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Altadena is one of those rare places in Los ... Between 1950 and 1960, the Black population rose from less than 1% to 4%. Octavia Butler, a celebrated science fiction writer, and Sidney Poitier ...
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ALTADENA — Decades ago, the writer Octavia Butler had imagined a Los Angeles ravaged by fires. The Altadena cemetery where the science fiction and Afrofuturism author is buried did catch fire la ...