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Anti-war protesters marching through Century City in 1967 as President Johnson hosts a political fundraiser inside the Century Plaza Hotel. Courtesy of the Herald-Examiner Collection, Los Angeles Public Library.
3 Protests from L.A. History That Got the Public's Attention
Capturing the attention of the public and the news media, the Occupy L.A. protesters have joined a long, yet sometimes seemingly hidden, tradition of activists who have advocated publicly in Los Angeles for their vision of social justice.
Arrival Story: Edgar Arceneaux
Edgar Arceneaux shares his grandfather's migration story beginning on the banks of Mississippi.
Lucas Benitez: Lukasheva + Chihuahua + Ells Island + El Paso = East L.A.
"It thrills me to know that I'm part Apache, part Irish, part Ukrainian-Russian, part Mexican, and part American." Cal State L.A. student Lucas Benitez traces his family's varied history.
Marjan Vayghan: Back and Forth Between Tehran and Los Angeles
Conceptual artist Marjan Vayghan describes the joys and difficulties in living in two different cities at once - Tehran and Los Angeles.
Leila Hamidi: Part of a Persian Exodus; From NY to OC to L.A.
"Within my family's circle of friends alone, I knew of three different families that had the same model home within a 2-mile radius - no need to tell me where the bathroom is, because I already know the full layout of your house."
Gabrielle Garcia: Her Parents, from Durango, Found Each Other Here
"My dad was a city rat, skinny dipping in the dirty blue river, and smoking in the cold gray alleys, but he was a dreamer. He ran away at seventeen to come to Los Angeles and become an engineer."
Arrival Story: Guillermo Bordarampe
"During our escuela secundaria years along with a couple of friends we decided to put together a music band, that later on became very popular, under the name Arco Iris. It was a sort of South American Pink Floyd."
Aldo Velasco: The Filmmaker's Mother, Fleeing, Promised 'Fun Trip'
"I struggled to adjust to my new life and learn English. I turned six years old, and was given a Jaws-themed game for my birthday."
Arrival Story: Roxanne Steinberg & Oguri
"My grandmother came out to California to work and then when my grandfather decided to come out, he walked into my grandmother's office with a bunch of rattlesnakes."
Max Presneill: He Dreamed of Sunshine, Skateboard Parks and the Next Big Center of Art
"I had a big goodbye party for all my friends and family and the next day got on a plane bound for Los Angeles - the city of my childhood dreams of sunshine and skateboard parks and where I believed the next big center of art would be."
Arrival Story: Jenny Price
Los Angeles River expert and Los Angeles Urban Ranger senior ranger Jenny Price shares how a baby altered her perspectives on L.A.
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Inside a hilltop house in City Terrace a few months ago seven musicians recorded a son jarocho version of The Clash's "Straight to Hell."
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