St. Elmo Village: Decades-old pillar of art, community, justice in LA gave birth to Black Lives Matter movement

Wednesday, February 17, 2021

St. Elmo Village in Mid-City was birthplace of BLM movement

Art, community and civil rights - since 1969, those three things have come together at St. Elmo Village in Mid-City. The small place gave birth to giant causes like the Black Lives Matter movement.

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