Black Los Angeles June festivals
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June 2024
Black vacationers travel to Martha’s Vineyard
Black travelers from around the nation head to Martha’s Vineyard each summer for “Black August.” USC Black Alumni Association has made this into an annual summer retreat.
TEC Leimert Spotlight: Diana Simmons
A Leimert Park native, Simmons is a sales executive for Microsoft, overseeing a team of technical sellers in a $65 million sales territory.
Attracting tourism to Black Los Angeles
With planning for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games underway, the ULI Los Angeles: Urban Marketplace held panel discussions with the topic of increasing tourism in local Black communities.
California anti-hate hotline responded to over 1,000 reported acts of hate
Anti-Black bias was by far the most cited reason for reports related to race and ethnicity.