The exhibit presents a rare look at Chinese-American women's history, told through legal cases fought in the Supreme Courts of the U.S. and its states. Using the personal collection of Dr. Chang C. Chen, Herstory features rare photographs and case descriptions of efforts by Chinese-American women to gain legal standing in the U.S.
While social and service clubs are by no means extinct, they were an integral part of the social fabric of the post-war era, a reality that differs from how we construct our social lives today. This exhibit of photographs from the Valley Times collection provides a unique visual history of the ways people connect to build a community.
The aim of the #TMHealthLA photography exhibit is to showcase a diverse community through iconic images of the Los Angeles cityscape, as well as the homes and neighborhoods that transmasculine individuals proudly call home.
Learning what propaganda is and how to counter it is essential in today’s information-saturated world. This exhibit explores how the Nazis used propaganda to win broad voter support in Germany, implement radical programs, and justify war and mass murder.
Rolland Curtis’ images provide a unique view of the African American experience in South Los Angeles during the 1960s and 1970s and document the city’s black leaders of the period. The men and women in these photographs helped change the face of Los Angeles and eventually the entire nation.
Exploring the historical context of the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation and the 1963 March on Washington, this exhibition is sponsored by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture and the National Museum of American History, in collaboration with the American Library Association and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This exhibit explores some of the most deranged L.A. stories that were covered by Agness "Aggie" Underwood, a local reporter who rose through the ranks to become the first woman city editor for a major metropolitan newspaper.
To Live and Dine in L.A. showcases the vast menu collection of the Los Angeles Public Library and celebrates the rich, as-of-yet-untold, history of restaurants and food in the City of Angels.
The 14-panel exhibit chronicles the story of the Near East Relief (NER) organization, and how the United States assisted refugees of the first genocide of the 20th century.
When the old Bunker Hill neighborhood became endangered, photographers, artists, and reporters flocked to the area to capture its details and spirit before it vanished. The photographs, paintings, news articles, and recollections tell the complex story of Bunker Hill's history.
