Ram’s Super Bowl Victory Built on 1946 Desegregation
Millions of football fans celebrated Super Bowl Sunday this past weekend by watching the Los Angeles Rams win the Super Bowl by beating the Cincinnati Bengals at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, CA. We congratulate the Los Angeles Rams and the Cincinnati Bengals for making...
Robert William Stewart: Los Angeles’ First African American Police Officer
In 1889, Robert William Stewart became the first African American to become a member of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and one of the first Black officers of any jurisdiction in California. Officer Stewart swore an oath to serve and protect the citizens of...
New SBA Partnership to Benefit Minority-Owned Businesses in Los Angeles
The Covid-19 pandemic has had a disproportionately devastating impact on minority and women-owned entrepreneurs in general, and the implications for Black-owned business owners have been even more devastating. In 2020 Black business ownership rates dropped over 40%,...