October 22nd, 12pm-1pm Sexson Auditorium It was an interesting Southland “coincidence.” While Japanese Americans were detained in concentration camps during World War II, African Americans migrating into LA’s defense jobs had limited housing opportunities. Thus, Blacks occupied Little Tokyo. This was the temporary community of Bronzeville. After the Japanese Americans returned to Los Angeles, Blacks [...]

October 29th, 5pm-7pm, Sexson Auditorium A documentary screening, with Director/Producer Lyn Goldfarb This wide-ranging documentary chronicles shifting demographics over 30 plus years of LA history. Along the way it explores the political landscape of the city beginning with the 1973 election of Tom Bradley, LA’s first African-American mayor and ending with the election of Antonio [...]

November 14th, 5:30-7pm, Sexson Auditorium. One Book, One College Keynote Address by Southland Author Nina Revoyr

November 14th Creveling Lounge, Quad, and Sculpture Garden At this campus-wide poster conference students will present their original research on a wide range of topics inspired by their reading of the One Book, One College selection, Southland, and their inquiry into the science of student success in their College 1 courses.