The Freedom Riders were a legendary group of civil rights activists who in 1961 rode on buses into the segregated South to confront the racist policies of the era. San Pedro resident Bob Farrell was among a group of UCLA students who had the courage to participate. He tells SOLAHA the epic story of their journey.
Martin Chacon reminiscences about growing up in the Port of Los Angeles town of Wilmington during a simpler era.
Donna (Harlan) Erdahl, a retired nurse born in 1932, tells the story of moving from Nebraska to the LA Harbor area when she was a little girl during the Great Depression.
Dr. John Goode tells the story of him and his wife moving from Iowa to California in the late 1950s and how he came about stating his dental practice in San Pedro.
Lora Caudill – Iiams, the former principal at Leland Street Elementary School, tells the story of how her grandfather, a sea captain from Germany, immigrated to San Francisco and ultimately arrived in San Pedro at the Port of Los Angeles.
Longtime San Pedro community leader and executive director of the Boys & Girls Clubs of LA Harbor, Mike Lansing tells the story of a young lady who the College Bound program of the club helped get back on track to graduating from high school and then going to a university. It’s one of many similar stories that happen at the club every day.