Cecilia Tapscott, born in 1935, grew up on 14th and Essex St. in Los Angeles, CA. As a young child, she held dance performances and piano recitals. At the age of 13, Cecilia ran for “Girls Vice President” at LaFayette Jr. High School, where she met Horace Tapscott, her future husband. Cecilia married Horace in […]
Janet Clark was born and raised in Los Angeles. Her parents and grandparents were part of the Great Migration from the American South to Los Angeles to escape racial discrimination. Her early childhood was marked by instability and food insecurity before her parents separated and Janet and her brother moved in with her grandparents. Her […]
Tim Watkins grew up in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles. His father was sent to Los Angeles from Mississippi at the age of thirteen to escape being lynched. He met Tim’s mother, a white woman from San Francisco, after his first wife passed away from tuberculosis. Tim’s parents were married in Mexico because it […]
Bette Braxton was born in Evanston, Illinois, where her father worked as a painter and handyman. Her mother suffered from tuberculosis and had to remain in a TB ward, and after one particularly harsh winter when her father froze his feet, the family decided to move to California in 1945. They were part of the […]
The Honorable Dion G. Morrow Judge Dion G. Morrow was born in Los Angeles, Ca. in 1932. Growing up, Dion and his family were heavily involved in their family’s church, Second Baptist Church. Dion loved reading books in the church library and often snuck off to read during his mother’s choir rehearsals. Dion was a […]