Merced County Archives - Harvesting my life https://ernestlowe.com/tag/merced-county/ Six decades of Ernest Lowe's offerings to the world Thu, 27 Aug 2015 20:53:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Revisiting Black Okie Communities https://ernestlowe.com/revisiting-black-okie-communities/ Fri, 24 Jul 2015 17:51:35 +0000 http://ernestlowe.com/?p=671 In the 60s I discovered a number of African-American towns in the San Joaquin Valley, later dubbed Black Okie communities by author Mark Arax. These towns are a little known part of California history, which my photographs and radio shows documented for the first time. In the Spring and Summer of 2015 I revisited South Dos … Continue reading Revisiting Black Okie Communities →

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]]> In the 60s I discovered a number of African-American towns in the San Joaquin Valley, later dubbed Black Okie communities by author Mark Arax. These towns are a little known part of California history, which my photographs and radio shows documented for the first time. In the Spring and Summer of 2015 I revisited South Dos Palos (on the west side of Merced County) and Teviston (on Hwy 99 in Tulare County). To my surprise I found several families of the kids I’d photographed. I was able to photograph them at church and at family reunions in both towns.

I’ll be uploading galleries of photographs from the 60s and the present day, as well as links to articles and academic research on this forgotten side of California history.

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