LA native, storyteller, creative and lover of archives
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Arianne Edmonds retweeted
25 Aug 2025
And at 3pm on 9/14: @afrocharities, @EdmondsArianne, and @_yoshann explore the legacy of the families behind America's Black press:
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Arianne Edmonds retweeted
10 Jun 2025
Community members celebrated the launch of "We Now Belong to Ourselves" by Arianne Edmonds at The Reparations Club. The book highlights the work of Edmonds' great-great grandfather, Jefferson Lewis Edmonds, a pioneering Black journalist who founded The ... blackvoicenews.com/2025/06/1…
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Arianne Edmonds retweeted
14 Jun 2025
Against Erasure: Preserving the Memory of Black Communities in Los Angeles and Across the Country
@EdmondsArianne on the Intellectual and Political Legacy of Her Great-Great-Grandfather, Jefferson Lewis Edmonds
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22 May 2025
I'm happy to announce that my book, "We Now Belong to Ourselves: J.L. Edmonds, The Black Press, and Black Citizenship in America" will published by Oxford University Press and made available on June 2nd! Click the link below to purchase amazon.com/We-Now-Belong-Our…
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25 Feb 2022
Love this!
24 Feb 2022
Howard University to digitize its archive of thousands of Black newspapers nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/howa… via @nbcnews
11 Dec 2021
Today was so special!!! Loved be apart of the dedication ceremony for Ms. Walters.
10 Dec 2021
“Rita Walters’ life and legacy is an inspiration, from her work fighting for racial integration in our schools as a member of the LAUSD Board of Education to her efforts to steward LAPL’s expansion on the L.A. City Council and the Library Commission.” @MayorOfLA
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Arianne Edmonds retweeted
2 Dec 2021
WED. DEC. 8: California Reparations Task Force is holding a panel on Arts & Culture. #AB3121
Arianne Edmonds will share the story of The Liberator, a L.A. newspaper founded in 1900 by her formerly enslaved great great grandfather Jefferson Lewis Edmonds.
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Arianne Edmonds retweeted
26 Nov 2021
Reparations is happening in California; the Reparations Task Force meets next on December 7/8.
Hearing topics: Infrastructure, Gentrification, and Homelessness (Dec. 7th); Entertainment (Dec 8th).
More details: oag.ca.gov/ab3121/meetings. #AB3121 #BlackTableTalk #BlackAmericans
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Arianne Edmonds retweeted
25 Oct 2020
Need public art NOW?
Some of @hammer_museum's #MadeinLA2020 exhibition is accessible to Angelenos as we speak.
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ALT Two art installations. Left: A billboard installation by Larry Johnson. Right: An installation of BLKNEWS by Kahlil Joseph. Both are part of the Hammer Museum’s “Made in L.A. 2020: a version.”
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26 Oct 2020
Love this @JLEdProject shout out!
23 Oct 2020
Continuing with our The Liberator series, this week we’re saluting its masthead! The publication was famed for providing many resources for Black Angelenos and including guidance surrounding political candidates and news about civil rights movements.
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26 Oct 2020
Yay!
25 Oct 2020
24 Oct 2020
Yes! We at @JLEdProject loved partnering with @KJJargon28 at @HanksMiniMarket for this beautiful instillation for Made in LA at the @hammer_museum !
23 Oct 2020
'Made in L.A.' biennial art has been on view for weeks. You just didn’t know it latimes.com/entertainment-ar…
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18 Oct 2020
Yesssss!!!!
16 Oct 2020
Shoutout out to civic media fellow @EdmondsArianne for spearheading the J.L. Edmonds Project and getting The Liberator Newspaper digitally archived along with working to create exhibitions, events, and community programming centered around its legacy!
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Working with descendants of Black historical figures like Jefferson Lewis Edmond. His great granddaughter, Arianne Edmonds (@EdmondsArianne) is ensuring that his contributions to Black L.A. are never forgotten.
Learn more here: bit.ly/2H8z68t -@TyreeBP
#AskACurator
16 Sep 2020
What's the most rewarding part about being a curator? #AskACurator #AskACuratorDay
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6 Sep 2020
Huge congrats to @Shaya_in_LA for the @LAPressClub award. Her article about Jefferson and the Liberator was just so brilliant!
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14 Aug 2020
I'm late to share this. But super excited to have our family history featured.
The Tragic History of L.A.’s Black Family Beach Havens msn.com/en-us/news/us/the-tr…
8 Jul 2020
LETS 👏🏾 GO 👏🏾 @Oprah and @nhannahjones we see you and support you in this. shadowandact.com/the-nyts-th…
6 Jul 2020
This opening line! “If you’re silent about your pain, they’ll kill you and say you enjoyed it,” wrote Zora Neale Hurston in her 1937 novel “Their Eyes Were Watching God.” nytimes.com/2020/06/23/t-mag…