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A black-and-white photograph of ten women lined up with signs along the Citizenship Education Project's motorcade route encouraging voting and voter registration.
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Respect My Crown: The Rise of African American Women in California Politics 

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Hammer Forum is made possible by the Rosenbloom Family

In the state of California, Black women have battled race and gender barriers in pursuit of equality and political power for the past 170 years. With interviews and clips from the worlds of politics, community activism, organized labor, and the judicial system, Respect My Crown features interviews with 34 remarkable trailblazers, including L.A. County Supervisor Holly Mitchell, L.A. Mayor Karen Bass, California Secretary of State Dr. Shirley Weber, and more. (2024, dir: Pamela Bright-Moon. DCP, color, 85 mins.) 

Post screening panel featuring: Areva Martin, Attorney; LaToya Baldwin-Clark, Professor of Law at UCLA; Pamela Bright-Moon, Director; and Jacqueline Hamilton, Deputy Mayor in the Office of Mayor Karen Bass. Moderated by journalist Dominique di Prima.

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