Category: BLK DTLA
BLK DTLA – DTLA Weekly’s column celebrating the achievements of African Americans in Downtown Los Angeles. From the inspiring stories of the community’s trailblazers, to the massive contribution made of entrepreneurs, activists, and artists who have made a significant impact on the city’s history and culture.
Wild Elements Brings New Hydro-Wild Lab to the Boys Club in Watts
Wild Elements is on a mission to reconnect students with nature enabling them someday to…
Gone But Not Forgotten | Nipsey Hussle
Nipsey Hussle, born Ermias Asghedom was fatally shot on March 31, 2019, in front of…
Hollywood Bowl Makes History with First All Black Symphony Orchestra Set to Perform This Juneteenth Weekend
This Sunday, June 19, 2022, marks the anniversary of Black Independence Day in America—Juneteenth. In recognition…
LA Spirits Awards Coming to City Club
LA Spirits Awards, is redefining spirit competitions. Good news for DTLA, founders Nicolette Teo and…
African American Developers Victor MacFarlane & Don Peebles Expand Minority Job Opportunities With Greenlight for Angels Landing Project
On what would be the windiest-rainiest day yet, Council-member Kevin de Leon parted the clouds…
10 BLACK FACTS ABOUT DTLA YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW
Los Angeles was founded just five years after the American Revolution when the French held…
Monuments in Time: Pio de Jesus Pico
Los Angeles was founded just five years after the American Revolution when the French held…
The Legend Of Biddy Mason – 19th Century Frontline Worker Who Used Slave Remedies Downtown During the Smallpox Pandemic
Biddy Mason, like many enslaved people, was sold from plantation to plantation and, as she…
Mary J Blidge, Sam L Jackson Scheduled for Star Studded 53rd Annual NAACP Image Awards
Nine-time Grammy Award-winning singer Mary J Blige didn’t miss a note during her Super Bowl…
Emotional Downtown Exhibit Mixes African American Torture, Resistance, and Thuglife in honor of Tupac Shakur.
Wake Me When I’m Free is a fully immersive, thought-provoking museum experience that explores the…
BLK DTLA: Queen Sheba Brings Model Diversity to Broadway
New York, Paris, London and now Downtown LA will have a chance to experience the…
Peek Inside: OxeFit Launches Home Fitness with NBA All Stars at CryptoArena
As Covid lingers into 2022, health moves to the forefront of our priorities in downtown…
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