Partially driven by the global uprisings last summer, the Getty Conservation Institute and the city of Los Angeles recently announced the African American Historic Places Project, which would address a disparity in local landmark designations. Last June, the National Trust changed its stance on Confederate monuments, expressing support for their removal from public spaces after the killings of Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery. (Rebecca Fenwick)The National Trust selects sites for its annual list after reviewing nominations (it received more than 100 for this year’s list) and touts that fewer than 5% of places listed have been entirely lost. The Oljato Trading Post, built in 1921 and a mainstay in Navajo life, is on the National Trust’s 2021 endangered places list. Inclusion on the National Trust’s endangered places list will raise awareness of rich and complex histories in the Inland Empire and help the family as it raises funds to save the structure from disrepair.

Source: Los Angeles Times June 09, 2021 14:02 UTC