Brenda Stevenson was interviewed by BBC’s Newsday regarding Ben Carson’s depiction of African slaves as immigrants to the United States. You can listen to the interview by clicking here.You can find a link to the full episode below, which will be up for seven days. Her interview begins at 28:30. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04v84j2
Current graduate student Marques Vestal was featured in an interview by the UCLA Labor Center. You can read the interview here:A Conversation about Black Liberation in Los Angeles
Brenda Stevenson was interviewed on February 24, 2017 on KPCC’s Take Two program along with Brie Loskota, the executive director of the Center for Religion and Civic Culture at USC. Yiannopoulos’ fall might prove that America’s moral compass is still intact.
Christopher Ehret has been working as a primary advisor on the PBS series, The Great Civilizations of Africa, produced by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. It will be airing on PBS stations nationwide on the evenings of February 27, March 1 and March 2.The schedule for the PBS airing of the series is as follows: […]
In a genial and wide-ranging conversation with Los Angeles’ only living former mayors, Richard Riordan, James Hahn and Antonio Villaraigosa shared their thoughts on education, crime, development, transportation, and the state’s overall political makeup. Here are two articles covering the event:Taking a trip down memory lane (Los Angeles Times article February 18, 2017) Former L.A. mayors share their […]
Inquires about the new center can be sent to luskincenter@history.ucla.edu.You can read articles regarding the gift and about the center here:
The governing body of California high school sports has announced 13 coaches as winners of the 2016-2017 Model Coach Award (http://www.cifstate.org/coaches-admin/model_coach/2016-17_mc_winners). At least one UCLA almunus (B.A., History, 1983) is among the recipients: Bruce Thomson (San Pedro High School) – Cross Country/Track & Field Thomson serves as cross country and track & field coach at San […]
