Mexico

Stanley O. Williford  |   OW Editor
Feb 17 2011

Has conducted excavations, surveys in 42 countries

Willie E. Dye, Ph.D., is a biblical archaeologist, and he might be the only African American in the field. No one seems to know of another one.

But digging for artifacts around the world is just part of what Dye does. Most archaeologists devote their time to teaching, but Dye also does field work at digs, teaching and research.

Cynthia E. Griffin-  |   OW Managing Editor
Jan 13 2011

Round table at LACMA

Nearly 600 people filled the Bing Auditorium at the Los Angeles County Art Museum (LACMA) to hear the closing lecture for the exhibit “Olmec: Colossal Masterworks of Ancient Mexico.”

The round table, held Sunday, was put together in a scant six-week period as the result of input from the community and the Board of Supervisors, according to Brooke Davis Anderson, new deputy director of curatorial planning at LACMA.

Nov 5 2010

Officials urge for battery changing ritual

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Public safety agencies are hoping to indelibly connect the end of daylight-saving time with the need to change batteries in smoke detectors and make plans for emergencies, officials said today.

Like 47 other states, California will "fall back'' one hour at 2 a.m. Sunday, when daylight-saving time ends and the state moves back to Pacific Standard Time.

Brittney M. Walker  |   OW Staff Writer
Oct 28 2010

Olmec display up at LACMA

Black history does not start with slavery, but it begins with the conception of mankind and transcends all of the world’s history. Although popular teachings reject the great accomplishments of African and African American people, researchers and historians have confirmed Black people are the foundation of civilizations throughout the world, including the Americas.

Oct 12 2010

1996 cold case

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—A hit-and-run motorist sought in a 1996 crash that killed three men in Los Angeles is featured on "America's Most Wanted's'' website page, police said.

On June 29, 1996, Jesus Lopez Gonzalez allegedly ran a red light on Main Street at Adams Boulevard in a 1989 Dodge Ram pickup about 2:10 a.m. and slammed into a 1996 Volkswagen GTI, killing Thomas Gibson, 23, Faustino Sanchez, 23, and Friedrich Allmendinger, 22, Los Angeles police Officer Bruce Borihanh said.

Across Black America

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

California
San Diego college students and volunteers will carry out their sixth home restoration project on Wednesday, July 10 through Sunday, July 14. as part of the “Healing our Heroes’ Homes” (H3) program created by the nonprofit Embrace. The five-day effort will take place at the home of medically retired Marine Corps Capt. Sarah Bettencourt. Bettencourt served with many different units across the country during the Global War on Terrorism and developed a rare neurological disorder in 2008. With a focus to restore the homes of disabled veteran homeowners, H3 falls in line with Embrace’s mission to mobilize college-student volunteers and community members to serve less fortunate members of civilian and veteran communities. The project for the Bettencourts’ home includes kitchen and bathroom remodeling, building ADA-compliant disability ramps, widening their driveway to ADA standards, widening doorways and landscaping.
 
District of Columbia
The 2013 Smithsonian Folklife Festival will showcase its five-year community research project on African American identity with the program “The Will to Adorn: African American Diversity, Style, and Identity.” This multicity collaboration examines the history and culture of the aesthetics of African Americans. The festival will be held June 26-30 and July 3-7, outdoors on the National Mall between Seventh and 14th streets. “Whether we realize it or not, we are all dress artists. The way we compose our look is a creative expression of our ideas about who we are and who we aspire to be,” said Diana N’Diaye, program curator. “This program explores the diversity of African American traditions of style, but also teaches young people the importance of documenting their own culture and saving that information for themselves and future generations.”