Documentary 'Tales of the American' recounts history of eclectic L.A. artists' hangout

Turn-of-the-century Los Angeles’ only African American policeman once managed it as the only upscale hotel for black Angelenos. Its Depression-era Japanese owners had to sell it over the forced World War II internment that decimated Little Tokyo. After years as a forgotten flophouse, artists and...

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