Sponsored by The Book Club of California California owes its origins and sunny prosperity to slavery. Spanish invaders captured Indigenous people to build the chain of Catholic missions. Russian otter hunters shipped Alaska Natives—the first slaves transported into California—and launched a Pacific slave triangle to China. Plantation slaves were marched across the plains for the […]
Sponsored by The Book Club of California 2024 Oscar Lewis Awards Monday, May 6, 2024, 6-7:15 PM (Pacific) In-Person and Virtual Presentation 5:00 PM Pacific – Reception 6:00 PM Pacific – Program The Oscar Lewis Awards were established by the Book Club of California in 1994 in honor of Oscar Lewis (1893-1992), author, historian, and […]
Sponsored by The Book Club of California Sand Rush: The Revival of the Beach in Twentieth-Century Los Angeles Monday, May 13, 2024, 5-6:15 PM (Pacific) Virtual Presentation 5:00 PM Pacific – Program The Los Angeles shoreline is one of the most iconic natural landscapes in the United States, if not the world. Yet, in the […]