Black Firsts in Los Angeles

Black Firsts in Los Angeles shines a spotlight on more than 200 extraordinary achievements by Black Angelenos.

Black Firsts highlights the oft unheralded accomplishments of Black Angelenos which-despite their importance-are generally not included in school books or taught in classrooms. Organized into 83 areas of accomplishment alphabetically and chronologically, Black Firsts reviews the overlooked historic achievements of Black Angelenos in everything from: Acting to Aviation, Hamburger Queens to Hollywood Correspondents, Janitors to Judges, Quarterbacks to Quilters; and, Yoga Teachers to Zoo Directors.

Many of the achievements discussed in Black Firsts represent the first of their kind in the United States; such as the first Black flight school. Other achievements represent Black firsts in the state of California; like the first Black Lieutenant Governor, and others still represent Black firsts in the city of Los Angeles; like the first Black person on the Los Angeles Housing Commission.

Get Black Firsts in Los Angeles today to gain a deeper understanding of Black Los Angeles!

 

Dr. Randal Henry, an expert on public health issues in LA's historically Pan-African/Black communities, is the Founding CEO of Community Intelligence, an afro-centric research and health policy consulting firm; and, the Executive Director of the Center for Healthy Neighborhoods, a non-profit working to improve health and wellbeing in under-resourced communities. He is the author of the new book Born in South LA: 100+ Remarkable African Americans Who Were Born, Raised, Lived or Died in South LA.Dr. Randal Henry was born in South LA and lives in the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Community with his beloved wife Manal and their two children, Taj and Sadiq. He is the Founding CEO of Community Intelligence, an afro-centric research and health policy consulting firm; and, the Executive Director of the Center for Healthy Neighborhoods. Dr. Henry earned his doctorate and master of public health from UCLA his BA in Political Science from Cal Poly Pomona.