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Special Collections is home to a 70-plus-year-old pamphlet that provides the four-part answer to why you are so much more comfortable in air conditioned surroundings.

The short documentary “Chicano Moratorium” captures the brutal police response to protests against the Vietnam War.

The UCLA alumna and Los Angeles County supervisor hosted the landmark talk show, which began in 1992.

The donation of 40 historical texts from Paul Chrzanowski further bolsters an already remarkable collection of early English texts.

In recognition of the holiday, UCLA Newsroom shares insights from UCLA professors Eddie Cole, Karida Brown and Brenda Stevenson.

For decades, this East Los Angeles enclave has sent students to UCLA, while university scholars have added to the understanding of the community’s diverse history.

The UCLA maritime archaeologist finds a new lens for exploring Black culture through the discovery of lost slave ships — and the secrets they carry.

UCLA scholars offer a different perspective on what Koreans call “Sa I Gu,” 30 years after the Rodney King verdict.

Repatriation of Judaica texts serves as catalyst for UCLA Library-hosted symposium.

‘BeHere / 1942,’ presented by the Yanai Initiative of UCLA and Tokyo’s Waseda University, runs from May 7 to Oct. 9.

Michael Beckerman will deliver the inaugural Lowell Milken Lecture in Jewish Music on May 3. The event is free and open to the public.

The events, organized by UCLA’s Promise Armenian Institute and its campus partners, are free and open to the public.

Miriam Matthews’ personal papers, oral history and photo archive show how she shaped Los Angeles.

The former Bruin integrated baseball and changed history on April 15, 1947, when he took the field for the Brooklyn Dodgers.

UCLA labor studies faculty discuss the history and key lessons we can learn from the labor champion.

The UCLA Luskin Center for History and Policy interviewed three historical observers to help provide important context and framing for the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Recordings from the educator and activist’s speeches are part of Ronald K. Brown and his company’s newest dance work.

Bruins recommend works for education and enjoyment to celebrate throughout February.

The past becomes personal for UCLA students studying the experiences of Japanese Americans imprisoned by the U.S. government during World War II.

UCLA legal scholars have long used these methods to examine shifting attitudes toward racial justice throughout U.S. history.

UCLA faculty and alumni contributed ideas, expertise and artworks to the $100 million revitalization project.

For two decades, Rev. James Lawson Jr. — one of King’s close friends and a fellow civil and labor rights leader — has taught a course on King’s signature method for social reform.

The Librarian of Congress annually selects the United States’ most influential motion pictures for this honor.

The building, which is named the UCLA James Lawson Jr. Worker Justice Center, will house labor research, teaching and service for decades to come.

In her new book, “The Good Kings,” UCLA’s Kara Cooney draws parallels between pharaohs and present-day authoritarians.