Dr. Martin Luther King chatting with a little girl at Nickerson Gardens housing project in Los Angeles, Calif., 1964
Dr. Martin Luther King arrives at LAX, 1965
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speaking at civil rights rally at Los Angeles Coliseum, 1964
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." Martin Luther King, Jr.
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After closing their first restaurant in Downtown L.A., Tirsa and Steve Farah opened Tirzah's Mexi-Terranean where they serve fusion dishes inspired by their home cooking.
A seemingly ordinary electrical box is home to L.A.'s smallest theater, created by guerilla artist S.c. MeRo.
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L.A. artist Kimberly Dawn Robertson created “bead bombs,” fastening Native feminist resistance to the city.
