L.A. African American Oral History Project

Sylvia Drew Ivie

Sylvia Drew Ivie was born in Washington DC in 1944. Growing up there, she attended segregated schools and experienced hostility from neighbors in predominantly White neighborhoods. Influenced by her mother’s Unitarian tradition and the Quaker schools she attended, Sylvia felt it was important to help her community. Her father’s early death meant that Sylvia and […]

Judge Dion G. Morrow

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 […]