Inside historic black bookstores’ fight for survival against the COVID-19 pandemic

OAKLAND, Calif. – Inside Marcus Books, the nation’s oldest black-owned bookstore, no one lingers anymore over shelves lined with a diasporic collection of African and African American history, culture, music and…

John Swing, a driving force in L.A.’s Historic Filipinotown, dies of COVID-19 at 48

John Swing worked with multiple community organizations serving the Filipino American community. (Search to Involve Pilipino Americans) In the final ceremony for Search to Involve Pilipino Americans’ Asian Pacific American…