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How one South LA school teaches the "nitty-gritty" work of democracy

3+ hour, 32+ min ago  (1026+ words) When Eduardo Mira started his senior year at "nimo Pat Brown Charter High School, he thought politics was a "fool's game." "All I saw from the media was just negativity and division and, like, political violence," Mira said. "Nothing good,…...

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Black history collection

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1791+ words) Why now: The library held a ceremony Saturday where they unveiled the collection, whose origins date back to 1927 when Miriam Matthews, the first Black librarian employed by the LA Public Library, began documenting and archiving California's Black history to ensure…...