The HSSC is sponsored the session “A New Era: Racial and Defense Culture in Mid-Twentieth Century Southern California” at the American Historical Association, Pacific Coast Branch Annual Meeting which will be at California State University, Northridge, August 3-5, 2017. The session will include three HSSC board members and the executive director. Attendance requires conference registration.
“A New Era: Racial and Defense Culture in Mid-Twentieth Century Southern California”
Chair and Comment: Peggy Renner, Glendale Community College
“Jackie Robinson in Southern California: A Life between Segregation and Integration”
Amy Essington, California State University, Fullerton
“African American Ballet and Protest in Postwar Los Angeles”
Kenneth H. Marcus, University of La Verne
“The Impact of the Military on Suburbanization in Cold War Los Angeles”
Lara Godbille, U.S. Navy Seabee Museum
