“Death of a Suburban Dream: Race and Schools in Compton, California” (University of Pennsylvania Press), explores the history of Compton, even as the story continues to unfold, and asks how Compton’s ...

After learning about racial injustice firsthand in his hometown of Compton, where he was born in 1948, Albert M. Camarillo spent more than four decades pursuing racial equality as a professor of ...

Abigail Lopez-Byrd and her husband, Marquell Byrd, didn’t really think twice when the opportunity to expand their tiny Compton Art and History Museum came up. They chose to stay right in the city for ...

It felt like a block party, but it was really history in celebration. At the far corner of a Compton strip mall, more than 40 people gathered around a parking area as Curtis Jackson III (Not to be ...

Anthony Lee Pittman, "Sons Like Me" (2023), Oil and gold leaf on canvas, 20 inches x 30 inches (image courtesy the artist) LOS ANGELES — On a recent Saturday afternoon, an enthusiastic crowd gathered ...

For two years, the Compton Art and History Museum has organized exhibits and hosted arts workshops for the general public, giving people of all ages a better understanding of its residents and culture ...

Compton is most definitely a brand, not only linked to the athletic accomplishments of Venus and Serena Williams, but the urban violence that’s made it into hip hop lyrics, from N.W.A. to Kendrick ...

Abigail Lopez-Byrd and Marquell Byrd, husband and wife, founders of the Compton Art & History Museum and creators of Color Compton. Courtesy of Color Compton. Grammy Award–winning artist DIXSON at The ...