Race & Power in Early Los Angeles: In Conversation with Dan Lynch
Thu., Sept. 17, 2026, 12–1 p.m.
Free with registration
Webinar
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. Lynch will discuss how influential Black, Latino, Asian American, and Indigenous leaders helped shape Los Angeles while navigating the political forces of the 19th and early 20th centuries. 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.
Top image: Camulos Ranch, Don Antonio Coronel and three Spanish girls, 1890. | The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
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The Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West
ICW is a center for scholarly investigation of the history and culture of California and the American West. Through sponsorship of innovative scholarship, research, and programming, ICW draws on the resources of USC and the Huntington Library to build a unique collaboration among a research university, a research library, and the public