# Alison Rose Jefferson

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S2:E8 Dr. Alison Rose Jefferson I Spatial Justice

The beachfront resort, Bruce’s Beach, run for and by Black residents of the community, located in Manhattan Beach, was one of the first enclaves of Black leisure in the Los Angeles area during the Jim Crow era. Willa and Charles Bruce bought the land in 1912 and despite harassment and violence from…

#2 - Bruce's Beach: Why Can't A Sister Just Chill?

 What’s so threatening about the sight of Black people relaxing? Tony and Adam tell the story of a thriving Black-owned beach resort near L.A. that was shut down by the government - with a dramatic new reparations twist. We also look at ways the city could get Black people to come back. Special gue…

Ep. 15 How Have African Americans Historically Shaped and Experienced L.A? Feat. Dr. Alison Rose Jefferson

African Americans have a long and rich history in the development of Los Angeles and yet, it is only sparsely recognized. MHD and co-host, Chavonne Taylor, sit down with Dr. Alison Rose Jefferson, a historian who has not only researched and documented Black History in Los Angeles but has contribute…

Surf, Sand, and Self-Determination: Jim Crow-Era Leisure for Black Angelenos

We said “so long” to summer with a trip to the Santa Monica beach with historian Alison Rose Jefferson, whose work at USC launched a deep dive into African American recreation areas in the Golden State. Her master’s thesis on Lake Elsinore led to her widely acclaimed book, Living the California Dre…

Right to Recreation: The History of African American Leisure Sites with Alison Rose Jefferson

From the late 1800s to the early decades of the 1900s, African Americans started to occupy and steward recreational sites and public spaces throughout the United States, and thus challenged racial hierarchies while expressing Black identity on the social landscape. In her book, ‘Living The Califor…

Alison Rose Jefferson, "Living the California Dream: African American Leisure Sites during the Jim Crow Era" (U Nebraska Press, 2020)

Living the California Dream: African American Leisure Sites During the Jim Crow Era (Nebraska, 2020) is about the places where the past and future meet. Throughout the early twentieth century, African Americans moved to California for jobs, for the beautiful weather and landscapes, and to start fut…

[Re-Air]Ep. 15 How Have African Americans Historically Shaped and Experienced L.A? Feat. Dr. Alison Rose Jefferson

African Americans have a long and rich history in the development of Los Angeles and yet, it is only sparsely recognized. MHD and co-host, Chavonne Taylor, sit down with Dr. Alison Rose Jefferson, a historian who has not only researched and documented Black History in Los Angeles but has contribute…

Alison Rose Jefferson joins Tavis Smiley

Historian, curator, and author Alison Rose Jefferson takes Tavis inside her latest exhibit, Black California Dreamin’: Claiming Space at America’s Leisure Frontier, now showing at the California African American Museum.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smile…

Why Jim Crow in Leisure is Part of the Reparations Conversation w/ Dr. Alison Rose Jefferson

(Airdate 3/7/25) Alison Rose Jefferson is a publicly engaged independent historian, heritage conservation consultant and a third generation Californian. Presently her research and professional interest revolve around the intersection of historical memory, American history, the history of the Africa…