Rachel Howzell Hall

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In 1977, my parents moved my two siblings and me into a second-story, 3-bedroom apartment on Santo Tomas Drive in the Crenshaw area of Los Angeles. It was one unit…

Growing up in the Baldwin Village ‘Jungle’

In 1977, my parents moved my two siblings and me into a second-story, 3-bedroom apartment on Santo Tomas Drive in the Crenshaw area of Los Angeles. It was one unit…

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