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Northeast Los Angeles. Coordinates: 34.1178°N 118.2160°W. Northeast Los Angeles as mapped by the Los Angeles Times. Northeast Los Angeles (abbreviated NELA) is a 17.18 sq mi (44.5 km 2) region of Los Angeles County, comprising seven neighborhoods within Los Angeles. [1] The area is home to Occidental College located in Eagle Rock .
Downey, California – most affluent Mexican-American community. [ 290] East Los Angeles, California – historic urban Mexican-American enclave (see Chicano ). [ 291] Guymon, Oklahoma – in the Oklahoma Panhandle. [ 288] Cicero, Illinois and Little Village, Chicago; Chicagoland has one of largest Mexican populations.
Tahlequah East side Tulsa – 15% black city East Side; Greenwood, Tulsa ("Black wall street" in 1920s) Neighborhoods of Tulsa, Oklahoma#Northside – North Tulsa; West Side (Downtown) Turley – 20–25% Black
Watts is a neighborhood in southern Los Angeles, California. It is located within the South Los Angeles region, bordering the cities of Lynwood, Huntington Park and South Gate to the east and southeast, respectively, and the unincorporated community of Willowbrook to the south. Founded in the late nineteenth century as a ranching community, the ...
Boyle Heights, historically known as Paredón Blanco (Spanish for "White Bluff"), [2] [3] [4] is a neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, located east of the Los Angeles River. It is one of the city's most notable and historic Chicano / Mexican-American communities and is known as a bastion of Chicano culture , hosting cultural landmarks like ...
Between the 1890s and 1910, African Americans migrated to Los Angeles from Southern places like Texas, Shreveport, Atlanta, and New Orleans to escape the racial violence, racism, white supremacy, and bigotry of the Southern United States. [17] The presence of the first transcontinental railroad meant that Los Angeles had a relatively high ...
Atwater Village is a neighborhood in the 13th district of Los Angeles, California. Much of Atwater Village lies in the fertile Los Angeles River flood plain. Located in the northeast region of the city, Atwater borders Griffith Park and Silver Lake to the west, Glendale to the north and east and Glassell Park to the south. The eastern boundary ...
Tur has covered global news stories, from O.J. Simpson’s white Bronco chase to the 1992 Los Angeles riots and other major local watershed moments, during her storied career. Old punks