Doris Topsy-Elvord (Courtesy photo) Doris Topsy-Elvord, a pioneering civic leader who made history as the first African American woman elected to the Long Beach City Council, is the subject of a special exhibition at the African American Cultural Center of Long Beach (AACCLB). The exhibition, which closes on arch 28, highlights Topsy-Elvord’s historic role in shaping Long Beach’s civic and community landscape during a time when representation in local government was limited for African Americans and women.

The African American Cultural Center Long Beach on Sunday celebrated the launch of a new exhibit honoring the life and legacy of Doris Topsy-Elvord, also known as "Mother Doris," an icon revered for her community work in the city. Topsy-Elvord, the namesake of Houghton Park's Community Center in North Long Beach , died in 2021 from complications of Alzeimer's disease at the age of 90.

Press Telegram columnist Willie Plaschke covers the new exhibit at the African American Cultural Center of Long Beach on behalf of the newspaper's theater and art scenes.

Inside the EXPO Arts Center, in Long Beach's Bixby Knolls neighborhood, is a growing home for Black history--and the future narrative of African American culture in the city and beyond.

Memorabilia from the lives of Black veterans are on display at the African American Cultural Center of Long Beach, paying tribute to the sacrifices they made for the United States despite the discrimination they faced within it. “When we think of the very earliest wars...

Long Beach’s third annual Juneteenth celebration kicked off on Saturday, June 17, at Rainbow Lagoon Park — where thousands gathered to honor African American heritage and celebrate Black culture. Juneteenth — June 19, 1865 — commemorates the date when Union soldiers brought the news of freedom to the last enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas — more than two years after the

In June 2021, the Long Beach Public Library inadvertently highlighted a problem when they hosted an online presentation by Claudine Burnett on her new book, African Americans in Long Beach and Southern California: A History, as part of their Local History Lecture Series. The problem had less to do with