The History and Experience of Black Americans in Palm Springs

KQED's Forum

KQED

News Commentary, News, Politics

4.2 • 727 Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

In a story for the Los Angeles Times, journalist Tyrone Beason shines a light on the experience and history of Black Americans living in Palm Springs. While few in numbers, Black residents are part of a history that reaches back to the first half of the 20th century when, Beason writes, "hundreds of Black people from the South, and from Los Angeles and the Bay Area, settled in desert communities like Palm Springs." Beason interviews a number of current residents, some whose families have been in Palm Springs for generations, about the homes they've made in predominantly Black neighborhoods and the discrimination they've faced. Beason joins us to discuss how the U.S.'s legacy of segregated housing is reflected in Palm Springs and why Black Americans in California's desert assert they are "here to stay." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Support for Key QBD Podcasts comes from San Francisco International Airport. At SFO, you can shop,
0:06.7	dine, and unwind before your flight. Go ahead, treat yourself. Learn more about SFO restaurants and
0:12.7	shops at flysfo.com. Support for forum comes from Broadway SF, presenting Parade, the musical revival based on a true story.
0:23.4	From three-time Tony-winning composer Jason Robert Brown comes the story of Leo and Lucille Frank,
0:29.6	a newlywed Jewish couple struggling to make a life in Georgia. When Leo is accused of an
0:35.3	unspeakable crime, it propels them into an unimaginable test of faith, humanity, justice, and devotion.
0:43.4	The riveting and gloriously hopeful parade plays the Orpheum Theater for three weeks only, May 20th through June 8th.
0:51.7	Tickets on sale now at Broadwaysf.com.
0:56.6	From KQED.
0:58.0	From KQED.
1:12.6	Coming up on forum, generations of Black Californians have lived in Palm Springs.
1:18.6	And LA Times journalist Tyrone Beeson joins us to share what he learned about belonging and home.
1:24.6	After visiting the desert community, where black people from the South, the Bay Area, and Los Angeles settled in the early 20th century.
1:32.3	Then Shohay Otani hit his 41st home run this week.
1:36.3	The performance of the Angels All-Star, both at the plate and on the mound this season, has drawn comparisons to baseball legend babe Ruth. What do you think?
1:46.4	That's all next on Forum. Join us.
1:48.1	This is Forum. I'm Mina Kim. While few in number, Black residents' history in Palm Springs dates back to the early part of the last century, and Tyrone Bison of the LA Times shines a light on that history and the lives of Black Americans living in the desert community today in his recent piece titled, We're Here to Stay.
2:16.6	Despite isolation and racism, Black Americans feel at home in California's desert.
2:22.9	Tyrone Beeson, welcome to Forum.
2:25.0	Happy to be here. Thank you.
2:27.0	And wanted to know what drew you to Palm Springs initially.
2:32.3	Was it the juxtaposition of black Americans and the California
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from KQED, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of KQED and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.