Los Angeles - So Cal
The thrill of Sugar Hill: Black entertainers not only revived West Adams—they challenged racist covenants and laid the groundwork for the Fair Housing Act
Nobody threw a party like Hattie McDaniel. In her white and green Mediterranean mansion high atop the Los Angeles neighborhood of Sugar Hill, McDaniel, dressed in the latest fashion, hosted evening salons that brought together some of the greatest entertainers of the 20th century. Click here to read more…
African Image Beauty Supply and Salon embraces an authentic Afrocentric image
Rebecca Opong entered a market place over 30 years ago where few Black entrepreneurs could be found. She opened African Image Beauty Supply and Salon in 1987 to fill a need in her community. “We saw that Black people needed Black products, but only Asians were selling them,” she said…. Read more »
Coming Soon: Major Charles White Retrospective to be Presented at Museum of Modern Art, Art Institute of Chicago, and Los Angeles County Museum of Art
A LARGE-SCALE RETROSPECTIVE of works by Charles White (1918-1979) debuts this summer in Chicago and will travel to New York and Los Angeles, cities where the artist spent key periods of his life. The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) announced the exhibition today. “Charles White: A Retrospective” is organized by MoMA, where… Read more »
Kenneth I. Chenault Joins Facebook Board of Directors
Facebook has announced that Kenneth I. Chenault, the CEO of American Express, has been appointed to the company’s board of directors, effective February 5, 2018. Mark Zuckerberg, Founder and Chairman/CEO of Facebook said: “I’ve been trying to recruit Ken for years. He has unique expertise in areas I believe Facebook… Read more »
Charles King Is Changing the Color of Hollywood—and Making Money Doing It
“I always had an eye for talent,” Charles King insists. As a kid growing up in the Atlanta area, he’d watch Siskel and Ebert with his mother and then analyze the movies himself, reading more reviews afterward to see how the critics’ impressions compared with his. In college, at Vanderbilt… Read more »