Documentary Film Everything Comes from the Streets screened in Ethnografilm Festival in Paris
Félicitations! to Community Stories Project Director Alberto López Pulido, who just received notice that his award-winning documentary, Everything Comes From The Streets: A Documentary on the Origins and History of […]
The Montford Point Marines of San Diego Screening
This California Humanities-supported project is a study of the lives and experiences of young African American men, who willingly put their lives on the line. This project sought to answer […]
Project Director Candacy Taylor Discusses the Negro Motorist Green Book
During the era of Jim Crow, many African Americans relied on this “Bible of Black Travel” to navigate safe passage and find sustenance and respite while on the road. This […]
The Women of El Toro, Project Director Interview
The Women of El Toro is a collaboration between Cal State Fullerton (CSUF), the Center for Oral Public History at CSUF, and the Orange County Great Park. This project will raise awareness […]
Young City at War: West Hollywood During the AIDS Epidemic, Project Director Interview
The humanities teach us to be more conscious of our personal humanity… — Project Director, Andy Sacher Launched on World AIDS Awareness Day 12/01/2015, THE LAVENDER EFFECT’S Oral History Project […]
Film: Hyampom Oral History Project
The Hyampom Oral History Project received a Community Stories grant to record the stories of several elders of diverse backgrounds in the Siskiyou County community of Hyampom.
Film: The Polk Gulch Oral History Project
When a new wave of urban gentrifiers infiltrate a historically disenfranchised LGBT San Francisco community conflicts and tensions abound. Can they find a way to live together harmoniously or will war […]
Big Sur Oral History Project Director Interview
Big Sur Oral History Project will capture and preserve an oral history of a unique community in one of the most remarkable landscapes in the world; the stretch of land […]
TRAILER: The Worlds of Bernice Bing
The Worlds of Bernice Bing is a lush tribute to this little-known California master artist and activist, who helped reshape the San Francisco art world in the ’60s and ’70s.
Film: From The Quarters to Lincoln Heights
Experience a taste of the documentary From the Quarters to Lincoln Heights, which delves into the story of how thousands of African Americans came to work in Northern California’s lumber mills nearly a hundred years ago and explores the multi-racial rural towns they called home.