One of the more curious manifestations of dysfunction in the downtown area has been the presence of a free market area for criminal enterprise in the vicinity immediately surrounding the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Central Division, in which law enforcement is made difficult because of the sheer number of illicit activities being committed in that particular locale.

Los Angeles, CA -- For over 50 years, Our Authors Study Club, Inc. (founded in 1945), has provided Angelenos the opportunity to see up close some of the numerous sights where famous African Americans either made history and/or lived while enjoying their celebrity. From the Dunbar Hotel on Central Avenue to the oldest Black fire station in Los Angeles, the tour points out the homes of Hattie McDaniel, Ethel Waters, Lena Horne, Marvin Gaye, the Bonnie Brae House-birthplace of the Pentecostal movement, and others.