Black History Month

Focus on Local Music Legend John Malveaux

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When John Malveaux arrived in Long Beach from Beaumont, Texas in 1955, he recalled the new environment was a less segregated environment than his Lone Star hometown, where he attended Blessed Sacrament High School.

African Americans: Finding a Place to Live

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In September 1906, a group of Baptist African Americans led by Reverend Jason Lee brought a dozen families from the overcrowded districts of St. Louis to Southern California. The immigrants had been saving their money for years to come west to seek a better life.

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