July 29, 2010 NOMINATIONS — Nominees for the 20th Annual NAACP Theatre Awards were announced at the Los Angeles Theatre Center in Los Angeles recently. Pictured: Actor Quinton Aaron, actress Kim Coles, community activist Willis Edwards and Ebony Repertory Theatre founder Wren Brown. Photo by BIL...
July 29, 2010 ART • The California African American Museum (CAAM) will present “How We Roll,” an exhibition featuring African Americans in skateboarding and surfing. “How We Roll” takes the viewer through an historical step-by-step fantastic voyage of how surfing evolved into skateboarding...
July 29, 2010 BY CHRISTINA HOAG AP WRITER (AP) — After living about two decades on the streets of Skid Row, Sheila Nichols was dying. Her body had withered to 61 pounds, ravaged by a heavy-duty crack cocaine addiction, hepatitis, HIV, and late-stage syphilis, when late one night a stranger offere...
July 29,2010 BY CHICO C. NORWOOD STAFF WRITER On Dec. 19, 1827, the Spanish slave ship Guerrero was headed to Cuba to sell off its human cargo when it encountered the British warship Nimble. A firefight ensued and the Guerrero ran aground and sank off the coast of Florida in an area known as Carysfo...
July 29, 2010 BY MELANIE POLK PUBLISHER Transitions provoke reflection. In preparation for the last edition as publisher of the L.A. Watts Times, I was flooded with memories covering 34 years in the newspaper business. I can still remember the look on my mother’s face when my father came home on...
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July 29, 2010 BY CHRISTINA HOAG AP WRITER (AP) — After living about two decades...
July 29,2010 BY CHICO C. NORWOOD STAFF WRITER On Dec. 19, 1827, the Spanish slave...
July 29, 2010 BY MELANIE POLK PUBLISHER Transitions provoke reflection. In preparation...
July 29, 2010 Bakewell Family to Buy ‘Watts Times’ Publishers of two of Los...
July 29, 2010 PACE Presents Entrepreneur Training Program (PACE) — PACE will...
July 29, 2010 BY ATTY. WILLIAM HAYES Estate planning is the process of making...
July 29, 2010BY DARLENE DONLOE CONTRIBUTING WRITER This month’s movie offerings...
July 29, 2010 Commentary BY DR. ERIN MARCUS NEW AMERICA MEDIA It’s exceedingly...
July 29, 2010 Social Services Dept. Streamlines Process for Food Stamp Recipients...
July 29, 2010 New Guidelines Aim to Reduce Repeated C-Sections WASHINGTON (AP)...
July 29, 2010 By BRAD PYE JR. Notes, quotes and things picked up on the run...
July 29, 2010 BY PAUL SCOTT As the spotlight beamed down on my face, I could...
July 29, 2010 My Memories With the L.A. Watts Times BY MARSHALL LOWE Perhaps...
July 29, 2010 By EARL OFARI HUTCHINSON Agriculture Secretary Tom...
