Martin Luther King Jr. speaks to a crowd of 4,500 on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles on April 27, 1965 (Los Angeles Herald Examiner Collection/Los Angeles Public Library)2yr ⋅ lapubliclibrary ⋅ r/LosAngeles
Photograph caption dated May 15, 1984 reads, From under a heavenly blue light, lead guitarist Eddie Van Halen inspired ecstasy in Sunday night's crowd.3yr ⋅ lapubliclibrary ⋅ r/LosAngeles
Cat faces painted on storm drain tension lids along the Burbank-Glendale section of the 5 freeway were a precursor – and inspiration – to the iconic River Catz painted by Chicano artist Leo Limon over many decades beginning in the 1970s.1yr ⋅ lapubliclibrary ⋅ r/LosAngeles
Los Angeles City Council representatives Tom Bradley and Billy Mills present a proclamation honoring actor Sidney Poitier in 1964.2yr ⋅ lapubliclibrary ⋅ r/LosAngeles