Cal Humanities

"The understanding of a culture comes from hearing the language, tasting the food, seeing personal interactions, experiencing the traditions, and so much more in context."

— Elizabeth Laval & Candice Pendergrass, Sikh Youth Public History Project

"The understanding of a culture comes from hearing the language, tasting the food, seeing personal interactions, experiencing the traditions, and so much more when it is in context."

— Elizabeth Laval & Candice Pendergrass, Sikh Youth Public History Project

Film: From The Quarters to Lincoln Heights

Few know or have researched the history of African Americans west of the Mississippi, let alone in the Siskiyous of far Northern California.

This excerpt is from the documentary From the Quarters to Lincoln Heights, which delves into the story of how thousands of African Americans came to work in Northern California’s lumber mills nearly a hundred years ago and explores some of the multi-racial rural towns they called home.