How Mr. Ali Helped Build One of Los Angeles’ Most Important Black Entertainment Venues During the Civil Rights Era Mr. Ali is a respected entrepreneur, veteran, philanthropist, and community builder whose life reflects the best traditions of immigrant perseverance and American civic engagement. A second-generation Palestinian American whose family businesses helped serve working- class communities throughout California in the 1950s and 1960s, Mr. Ali went on to become an influential...

Elder’s role reflects a cross-disciplinary approach that combines product development with editorial leadership and community building. By uniting those areas, he will help ensure that NAME BRAND RECORDS’ digital presence is not only functional, but alive with context, identity, and participation.

An Evolution in Sound, Community, and Consciousness There are moments in the continuum of Black music when a band is not just a band it is a vessel. A laboratory. A mirror. And sometimes, a teacher This is one of those moments. San Francisco: Conception of a Sound (1971) The group Juju was born in San Francisco in 1971 - not out of industry ambition, but out of necessity. The necessity to create a sound that reflected a deeper cultural and spiritual alignment. This was not simply jazz. This...