Josh Kun

USC’s Annenberg School

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Professor of communications at USC's Annenberg School.

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In the early 20th century, the Los Angeles Public Library collected autographs and doodles from the most notable people of the time, including Mark Twain, Langston Hughes and Helen…

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Over a century ago, the chief librarian of the Los Angeles Public Library, Charles Lummis, sent pages of library stationary to dozens of celebrities of his day, a list he called…

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Los Angeles used to belong to Mexico. And our cultural ties to Latin America are threaded throughout the city.

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Los Angeles used to belong to Mexico. And our cultural ties to Latin America are threaded throughout the city.

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