Join LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes for our summer book club as we read Kelly Lytle Hernandez’s City of Inmates: Conquest, Rebellion, and the Rise of Human Caging in Los Angeles, 1771 – 1965. We invite members of our community to join us as we read and engage in conversation centered on Hernandez’s vital book on the history of incarceration in Los Angeles. Book club will take place in room 406. Don’t miss out — RSVP using the link below. The Book Club has reached capacity. To join the waiting list, please send an email to [email protected]. Thank you for your interest!

Dates:

Wednesday, July 23 | Chapters 2 and 3 – Hobos in Heaven and Not Imprisonment in a Legal Sense
Location: Calle Principal: Mi México in Los Angeles exhibition

Wednesday, August 20 | Chapters 4 and 5 – Scorpion’s Tale and Caged Birds

Wednesday, September 3 | Chapter 6 – Justice for Samuel Faulkner, Upriver in the Age of Mass Incarceration and The Rebel Archive