Keith Rice

Mar 27, 2024 | library.csun.edu | Keith Rice

The term civil rights is heavily associated with racial inequalities in the United States during the 1950s and 1960s. But not necessarily with Los Angeles. There is great geographical distance between the South and Los Angeles, but in the past, attitudes towards race in both regions were not always that different. In Black communities on the West Coast during the 1960s there was a growing battle for equality, especially during interactions with police.

Nov 3, 2023 | bradleycenterliberated.substack.com | Keith Rice |Jose Benavides |José Luis Benavides

Our visual archiving work has always been supplemented by oral histories that provide support to our photographic collections. This month, we present you with two powerful examples of the oral history work at the Bradley Center. We introduce the Black Power Oral History Project with three video clips. The oral history transcriptions and video recordings are now available at the University Library’s Special Collections reading room.