Race & Power in Early Los Angeles: In Conversation with Dan Lynch

ICW proudly welcomes Dan Lynch, who will join Bill Deverell in conversation about his new book, Dancing with Manifest Destiny: Elite Men of Color and the Making of Los Angeles. Dr. Lynch will discuss how three nineteenth-century figures, Andrés Pico, Peter Biggs, and Antonio Coronel, helped shape Los Angeles while navigating the time's political forces. Their conversation will explore the complex relationships between race, power, and urban development in the city’s formative years. Drawing on original research and compelling biographical stories, the webinar offers a fresh perspective on the people and processes that made modern Los Angeles.