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The African-American Trailblazers- Los Angeles Oral History Project chronicles the lives of significant individuals who contributed to the growth of Los Angeles' Black community in the past 50 years.

The individuals highlighted strengthened the community in the areas of law, medicine, civic and community affairs, civil rights, religion, politics, economic development, entertainment, education, and city government. Their stories may be unfamiliar to you, but they are the people who did the work and moved LA's Black community forward.

Since 2017, this project has been filming interviews with these leaders to bring attention to their work, record their stories, and pass on their wisdom to the next generation.

Your donation will go towards filming more interviews with leaders in LA’s Black community and to making their stories public. In addition to being published on this website, all interviews are archived at California State University Fullerton’s Lawrence B. De Graaf Center for Oral and Public History.

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