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What does the idea of a "West Coast" mean to migrants who traveled east to get here?
With many of the imported goods sold across the county at deep discount this Black Friday having passed through the twin seaports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, explore the story of Southern California's unlikely harbor -- and how it came to be divided...
First published in 1936, "The Negro Motorist Green Book" helped African-American motorists safely navigate Jim Crow America.
First published in 1965, Bob Damron's Address Book helped LGBT travelers navigate a Los Angeles where intolerance often trumped acceptance.
Endorsed by New Deal-era federal housing policy, "redlining" encouraged housing inequality in U.S. cities.
Housing is linked, inextricably, to health, emotional well-being, family financial security, and economic mobility.
At a time when aspiring motion picture players were flocking to Los Angeles, this new organization streamlined the casting process, but it also marginalized nonwhite actors.
The early film industry was a creative Wild West, open to anyone with the means and the boldness to exploit the new technology of motion pictures.
Although we most often associate filmmaking with Southern California, the Bay Area has long been a site of movie magic.
Hollywood's struggles with diversity long predate #OscarsSoWhite.
Why did the film industry choose to locate in L.A.? Thank the weather – as well as the city's open-shop, anti-union labor policies.
In early Hollywood, women outnumbered men as stars; they also wrote, publicized, directed, edited, and produced films in numbers unequaled until the 1980s – or beyond.