LOS ANGELES — Venice Beach is one of the most photographed and visited neighborhoods in the world. But the story of who actually built it has been buried for over a century.
Now, two Black entrepreneurs are bringing it back, one room at a time.
The Redline Venice is the only Black-owned hotel in Venice Beach, named after the discriminatory housing practice that once kept Black families from owning property in neighborhoods like Venice.
Inside its four walls, the untold stories of the Black pioneers who helped shape the community are finally getting the space they always deserved.
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Venice Beach’s hidden Black history gets a room
