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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
Lifestyle
Erika D. Smith

Column: Meet the Black people remaking LA's Leimert Park — one building and one event at a time

LOS ANGELES -- Tony Jolly sounded tired.

When I caught up with him last week, it had only been a few hours since tens of thousands of people had descended on Los Angeles' Leimert Park neighborhood to celebrate Juneteenth — and since the much-hyped, multi-block festival that he helped organize for the holiday abruptly went from phenomenal to frightening.

"It was one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen," he told me wistfully.

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