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The Wilfandel Club is the oldest African-American women's club in Los Angeles. The group was founded in 1945 with the goal of promoting civic betterment, philanthropic endeavors, and general culture. They maintain a clubhouse, sponsor a scholarship, and hold monthly meetings, which feature guest speakers.

The Dunbar Hotel, originally known as the Hotel Somerville, was the focal point of the Central Avenue African-American community in Los Angeles, California during the 1930s and 1940s. Built in 1928, it was known for its first year as the Hotel Somerville.

Dunbar Hotel 4225 S Central Ave, Los Angeles, CA

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Club Alabam Was The Center Of LA's Jazz Scene In The 1930s And '40s

Club Alabam 4215 S Central Ave, Los Angeles

The Sentinel was founded in 1933 by civil-rights activist Leon Washington and set up shop at Central Avenue and East 43rd Street in 1945.

Col. Leon H. Washington Jr. was born on this date in 1907. He was a Black newspaper publisher.

He was born in Kansas City, Kansas, and attended Washburn University. Washington began his career in journalism by working for several newspapers. In 1933, he founded the Sentinel, an African American newspaper in Los Angeles. During this time, Washington married Ruth Brumell, a photographer.

Vernon Branch: Leon H. Washington, Jr. Memorial Post Office

In 1948, John Dolphin, a former car salesman, opened the Dolphins of Hollywood record store. In that era of segregation, when dark skin was so rare in media, here was a man who was a business owner, music producer and the owner of an independent record label. It was located at 1065 E. Vernon Avenue in Los Angeles, CA.

Marcelino Manuel da Graça, better known as Charles Manuel "Sweet Daddy" Grace, or Daddy Grace, was the founder and first bishop of the predominantly African-American denomination, the United House of Prayer For All People.

Mt. Moriah Missionary Baptist Church of Los Angeles

West Angeles Church of God In Christ (COGIC)

Blacks in the 1936 Olympics, Berlin Germany

Blacks in the 1936 Olympics, Berlin GermanyNew Echo 79

Little Tokyo form African American Business District

Golds Department Store and Diamonds Store

The 28th Street YMCA is a historic YMCA building in South Los Angeles, California. It was listed as a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument in 2006 and put on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. The four-story structure was built in 1926 at a cost of $200,000. Wikipedia
Opened: 1926
NRHP Reference Number: 09000145
Added to NRHP: March 17, 2009
Architectural style: Spanish Colonial Revival architecture

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