Cultures. This is the first of several Oral History Program series focusing on social, cultural, economic, and political aspects of African American citizens in the Lo...
- Biographical Note:
- Publisher and business manager for the Los Angeles Sentinel.
- Topic:
- Politics and GovernmentAfrican American History
- Length:
- 8.5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series includes interviews with African Americans who were involved in Los Angeles politics from the 1940s to the present day. In addition to African American politicians, it includes individuals who could speak to the political history and influence of the black community in Los Angeles. Th...
- Biographical Note:
- Member of the Los Angeles City Council from 1991 to 2001.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryFilm and Television
- Length:
- 13.5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Biographical Note:
- General booking manager of the Lincoln Motion Picture Company and lifelong collector of materials on African Americans in motion pictures. Founder of the Pacific Coast News Bureau.
- Topic:
- African American History
- Length:
- 5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series documents black women’s activism in Los Angeles from 1950 to the present, showing how women’s roles in the professions and in religious, civic, and social organizations translated into community activism to address disparities in education, healthcare, housing and political rights and...
- Biographical Note:
- County of Los Angeles Public Library system librarian serving underrepresented communities. Founding member and president of the California Librarians Black Caucus, member of the California Library Association's Council, and member of various American Library Association committees and programs.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryMusic
- Length:
- 2.5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Interviews in this series preserve the spoken memories of individuals, mainly musicians, who were raised near and/or performed on Los Angeles's Central Avenue from the late 1920s to the mid-1950s.
- Biographical Note:
- Jazz tenor saxophone and clarinet player.
- Topic:
- BusinessAfrican American History
- Length:
- 5.1 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Interviews in this series were made possible by support from the UCLA Center for African American Studies, Institute of American Cultures. This is the first of several Oral History Program series focusing on social, cultural, economic, and political aspects of African American citizens in the Lo...
- Biographical Note:
- Manager of special field markets for Anheuser-Busch brewing company.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryMusic
- Length:
- 12.6 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Interviews in this series preserve the spoken memories of individuals, mainly musicians, who were raised near and/or performed on Los Angeles's Central Avenue from the late 1920s to the mid-1950s.
- Biographical Note:
- Jazz trombone player and bandleader. Leader of the Pan-Afrikan People's Arkestra.
- Topic:
- African American HistorySocial MovementsCommunity Activism
- Length:
- 5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series documents community organizations and institutions that arose in the aftermath of the Watts Rebellion to address issues such as education, employment, healthcare, housing, transportation, and police harassment. The first phase of the series involved interviews with key organizers of ...
- Biographical Note:
- Founding member of the Brotherhood Crusade. Manager of the Vera Davis McClendon Youth and Family Center.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryMusic
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Interviews in this series extend the UCLA Oral History Program's "Central Avenue Sounds" series and preserve the spoken memories of musicians who were active in the jazz music scene in Los Angeles from the 1950s to the 1970s. This series includes a broad range of interviewees, some of whom are we...
- Biographical Note:
- Jazz drummer.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryBooks and Fine Printing
- Length:
- 3.25 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Biographical Note:
- Co-founder and owner of the Aquarian Spiritual Center and the Aquarian Bookshop, a black-owned bookstore specializing in materials relevant to African American politics and life.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryMusic
- Length:
- 5.85 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Interviews in this series preserve the spoken memories of individuals, mainly musicians, who were raised near and/or performed on Los Angeles's Central Avenue from the late 1920s to the mid-1950s.
- Biographical Note:
- Jazz drummer.
- Topic:
- Politics and GovernmentAfrican American History
- Length:
- 7.5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series includes interviews with African Americans who were involved in Los Angeles politics from the 1940s to the present day. In addition to African American politicians, it includes individuals who could speak to the political history and influence of the black community in Los Angeles. Th...
- Biographical Note:
- Member of the Los Angeles City Council. Founder of Cunningham Short Berryman and Associates, a public affairs consulting firm advising government officials and small businesses.