Metro partners with Leimert Park Village, Inc
The partnership will promote cultural tourism and transit.
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Leimert Park’s Sankofa City Shuttles
A partnership with L.A. Metro promotes cultural tourism and transit.
Bringing tourism to Leimert Park
Black culture has spread worldwide, but Black communities in Los Angeles which created portions of that culture have been historically overlooked for tourism.
Ora Cafe’s mobile coffee carts will create entrepreneurial opportunities
The coffee carts will set up at the local Metro stations, and give the formerly incarcerated and underserved youth employment and business opportunities.
Black Los Angeles June festivals
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Remembering Chef Bryce Fluellen
Fluellen was an influential figure in Los Angeles’ Black communities, where he promoted healthy lifestyles.
Los Angeles’ Jule Deckard was not to be messed with
Deckard, a successful Black businessman from Texas, moved to Los Angeles in 1922 and quickly drew the ire of the local White residents.
African American Historic Places Project
Getty and the City of Los Angeles have partnered to identify, preserve, and celebrate African American heritage in Los Angeles.
Melanated Jump Squad
This Leimert Park group is bringing back a lost art that’s rooted in Black culture.
Crenshaw Crossing between Obama Blvd. and Exposition Blvd.
“We’re focused on making it 100 percent affordable so that people in the community can afford to live there opposed to building something for people outside of the community to come in and live there.”