Contact Information
Wayne Shoaf
shoaf@usc.edu
(213) 740 4090
Location
Online
Overview
Negro History Week, established in 1926 as the second week of February, was expanded to Black History Month in 1976. Entitled "African American Angelenos in the greater community: the historic networks of the Vernon-Central / University Park Neighborhood, 1920s-1990s," the 1999 exhibit was from February 2-26, 1999, in the Treasure Room of Doheny Memorial Library and included photographs, postcards, documents and objects loaned by members of the local community and from faculty and staff of the University of Southern California, as well as materials owned by USC. For collection information, see the collection overview.