The Army’s African American Chemical Divisions in Long Beach During WWII
For decades Long Beach was known as a Navy town
1920
News stories from the local press 1920 The "Roaring" twenties
The First Women’s Aviation Club
The First Women’s Aviation Club and the First United States
The 1948 Democratic National Convention in Long Beach That Almost Was
The California Democratic Party convention of November 15-17, 2019, was
Library Ghosts
Goodbye to old Carnegie Main October is the
Racial Unrest at Poly High School
It started with a fistfight between an African American and
The First Black Miss Universe Contestant Hardly Anyone Knows About
A little recognized piece of black history took place in
Martin Luther King Jr. & Robert Kennedy
I will never forget the evening of June 5, 1968,
Those Hathaway Women
Left to right: Susan, Martha, Margaret, Mary seated. Who
Seeking Racial Harmony: The 1950s
No Blacks in My Neighborhood Racial tensions seized the