Just 3% of L.A. landmarks are linked to Black history. One project aims to change that Makeda Easter 2 hrs ago

msn ^ | 6 Apr 2021 | Makeda Easter

[Fiji Hill]

Another black history site that deserves a plaque, if it doesn't already have one, is Dolphin's of Hollywood, a record store at Vernon & Central. The store had a recording studio in the back and a radio station in the front. Your group could record a disc in the studio, then bring it to the studio to have it played by the DJ, and you could have an instant hit. The jocks at Dolphins turned Earth Angel by the Penguins and Gee by the Crows into hits.

Flash Records, another record store with a diskery, home of the Jayhawks and the Poets was a couple three blocks to the east on Vernon.

[Mouton]

I recalled earth angel immediately. Must be ole!

[forgotten man]

Don’t forget the Chinese. In 1850 there were more than 50,000 Chinese in California. There were more Chinese in California than there were Mexicans. Not only did they build the railroad through the Sierra Nevada mountains, Chinese laborers built the Hotel Del Coranado in the 1880’s. After that Chinese people moved to Mexicali and Calexico on the California - Mexican border where their descendants are to this day.

[SuperLuminal]

Be interesting to see all those historical riot landmarks with plaques and statues...

[ridesthemiles]

What designation will they give the intersection where the blacks nearly beat Reginald Denny to death???

[cherry]

OT ....before the ncaa bb championship last night, they had a "color" guard of local people .....4 of 6 were black......

its ridiculous...+

[MarvinStinson]

Brain Damage intersection.