a prominent figure in the Africatown community founded near Mobile by survivors of the slave ship Clotilda. The book includes Lewis’ vivid descriptions of the slave raid that ended his peaceful ...

Forget all of the Scorsese vs comic book movies debate ... Currently, they live in a region known as Africatown (found near Mobile, Alabama), and this film shows their fight to keep their communal ...

According to a news release, the four-day festival is scheduled from Feb. 13 to Feb. 16, 2025. Event organizers said the Black History Month celebration will include different activities ranging ...

I moved to China from the US to be a teacher. My $4,000 monthly salary went much further, but there were tradeoffs. Rami Malek Says He Was ‘Thrown’ on the Hood of a Cop Car in Racial Profiling ...

These steamy reads bring the emotion and the heat. By Ali Hazelwood The book, the third in a series, has sold 2.7 million copies in its first week, and provided yet another example of the ...

This sweeping novel about the life, loves, struggles and triumphs of a queer English Burmese actor is the topic of our January book club discussion. A Hamptons vacation and a prank gone wrong ...

The locals of Africatown, who hover between denial and resistance, are focused on developing their businesses in a city that voted blue when most of Pennsylvania veered red. Against a backdrop of ...

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris has a lot of options for her next act — including possible runs for governor of California in 2026 and president in 2028 — but writing a book may be ...

Lewis, who grew up in Seattle and graduated from Rainier Beach High School, was involved with Africatown Community Land Trust, an organization focused on preserving the city’s Black community.

Welcome to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter. Hello, fellow readers. I’m culture critic and fervent bookworm Chris Vognar. Another year of reading has come and gone, leaving mental trails of ...