U.S. Rep. Karen Bass held a press conference at Crenshaw High School in South Los Angeles on May 20, to highlight the damage that corporate tobacco companies have done to Black neighborhoods after decades of targeting them with menthol cigarettes.
Rev. Dr. Joseph Benjamin Hardwick has preached the Gospel and equal rights for African Americans in South Los Angeles for nearly seven decades.
Last month, the Rev.
Congressman Jim Clyburn (D-SC), the third most powerful leader in the U.S. House of Representatives, urged Angelenos to support Karen Bass for mayor of Los Angeles on May 3, at an event hosted by Danny J. Bakewell, Sr. at the L.A. Sentinel.
Photo Exhibit Commemorates Juneteenth and Black Music Month
By Sentinel News Service
Published June 10, 2021
Albert Lord, Community Build, Inc. vice president of Governmental Relations and Arts Program, puts final touches on the African American Heritage Month Legacy Project on display an exhibit along Degnan Blvd. and 43rd Street in Leimert Park Village through July 31.
(Ian Foxx photo)
In honor of Juneteenth and Black Music Month, Community Build, Inc. will host the African American Heritage Month Legacy Project, a retrospective exhibit showcasing over 100 pictures, memorabilia and documents on emancipation, civil rights, writers, inventors, Motown and the presidency of Barack Obama.
The outdoor self-guided walking exhibit is open daily, free to the public and can be viewed through the months of June and July at the offices of Community Build, Inc. along Degnan Blvd. and 43rd Street in Leimert Park Village.