South Central Oral History Project
Welcome
This work collected here was created by students in the African American History course at Mann UCLA Community School. This project was created with two goals in mind:
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2024 Project: Mapping our Histories
2023 Project: Oral Histories
We Wanna Keep South Central
Nancy Camacho profiled by Londyn, John Hernandez, & Aniya Jones
Growing Up in South Central
Luis Canul profiled by Jewel Wills & Marlon S. Larreynaga Lopez
Christian Flagg’s Life
Christian Flagg profiled by Martin Hollman, Gemora Knox, & Tyler Trapp
How South Central Was
Renee Henderson profiled by Isaiah Catching, Byron Eglen, & Kyle Jackson
From Haiti to SoCal
Ansley Jean-Jacques profiled by Alex Martinez, Annabelle Medina, & Isabel Pedroza
Antwon’s Life
Antwon Mitchell profiled by Jimy Alexis & Daniel Trejos
The Life of Francisco Perez
Francisco Perez profiled by Michael Castro & Elyse Smith
South Central’s Hope
Francisco Perez profiled by Kayla McKing & Jesse Preciado
Growing Up in South Central
Lupe Romero profiled by Malcolm Clayborne, Laura Duran, & Mariana Padilla
South LA Hopes
Choices
Hector Sanchez profiled by Maryah Parker
Damien Valentine’s POV of South Central
Damien Valentine profiled by Darrion Clark, Ray’Ven Kelly, & Daniel Trujillo