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Los Angeles’ historic landmarks include such well-known sites as the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the Hollywood sign and Griffith Observatory. But as Makeda Easter reports for the Los Angeles Times, the list of city-designated sites contains a noticeable disparity: Just 3 percent of the roughly 1,200 historic landmarks scattered throughout the California city commemorate African American heritage sites.

This week, the Getty Conservation Institute and Los Angeles’ Office of Historic Resources (OHR) announced a new campaign designed to redress that imbalance. Through the three-year initiative, dubbed the Los Angeles African American Historic Places Project, the institutions will survey the city’s black cultural heritage sites, identify areas to prioritize for preservation and work with community members to better promote local black history. They also plan to provide internship opportunities for emerging professionals in the preservation field, reports Taylor Defoe for Artnet News.

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