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NAACP Image Awards Shine Spotlight On Altadena Fire Victims Via Morris Chestnut, Ledisi Tribute: “Not Lost Is The Spirit Of Our Community”
The NAACP Image Awards is putting a spotlight on Altadena residents who have experienced devastating loss following the Los Angeles wildfires.
Currently underway live from the Pasadena Civic Center, this year’s NAACP Image Awards is putting a spotlight on Altadena residents who have experienced devastating loss following the Los Angeles wildfires in early January. The historically Black neighborhood houses generations of families, and was once home to renowned sci-fi writer Octavia E. Butler, whose Parable of the Sower has seen renewed popularity given its eerie prescience regarding Southern California’s recent natural disaster. Earlier in the show, host Deon Cole ‘s monologue touched on the wildfires, stating that Altadena would build back better and stronger, before poking fun at unsubstantiated right-wing finger-pointing of the disaster on diversity, equity and inclusion.
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