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CAAM Reads! Black Arts West: Culture and Struggle in Postwar Los Angeles

Sunday, April 7, 2019

03:00 PM – 04:30 PM

Collage of images of black people performing different types of art, themed in 60s modern aesthetic

Cover of Daniel Widener&#x27;s <em>Black Arts West: Culture and Struggle in Postwar Los Angeles</em>

CAAM Reads! Black Arts West: Culture and Struggle in Postwar Los Angeles

Sunday, April 7, 2019

03:00 PM – 04:30 PM

CAAM’s monthly book club continues this spring with titles selected in conjunction with Plumb Line&#58; Charles White and the Contemporary. April’s book is Black Arts West: Culture and Struggle in Postwar Los Angeles by Daniel Widener. May's selection is While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement written by Carolyn Maull McKinstry. In June, we discuss Alain Locke’s The New Negro. Join us for lively afternoons of spirited discourse moderated by CAAM’s research librarian, Denise L. Mc Iver.