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Black History Month: PB&W Honors LeVar Burton

February 25, 2023 We know him from his amazing work as the host of Reading Rainbow, as Kunta Kinte in Roots, and Geordi La Forge in Star Trek the Next Generation. He’s played Martin Luther King Jr. in Ali, and Paul Haley in... Read More

PB&W Honors Jackie Robinson; First African American Major League Baseball Player

February 17, 2023 Jackie Robinson, the first Black baseball player to play in the American major leagues during the 20th century. On April 15, 1947, Robinson broke the decades-old “color line” of Major League Baseball when he appeared on the field for the National League Brooklyn Dodgers. He played... Read More

Black History Month: PB&W Honors Tom Bradley

February 3, 2023 To those of us who are natives of Los Angeles the name Tom Bradley is by no means unfamiliar. He not only served as the first black mayor of Los Angeles but his service as mayor from 1973 to 1993... Read More

PB&W Commemorates International Holocaust Remembrance Day

January 27, 2023 Benjamin Ferencz was born in 1920 to a Hungarian Jewish family. The family emigrated to the United States when he was an infant and lived on the lower East Side of Manhattan. Benjamin lived there until he graduated from college... Read More

PB&W Honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

January 17, 2023 “I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.” Today we honor the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., a great man who changed the world. Dr. King was an American Baptist... Read More