Alison Rose Jefferson

Jul 12, 2024 | latimes.com | Alison Rose Jefferson |Catherine Gudis

Los Angeles City Councilmember Kevin de León recently introduced motions to rename Pershing Square after Bridget “Biddy” Mason, who got her freedom from bondage in Los Angeles in the 1850s. His effort to reimagine the long-beleaguered public space, which is undergoing renovations, may be well-intentioned. But it is also disconcerting.

May 23, 2024 | zocalopublicsquare.org | Alison Rose Jefferson

by Alison Rose Jefferson | This essay publishes alongside next week’s Zócalo and Destination Crenshaw event, “Is Car Culture the Ultimate Act of Community in Crenshaw?” Register here to join the program live in-person at the ASU California Center Broadway or virtually online at 6 p.m. PDT on Friday, May 31. In 1925 my maternal grandparents bought a new Dodge, packed up their things, and made their escape from the anti-Black restrictions, injustice, and violence of Montgomery, Alabama: bound...