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Before cars, a so-called “Camel Corp” was brought to Los Angeles in hopes they could transport goods.
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"Once she got her freedom, she didn't accept 'no' for an answer. Whatever she set out to do, she was very methodical about."
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Wiped out by the 10 freeway, the Belmar neighborhood, at Fourth and Pico, was once a hub for Black life.
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As statues of the Franciscan friar come down, Southern California grapples with reframing the European-centric "California story."
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The nine-story store that started it all is a strange mix of bustling commerce and yawning, empty space.
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She published an influential Black newspaper, ran for congress, helped found the Progressive Party and spent most of her life fighting for social justice.
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The Central Avenue nightclub performers who graced its stage helped create modern jazz, swing, bebop, and rhythm and blues.
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Daeida Wilcox Beveridge envisioned a rustic temperance community that stood in opposition to the moral rot of society.
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It was the brainchild of a lanky pilot and aviation educator named William J. Powell.
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From Los Angeles's earliest days as a city, boosters have sold it as an outdoor paradise, waiting to be explored on foot. It still is.
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And here's a brief history of their rise and fall.
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"Soldiers of the soil" planted 20 million victory gardens and they supplied 40% of the produce in the U.S.
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If walls could talk...
