Alison Rose Jefferson

I am a publicly engaged historian and writer interested in the history of California, the U.S. and the black experience globally.

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Coastal Crossroads Launch
Join me, Alison Rose Jefferson, on a tour of the Black experience at the Pacific Rim in Santa Monica, CA, Sun. 06/07/2026, 1.00 – 4.00 PM. Celebrate Nick Gabaldon Day and Juneteenth at the debut of the Coastal Crossroads Tour. https://t.co/V7OT3EYIbp.

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Please join me, Alison Rose Jefferson on Wed. April 29 at 12.30 PM at USC for a talk about the historical African American experience in LA during the Jim Crow era and photos of this experience which communicate knowledge. Sponsors: USC VSRI and Caltech Program in Visual Culture.

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homeLA and Marcella Lewis’ Dance Performance Pay Homage to African American Histories in Santa Monica at Historic Belmar Park’s Public Memory Project | Belmar History + Art. Learn more at #homela (upcoming events). #alisonrosejefferson #aprilbanks

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See this Instagram post by @alisonrosejefferson https://t.co/EfWtCo0bXI

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Learn about Santa Monica BH+A and Ebony Beach Club restitution @alisonrosejefferson https://t.co/JCO47obuj8

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Storytellers in the house! I was delighted to be part of the TalkBack series, post-performance conversation at Roger Guenveur Smith’s IN HONOR OF JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT play, at Outside In Theatre on Sunday, October 26, 2025. Learn more here: https://t.co/MJz2TzJgIf

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Thrilled to be a presenter at international conferences alongside several esteemed colleagues over the last few months. Need a Speaker for Black History Month, Women’s History Month or other activities? Contact me: https://t.co/4Bm2XzeRGy

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From OAH Stmt.: The Smithsonian museums are essential civic spaces where visitors engage with complexity, wrestle with contradiction, and learn that knowing and confronting the past is necessary for a democratic future. https://t.co/NzxN9HHwY7

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Roubaix, France...Artist Judith de Leeuw describes her work as a reminder 'of what freedom should be.' I am intellectually weeping regularly at the craziness and disenfranchisement our society that is going on right now. https://t.co/0S2zmvFOo0

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Clawing back public media funding would rip vital services out of our communities – early education, local journalism, emergency alerts, and local connection. Urge your Senators to vote NO @MyPublicMedia: https://t.co/j6aU3hWbYC #ProtectMyPublicMedia

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For your consideration to participate, here is a Call for Contributors for the African Americans and the National Park Service, 1872 -1965 Study Project which is a collaboration of the NPS and ASALH. Please share widely to your network.

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For your consideration to participate, here is a Call for Contributors for the African Americans and the National Park Service, 1872 -1965 Study Project which is a collaboration of the NPS and ASALH. Please share widely to your network.
https://t.co/QYhGsYW7vE

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Join us at Nick Gabaldon Day, Sat. June 7! See this Instagram post by @alisonrosejefferson https://t.co/CHKQJ2SD8Y

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Join me and the Venice Heritage Museum for great music on Sat. May 10, 2025. Keep heritage alive! https://t.co/yMbR03XhSN

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Join me in the conversation to develop actions we can take in the fight for Black history, racial justice and democracy! Check out the Freedom to Learn 2025 National Week of Action event, Wed. April 30, 2025.
https://t.co/fRNrbMugPB

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Honored to participate in the Black History Month program sponsored by Curren Price at the City Council mtg on Fri, Feb 14, 2025. I spoke about the contributions of African Americans of the Great Migration who shaped the City of Angels. https://t.co/DALFcjuLZE

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Celebrating African American Heritage Month Through Central Avenue https://t.co/ZYWfK6Dqqy via @YouTube

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Read more about amazing women in aeronautics in our Historic Report that I (Alison Rose Jefferson) and Phil S. Hart produced for the Long Beach Airport 100th anniv: https://t.co/L7kHXZhjpA

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Happy Women in Aviation Week and the start of Women’s History Month! Meet Long Beach aviation pioneer Gladys “The Flying Housewife” O’Donnell, who competed in women’s air races (or Powder Puff Derbies) during the 1920s and 1930s.

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@PBS Enjoy and be inspired by the first episode of Great Migrations tonight at 9.00 PM. I show up in as a historian in the second episode airing next Tuesday, February 4 at 9.00 PM. Honored to be part of the series.

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GREAT MIGRATIONS: A PEOPLE ON THE MOVE is a brand new history series - premiering Tu, Jan 28 at 9/8c on @PBS!  tells the story of African American movement over the 20th and 21st centuries and how it reshaped American culture. Honored to be a part of it! https://t.co/VVQqPtZzgr

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GREAT MIGRATIONS: A PEOPLE ON THE MOVE is a brand new history series - premiering Tu, Jan 28 at 9/8c on @PBS!  tells the story of African American movement over the 20th and 21st centuries and how it reshaped American culture. Honored to be a part of it! https://t.co/VVQqPtZzgr