Category Archive: California

Fighting for Leisure: African Americans, Beaches, and Civil Rights in Early 20th Century L.A.

“These people worked on the railroad, they saved their money, they put up a resort, and they lost […]

A Dive into the Deep End: The Importance of the Swimming Pool in Southern California

[Let Summer begin! This week we focus on the role of pools and beaches in American, specifically, SoCal […]

Shifting Lanes: The Demise of the Southern California Autotopia

To understand the City of Angels, Joan Didion once wrote, one needed to immerse oneself in the freeway […]

Seventy Years Later: The Zoot Suit Riots and the Complexity of Youth Culture

[Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared under the Intersections column at KCET Departures, May 30, 2013.] In the […]

From Better Luck Tomorrow to K-Town: Asian Americans and Los Angeles in 21st Century Media

[Editor’s Note: This piece closes out our  Asian Pacific American Heritage Month coverage.  Be sure to check out […]

Noiring L.A.: The Crimson Kimono and Asian American Sexuality in the Age of the Cold War

“Crimson Kimono is really just a reversal of the old GI concept: ‘Let’s change our luck,’” Director Sam […]

Filing the Lane, Here and Abroad: Filipino American Identity and Basketball

[Editor’s Note: Happy Asian Pacific American Heritage Month! ToM will be bringing forth several articles on Asian American […]

Masculinity, Femininity, and Asian American Basketball in 20th Century California

[Editor’s Note: Happy Asian Pacific American Heritage Month! ToM will be bringing forth several articles on Asian American […]