- Dunbar Economic Development

Collection Description

The Dunbar Economic Development Corporation (Dunbar EDC) collection contains photographs and artifacts which document the Vernon-Central neighborhood of Los Angeles which is the historic core of the California African American community. The Dunbar EDC was founded by local community members to implement a holistic approach to addressing the lack of employment opportunity and prosperity existing in the Vernon-Central area.

CITE AS: Creator. Title. Date2 or Date1. From the Dunbar Economic Development Corporation Collection, 1880-1986. Digitally reproduced by the University of Southern California Digital Archive. Available: URL. Access date.

EXAMPLE CITE AS: Almeida, Monica (photographer). An article about Rudy Brown and Anita Landecker on a mission to save the historic firestation of Engine Company No. 30, 1985-10-06. From the Dunbar Economic Development Corporation Collection, 1880-1986. Digitally reproduced by the University of Southern California Digital Archive. Available: http://digarc.usc.edu. Accessed October 29, 2004.

PHYSICAL LOCATION: Dunbar Economic Development Corporation, 4225 South Central Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90011-3000

CONTACT: Reginald Chapple; rchapple@dunbaredc.net; (323) 234 7882; http://www.dunbaredc.net/

Title:

Dunbar Economic Development Corporation Collection, 1880-1986

Alternate Title:

[short] Dunbar Economic Development

Record ID:

dunbar-m36

Names & Dates

Created:

[circa] 1880/1986

Publisher:

[host] University of Southern California. Libraries

Subject

Topic:

African Americans , African Americans -- History -- 1877-1964 , African Americans -- History -- 1964- , Fire fighters

Coverage:

[circa] 1880/1986

Place:

[roadways] Central Avenue
[roadways] Vernon Avenue
[populated places] Downtown Los Angeles
[cities] Los Angeles
[counties] Los Angeles
[states/provinces] California
[countries] USA