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When black families began migrating from the rural South to Compton and Richland Farms in the 1950s, they found their "home away from home" in this small community.
County Director at UC Cooperative Extension, Rachel Surls is fascinated by the complexities and contradictions of Los Angeles' agricultural and planning history.
Known by many children as Grandpa Fred, a war veteran and regular library volunteer, he stays active in the community by teaching English to adults and participating with several community organizations.
South L.A. residents are increasingly vulnerable to a number of negative health outcomes due to high levels of pollution from traffic emissions and oil extraction sites in close proximity to homes, schools, parks, and healthcare facilities.
In memory of Navalette Tabor Bailey, we remember her with this interview and thank her for her contribution to Los Angeles and its history.
Today, the lush vegetation along Compton Creek provides a glimpse into a time when the wetlands of Compton and Vernon were zoned for agriculture.
Tomas Carlos and his father describes the Charro lifestyle in Richland Farms, Compton.
Known to some as the "Father of Leimert Park," Ben Caldwell has worked as a filmmaker, entrepreneur, ethnographer, documentarian, educator, and community activist.
As Departures visits places rich with myths and forgotten histories we encounter issues that highlight ongoing - sometimes fraught - efforts to tell the story of race in Los Angeles.
We met biologist, Ellen Mackey outside the Sizzler off of Sunland Ave from the 210 Freeway and followed her up Foothill Boulevard towards the mountains. After just a few miles, we pulled over to the side of the road and walked up to a waist high cement...
The hipsters of our gentrification fantasies are always white. We rarely imagine the possibility of colored, middle-class hipsters carrying both universal dreams of cheap rents and their own peculiar set of ambivalences on slouched shoulders.
When Reverend Compton donated the land that we now know as Compton, he stipulated that a certain acreage be zoned for agricultural purposes. Thus the City of Compton and Richland Farms were born.
