African American Heritage Month

Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description

Cuban-born Campos-Pons creates vivid photographs, watercolors, installations, and performances that explore the cultural and personal impacts of migration and memory. Her work reflects the histories of labor affecting her family, emphasizing resilience and honoring her Nigerian and Chinese ancestors. This 35-year survey highlights the interconnectedness between people and their environments, offering a rich, sensory experience.

Event Date
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Event Location

The Getty Center
1200 Getty Center Drive
Los Angeles, CA
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0790007, -118.4751191
Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
Free, Reserve tickets in advance at website
Contact Phone
310-440-7300
Event ID
10354848
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Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description

Join Mayor Karen Bass; Dr. Lura Daniels-Ball, President, Our Authors Study Club, Inc.; Los Angeles City Council President, Marqueece Harris-Dawson, Councilmember, Eighth District; Councilmember Traci Park, Eleventh District; Bob Blumenfield, Councilmember, Third District; Curren D. Price, Jr., Councilmember, Ninth District; Heather Hutt, Councilmember, Tenth District; the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA); Yvonne Wheeler, Our Authors Study Club 2025 African American Heritage Month General Chair, President Los Angeles County Federation of Labor; and, the Our Authors Study Club 2025 African American Heritage Month Committee for the annual oratorical contest finals*.

Using the annual Black History theme, high school students write and orate an original essay. The students are encouraged to think deeply and broadly about the subject, focusing on the impact of the theme on past, present, and future Black society. The young people are offered coaching and support over the weeks leading up to the competition. This year’s Association for the Study of African American Life and History national theme is African Americans and Labor.

At this event, finalist presents their orations in six minutes to a panel of judges. They are scored on content, presentation, and persuasion. Students receive cash and other prizes.

 

* Read the full executive summary on the 2024 theme, African Americans and Labor, online at asalh.org.

 

 

Event Date
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Event Location

Airport Police Community Center
9160 South Loyola Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90045
United States

Event Lat/Long
33.9549037, -118.417226
Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Event ID
140931
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Event Type
Culture & Community
Film
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description

This public event brings three historians of slavery together—one focused on the importance of slavery to colonial empires, one focused on captive experiences and health in the slave trade, and one focused on the introduction of African maritime culture into the Americas—to wrestle with the question: What actually happened in 1619?

Event Date
Event Location

The Humanities Institute – UC Santa Cruz
1156 High Street
Santa Cruz, 95064
United States

Event Lat/Long
36.9970307, -122.0519044
Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Event ID
10350328
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Event Type
Culture & Community
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description

The Intra-American Slave Trade Database is a resource for the study of the African diaspora in the Americas. Launched online in 2018, it documents more than 27,000 voyages that trafficked enslaved Africans and African-descended people from one part of the Americas to another from 1550 to 1860. This database strengthens research throughout the University of California system on the history and impact of the slave trade and slavery in the Americas by connecting scholarship on the Atlantic and Pacific Worlds.

Event Date
Event Location

Online
Online
Online, CA
United States

Event Lat/Long
40.7136487, -74.0087126
Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Event ID
10350269
Event Main Image
Event Type
Culture & Community
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description

America’s suburbs are undergoing significant transformation. The traditional view of suburbs as predominantly white, middle-class areas no longer reflects reality. Today, they encompass a diverse mix of residents—rich and poor, Black, Latino, Asian, immigrants, and the unhoused. This shift is especially evident in Los Angeles, where many suburbs have become majority-minority. The New Suburbia explores the experiences of Asian Americans, Black Americans, and Latinos who moved into formerly exclusive neighborhoods.

Event Date
Event Location

Online from the Los Angeles City Historical Society
P.O. Box 862311
Los Angeles, 90086-2311
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.06, -118.24
Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Event ID
10350387
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Event Type
Culture & Community
Film
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description

In 1759, the Diamond sailed to unspecified ports in the Americas, Jamaica, Panama, Colombia, and more unspecified destinations in what was then known as the Spanish Caribbean, embarking and disembarking human cargo as part of the slave trade. The Diamond serves as an entry point into a discussion of the movement of Africans and African-descended captives to the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea-bordered regions, the ocean memory of those human cargo lost to the voyages through the Americas, and how that loss reverberates into the present.

Event Date
Event Location

Online at the University of California, Irvine
4100 Humanities Gateway
Irvine, 92697
United States

Event Lat/Long
33.6482265, -117.8444304
Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Contact Phone
949.824.1662
Event ID
10350811
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Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Tours
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description

The Crenshaw Eat and See Tour explores South LA’s cultural and culinary highlights. Begin with a scenic drive through historic neighborhoods, including Crenshaw, Leimert Park, Hyde Park, and View Park-Windsor Hills. Enjoy brunch at Dulan’s, shop at Leimert Park Village and Afrocity Marketplace, indulge in a wine experience at Adams Wine Shop, and conclude with a visit to the Reparations Book Club.

Event Date
Event Location

Tour Starts on Crenshaw
3860 S Crenshaw Blvd Suite 103
Los Angeles, 90008
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0164339, -118.3350537
Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
Check website for ticket prices
Contact Phone
818.252.9169
Event ID
10350941
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Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Film
Music
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description

Stream films on Kanopy or Hoopla, both on-demand streaming film services. They both have an extensive library of African American cinema and documentaries that are free with your Los Angeles City or Los Angeles County library card.

 

 

kanopy.com/en/category/40898?frontend=kui

 hoopladigital.com

Event Date
Event Location

Online with the Library
Los Angeles
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0549076, -118.242643
Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Event ID
10352562
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Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Music
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description

The Los Angeles Public Library and the Los Angeles County Library cards give you access to many resources, including two amazing online music collections. Freegal features unlimited songs, and Hoopla lets you check out full albums. These two databases have endless amounts of music from the African and African American diaspora to explore, from famous hits to underground sounds.

 

hoopladigital.com/search?q=African+American+music&scope=everything&type=direct&kindId=6

freegalmusic.com

Event Date
Event Location

Online with the Library
Los Angeles
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0549076, -118.242643
Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Event ID
10354939
Event Main Image
Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description

An in-depth installation of Jean-Michel Basquiat features all 13 works by the artist in the Broad collection, including three works on view for the first time at The Broad: Santo 2, Deaf, and Wicker.

 

Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Fridays – 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Thursdays – 11:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.,
Saturdays and Sundays 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Event Date
-
Event Location

The Broad
221 S. Grand Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90012
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0544669, -118.2505609
Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Event ID
10351004
Event Main Image