Gentrification and Historic Preservation in LA’s ‘Black Beverly Hills’

Long known as the Black Beverly Hills, Los Angeles’s View Park park neighborhood is a symbol of African American success. A recent effort to put the neighborhood on the National Register of Historic Places has blown up into a contentious fight, with some residents seeing the designation as a ploy to lure white buyers.

Published: Jul 18, 2015
Length: 8 minutes (2,067 words)