more resources - leimert park village surrounding area & local government
Commercial and cultural aspects
The Leimert Park Fine Art Gallery
MSBet News, "Black Artists find Renaissance in LA's Leimert Park"
World Stage Home Page
articles
by/about michael datcher:
"driving while black"
"why young black men don't vote"
"black english: an issue of pain and
pride"
Articles
about local/international jazz drummer Billy Higgins
Europe Jazz Connection Biography
Articles
about local artist Kamau Daáood
Mamajazz article
MetroActive article
Social commentary
Article "L.A. Beyond the Pale"
Press release from KTLA and P.O.V. Documentary, "No Loans Today
Sherrice Iverson The Official Website
Article "Lament for Black Los Angeles" by Erin J. Aubry
LA Watts Times, "No Meters in Leimert Park!
Larger Church organizations in area
West Angeles Church of God in Christ
First African Methodist Episcopalian
local government
City of Los Angeles Council District 8 site
City of Los Angeles Council District 8 Points of Interest site
Revitalization
efforts
Los Angeles Neighborhood Initiative (LANI)
LA Times interview with West Angeles Church of God
in Christ Bishop
Charles Edward Blake
Contacts for
more information
Leimert Park Village Community Development Corporation:
email: LVPCDC@aol.com
©maya hernandez & lisa rollins 1998