The tour will explore the African American histories of the Santa Monica Beach community during the Jim Crow era (1900s-1960) showcased in a new permanent outdoor exhibition of 17 history interpretative panels and a large monumental sculpture that is a part of Belmar History + Art, a multifaceted remembrance and commemorative justice project funded by public money situated in the new Historic Belmar Park at Fourth Street and Pico Boulevard. Participants will take a tour of the outdoor exhibition situated a few blocks from the Pacific Ocean and nearby sites featured in the panels including the Bay Street Beach Historic District and Phillips Chapel Christian Methodist Episcopal Church. The BH+A project’s historian Alison Rose Jefferson, MHC |PhD will led this tour sharing some of the hidden stories of Los Angeles’ beach communities and how this unique applied history project came to pass. Dr. Jefferson worked in collaboration with artist April Banks to bring this project to life. For more information about BH+A visit: https://explore.publicartarchive.org/belmar/ and https://tinyurl.com/arj-belmar-history-art
