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Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes and the Echoes of the Red Scare

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Tommy the Clown Transforms Culture and Builds Community through Krump

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Kendrick Lamar Celebrates the West Coast in “The Pop Out”

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Hip Hop Until Infinity: An Immersive Tour through West Coast Hip-Hop

Rafiq Taylor 4/9/24 Rafiq Taylor 4/9/24

California History Shines in Netflix’s “Shirley”

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Occupied Space: The Secret Black History of Little Tokyo

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LA’s Biddy Mason Memorial provides a powerful meditation on race, history and beautiful decay

Biddy Mason is on the fringes of public memory, but her LA memorial site exerts a steady presence in the city. Bass Fellow Rafiq Taylor reflects on how “nostalgia, capitalism, activism, and performance art” collide to create a beautiful decay at this locus of remembrance.