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City of Los Angeles Councilwomen: Pat Russell, Peggy Stevenson, Joy Picus, Joan Milke Flores, and Gloria Molina

The Women of the Los Angeles City Council: Part Two

March 15, 2021

Last week we shared about the first three women to serve on the Los Angeles City Council.

Safer at Home, Women's History Month, Los Angeles History, Council Women
City of Los Angeles Councilwomen: Estelle Lawton Lindsey, Rosalind Wyman and Harriett Davenport

The Women of the Los Angeles City Council: Part One

March 08, 2021

Women’s History Month provides an opportunity to celebrate the women who have served as councilmembers of the Los Angeles City Council.

Safer at Home, Women's History Month, Los Angeles History, Council Women
4 award winning books from African American authors

African American Heritage Month Book Talk: Part II

February 22, 2021

February is African American Heritage Month and we are celebrating with book recommendations from the Social Science, Philosophy & Religion department collection throughout the month. Titles in this two-part series may be just published or returned to the spotlight during this special month.

Safer at Home, African American History Month
4 award winning books from African American authors

African American Heritage Month Book Talk: Part I

February 13, 2021

February is African American Heritage Month and we are celebrating with book recommendations from the Social Science, Philosophy & Religion department collection throughout the month.

Safer at Home, African American History Month
Members of the Junior NAACP, 1923, Shades of L.A. Collection

Building a Community: A Look at African American Institutions in Early Los Angeles

February 01, 2021

On this first day of African American History Month, we reflect on the African American community of early Los Angeles.

African American History Month, Los Angeles History, Safer at Home
Three book collage of nonfiction titles

Nonfiction Titles to Educate, Elucidate, and Entertain: Summer Reading Recommendations from the Social Science Department

June 25, 2020

The library’s Summer Reading Challenge 2020 is in full swing and the staff of the Social Science, Philosophy & Religion department are challenging our patrons to read at least 20 minutes a day.

Safer at Home, Non Fiction Books
book cover graphic of The Zohar

Book of Radiance

February 09, 2018

The Zohar (aka Sefer Ha-Zohar, or "Book of Radiance") is considered the key religious text of Kabbalah, or Jewish mysticism.

Books, Central Library, Social Science Department, Jewish American Heritage Month
Suffragettes on Parade, LAPL Photo Collection (sometime before 1920)

The Legacy of Equal Rights Magazine

March 04, 2017

March 8 marks International Women’s Day, a global celebration that has taken place yearly since the early 1900s. IWD celebrates women’s social, economic, cultural, and political achievements and contributions and calls for action to increase gender equality.

International Women's Day, Social Science Department, Heritage Months, Central Library, Women's History Month
Portrait of Thurgood Marshall

Thurgood Marshall - An American Hero

February 26, 2017

“You do what you think is right and let the law catch up”—Thurgood Marshall

African American History Month, Social Science Department, Central Library, Heritage Months
"Top Secret"

Tis the Season for Some Spycraft

December 23, 2016
The recent and ongoing news coverage of Russia’s alleged tampering with American elections is just the latest example of possible skulduggery between the two countries.
Social Science Department, Federal Government, International Relations, Central Library

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