How a Cowboy Helped Me Learn L.A.’s Hidden Black History
From The Nickel to Skid Row, the city needs more people telling its stories
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9 min readMay 16, 2018
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In January 2018, on an unexpectedly rainy day in Los Angeles, I found myself on the streets of Skid Row. Precipitation has a notable effect on southern California when it actually strikes, but east of South Los Angeles Street downtown, it was…
