Leimert Park

Cynthia E. Griffin-  |   OW Managing Editor
Feb 21 2013

Family raises money for foundation

Feb. 26 will mark one year since then-17-year-old Travyon Martin was gunned down by George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch coordinator in a gated community of Sanford, Fla.

Martin was visiting family in the area and was walking back from the store when, despite requests by local police not to do so, Zimmerman began following Martin because he appeared “suspicious.”

The two ended up in a physical confrontation, and the unarmed Martin was shot in the chest and killed.

Feb 6 2013

“X-Homophobia”

A campaign against homophobia will be unveiled Thursday adjacent to Leimert Park in connection with the 13th annual National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day.

Jan 18 2013

“His Dream Will Never Die”

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—The 28th annual Kingdom Day Parade will be held in South Los Angeles Saturday under the theme “His Dream Will Never Die” and with Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Matt Kemp serving as celebrity grand marshal.

Southern California’s largest Martin Luther King Jr. Day observance will begin at 10:15 a.m. at Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Western Avenue in South Los Angeles, head west on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard to Crenshaw Boulevard, then south to Vernon Avenue, concluding at Leimert Park.

Jan 17 2013

They were fighting in the street, police say

The family of 31-year-old twin sisters struck by a vehicle while fighting in a Leimert Park street issued a statement asking that people avoid speculation regarding the circumstances surrounding their deaths and “consider how medical conditions might affect any of us.”

Tanisha R. and Tamaya J. Davis were struck about 3 a.m. Sunday in the 4200 block of Leimert Boulevard and died at the scene.

Cynthia E. Griffin-  |   OW Managing Editor
Jan 17 2013

The founder is gone, but his vision endures

For 27 years Larry E. Grant was the engine that drove the annual Los Angeles Kingdom Day Parade, but in 2013, with the 86-year-old Texas native and former Carson resident gone (he died in August), it is Grant’s spirit and vision that are guiding those at the Congress of Racial Equality California (CORE-CA), which has assumed organization of the parade.

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.
 

Alabama
Freeman A. Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will address the annual African American Business Council luncheon on June 28. Hrabowski, who is chairman of President Barack Obama’s Advisory Commission on Education Excellence for African Americans, has a national reputation for his work studying the performance of minority students in math and science. Hrabowski, named one of the 10 best college presidents in the country by Time magazine, was a child leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham in the 1960s.
 

Arkansas
The Liberty Counsel filed a motion and a brief in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas seeking to intervene on behalf of a Concepts of Life crisis pregnancy center to defend against a suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights. The groups seek to impose a permanent injunction before the Human Heartbeat Protection Act goes into effect July 18. Liberty Counsel also filed a brief opposing the ACLU’s request for an injunction. The “Heartbeat” bill states that when a woman seeks an abortion at or after the 12th week, doctors must test for a fetal heartbeat before an abortion is performed and inform the pregnant mother that the child in her womb has a heartbeat. If a heartbeat is detected, a woman cannot have an abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, and if a mother’s life is in danger. “As we promised when the legislation was introduced, Liberty Counsel will defend this law without reservation for the people of Arkansas, born and pre-born,” said Matt Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel. “No right is more foundational than the right to life. Without life, all other rights are irrelevant,” concluded Staver.