Black History

Long live 'Negro'

2013-03-11 22:10:00

I let Black History Month slide by this year without writing anything about it. I am so over celebrating firsts or reprising triumphal narratives. But news from last month did suggest that we may need a black history lesson — one that goes...

Toni Morrison hangs out at a digital book signing on Google+ today

2013-02-27 09:55:00

Call it, if you will, the virtual literary event of the year. Or of February at least. Toni Morrison, the grande dame of American letters, is holding what’s billed as a "first-of-its-kind digital book signing" Wednesday at noon PST (3 p.m. EST)....

L.A. County honors World War II Marines who broke racial barriers

2013-02-26 11:32:55

Harvard-Westlake students mourn sudden death of 16-year-old swimmer

2013-02-25 09:22:51

Marcus Samuelsson at Post & Beam; Friends Cook at Canele; Paiche updates

2013-02-15 09:00:00

Post & Beam: The debonair Ethiopian-Swedish New York chef Marcus Samuelsson, proprietor of the Lenox Avenue restaurant Red Rooster in Harlem, will alight on Govind Armstrong's Post & Beam in Baldwin Hills for one night only. On Feb. 26. "Red Rooster at...

'Beasts of the Southern Wild' gets into the Oscar game in D.C.

2013-02-13 13:48:00

Looks like historical dramas, CIA thrillers and movies centering on mental illness aren't the only ones aiming to curry favor in Washington, D.C. -- now, it seems that a magical realist film also has its fans among the federal government's elite. This...

Film Independent at LACMA celebrates Black History Month

2013-01-31 06:00:00

Film Independent at LACMA kicks off Black History Month on Friday at the Leo S. Bing Theater with a rare screening of Michael Roemer's 1964 drama "Nothing But a Man. " Penned by Roemer and Robert M. Young, the acclaimed drama stars Ivan Dixon, Abbey...

Patt Morrison Asks: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar -- still hooked

2012-03-24 00:00:00

Only his number is retired — 33, in the Lakers' purple and gold that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar wore to glory on the basketball court. The rest of him is still working away, most recently on his latest book. At UCLA, in blue and gold, Abdul-Jabbar was a...

Jeremy Lin meets his match in Jon Stewart [Video]

2012-02-17 11:55:00

Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin is everywhere. Turn on the TV, you see Jeremy Lin. Go out to dinner, you hear people talking about Jeremy Lin. Go to sleep, dream about Jeremy Lin (whoops, I may have shared too much). Now "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart"...

Ken Burns takes on 'The Dust Bowl'

2012-01-05 21:36:58

Black History Month: A celebration with mixed feelings on PBS

2012-01-05 16:36:40

Arts on TV: Anna Deavere Smith; civil rights songs; Dudamel

2012-01-12 16:33:06

Louis Wyatt was one of several individuals honored by the Imperial County Board of Supervisors as part of Black History Month Tuesday morning..Photo Chelcey Adami, Tues. Feb. 26, 2013

2013-03-01 02:14:00

Desiree Johnson does a poetic dance at the second annual Black History Month commemoration Thursday evening in Calexico.

2013-02-28 23:12:00

Kinch Degrate plays a song during the second annual Black History Month commemoration Thursday evening in Calexico.

2013-02-28 23:12:00