Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, the City Council and business and community leaders launched a month of cultural events honoring African-American history and culture at the city’s annual African-American Heritage Month celebration Friday. Read more »
Surrounded by a treasure trove of fresh fruits and vegetables, First Lady Michelle Obama hammered home her “healthy food, healthy communities” message at the site of a planned supermarket in the city.
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As a large part of the handful of settlers who founded El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora de Los Angeles some 231 years ago — the Spanish colonial town that would eventually become Los Angeles — Black people of African origin have had a profound impact on the city’s history since its very beginnings.
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