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In 1991, Photo Friends and the Los Angeles Public Library sponsored the project “Shades of L.A.: A Search for Visual Ethnic History.” The six-year project involved copying thousands of family photographs throughout Los Angeles, thereby broadening the LAPL Photo Collection’s representation of ethnicities within the city.
Shades of LA was a project by the Los Angeles Public Library to collect and document the stories and images of African American, Latina/o, and Asian American communities in Los Angeles after a fire destroyed 20% of its photographic holdings. The project also included the Middle Eastern community and created a photographic collection of the underrepresented group. Learn how California Humanities supported and funded this innovative and collaborative project.
It’s now been more than 30 years since Shades of L.A. commenced, and the collection continues to inform and inspire while providing an illustrated history of the many shades of Los Angeles. Meet the Donors
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- Acculturation, Not Assimilation*
Shortly after graduate school, Helen met Bill Brown, a Caucasian. Although she herself was half Caucasian, the couple were turned away when they went to get a marriage license in 1941. California still had a miscegenation law on the books, dating from statehood in 1850, which outlawed marriage between Caucasians and members of any other race. (Hisp...
World War II brought opportunities for ethnic minorities and women, groups that often faced discrimination in employment. Helen Brown trained as a welder and found work with CalShip (the California Shipbuilding Corporation) working on the Liberty Ships. CalShip and other yards had a mandate to turn out hundreds of new cargo ships to support, and so...
The sixties was a turbulent decade in America, as many racial and ethnic groups organized to demand recognition and an end to discrimination in housing, jobs, and education. These movements also served to foster pride in ethnic identity and culture. Filipinos who may have come from quite diverse backgrounds in their home islands now began to see th...
Helen Brown described the change in mindset that came about as a result of the ferment of the sixties and beyond: *Merriam-Webster defines acculturation as a blending of cultures, as opposed to assimilation which occurs when one culture is absorbed into that of the dominant culture. Written by Eleanor Boba. Originally published on the Photo Friends...
Shades of LA: Created by William Bleich. With Summer Shohfi, John D'Aquino, Warren Berlinger, Susan Ware. Det. Michael Burton of the Los Angeles Police Department is a shallow, casual kind of guy until a near-death experience changes his life.
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Shades of LA is an American crime drama syndicated television series that aired from October 10, 1990, until April 6, 1991. Premise. While recovering from a gunshot wound, a Los Angeles detective finds that he can see the spirits of the dead trapped in limbo until their missions on Earth are complete. [1] Cast.
Shades of LA. Seasons Years. 1. S1.E1 ∙ Shades of L.A. Wed, Oct 10, 1990. A dead astronaut contacts Michael. Rate. S1.E2 ∙ The Wrong Man. Wed, Oct 17, 1990. A deceased thief feels guilty that the wrong man was convicted and sent to death row for a crime he committed and asks Burton to clear the man. Rate. S1.E3 ∙ Coopers Coroner. Wed, Oct 24, 1990.
