BHM Classic: Leimert Park

The Atlas Obscura Podcast

SiriusXM Podcasts & Atlas Obscura

Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.6 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2023

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

As part of Black History Month Atlas Obscura will be sharing some episodes from the archive including Producer Baudelaire Ceus’s journey to Leimert Park, a unique neighborhood in Los Angeles characterized by its historical relationship to Black liberation.

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0:00.0	So, this month on the show, we are combing through our archives and pulling out our favorite
0:09.3	episodes related to black history.
0:11.9	And this episode is one of my all-time favorites.
0:15.3	It is a joy to listen to.
0:17.2	It is about Lamar Park in Los Angeles, which is a historically black neighborhood.
0:22.0	Potelair goes on this personal adventure of discovery through this neighborhood.
0:28.2	He meets all of the people.
0:30.2	He finds the vegan restaurants.
0:32.0	He has a pull-up contest.
0:34.5	It is a passenger seat ride through a journey of discovery.
0:40.1	And Potelair tells it about as well as it could ever be told.
0:44.2	It's a real joy to listen to.
0:46.0	I hope you like it.
0:49.0	All right, so I'm an East Coast dude.
0:59.3	Born in Boston, lived in Brooklyn for a while, but last year, one of my best friends hit
1:03.8	me up and told me I had to come out to the West Coast.
1:06.7	He lives in LA.
1:07.7	And while I was there, he took me to this one neighborhood that he knew I was going
1:11.5	to love.
1:12.5	The Murt Park.
1:15.5	Here's the thing.
1:16.5	Growing up black in America, I always felt like society was telling me I should get far
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