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Long live 'Negro'
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...
Tags: Civil Rights, Justice and Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Black History, Population and Census
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Frank Godden dies at 101; helped develop African American resort
Los Angeles Times Frank Godden, who played a significant role in the development of Val Verde, a secluded and long-closed local resort community known as "the black Palm Springs," has died. He was 101. Godden, who had cancer, died Aug. 3 at his Los...
Tags: Los Angeles Hotels, Civil Rights, Justice and Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, African Americans
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Patt Morrison Asks: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar -- still hooked
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...
Tags: California State University, Long Beach, Jackie Robinson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Invention and Innovation, Los Angeles Lakers
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California can't afford to cut transitional kindergarten [Blowback]
Opinion L.A.Research shows that transitional kindergarten results in greater academic achievement, higher graduation rates and better jobs, and saves schools money by reducing the number of students entering special education or having to be held back a grade.... -
Holiday gifts: A baker's dozen of great cookbooks
Fall is the harvest season, right? That's especially true when it comes to cookbooks, which every year arrive in a seasonal flood that puts apples and pears to shame. By some counts, as many as three-fourths of all cookbooks in the United States are...Tags: Books and Magazines, Sweet Potatoes, Skin, Cabbage, Kensington
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This week's recipes from the L.A. Times Test Kitchen
Daily DishAll recipes that appear in the L.A. Times' weekly Food section are tested and perfected in our Test Kitchen before they're deemed fit to print. (That means you don't have to worry about a trial run before serving one of...... -
Gerald Lawson dies at 70; engineer brought cartridge-based video game consoles to life
Gerald A. "Jerry" Lawson, an electronics engineer and video game pioneer who led the team that developed the first cartridge-based home video game console system to hit the market in the mid-1970s, has died. He was 70.
Lawson, who lived in Santa Clara,...Tags: Entertainment, Queens (New York City), Gaming Industry, Radio Industry, New Products
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Recipe: Dr. George Washington Carver's sliced sweet potato pie
Dr. George Washington Carver's sliced sweet potato pie
Total time: About 2 hours, plus chilling and cooling times
Servings: 8 to 12
Note: Adapted from "Southern Pies" by Nancie McDermott. She does not recommend a specific crust to go with this pie;...Tags: Potatoes, Butter, Sweet Potato Pie, Sweet Potatoes, Pies and Tarts
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Best book title of the year?
Jacket CopyAuthor Judy Wearing deserves kudos for the title of her popular science book, "Edison's Concrete Piano: Flying Tanks, Six-Nippled Sheep, Walk-on-Water Shoes and 12 Other Flops from Great Inventors." It immediately conjures questions: Could a concrete... -
Roy DeCarava dies at 89; art photographer depicted the African American experience
Roy DeCarava, an art photographer whose pictures of everyday life in Harlem helped clarify the African American experience for a wider audience, has died. He was 89.
He died Tuesday in New York City, his daughter Wendy DeCarava said. The cause was not...Tags: James VanDerZee, Crime, Law and Justice, Berenice Abbott, Brooklyn (New York City), Museum of Modern Art
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Robert Colescott dies at 83; African American artist skewered stereotypes with wit and explosive style
Robert Colescott, a wildly expressive and fearlessly opinionated painter who skewered racial and sexual stereotypes with hilarious force, has died. He was 83.
Colescott, who had suffered from Parkinsonian syndrome, died June 4 at his home in Tucson, said...Tags: History, Museum of Modern Art, Europe, Whitney Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Carver Middle students protest impending takeover by L.A.'s mayor
L.A. NOWAbout 100 students staged a peaceful sit-in at Carver Middle School on Tuesday to protest the school falling under the jurisdiction of Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. The protest came one week after the L.A. Board of Education voted to......
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