In case you haven’t heard of Allensworth, California—and you likely haven’t—the site, which is a now a state park, was once California’s first town founded, funded and governed by Black ...

By 1973, Allensworth could no longer be found on a map. Tides began to turn the next year, when the California State Parks restored several buildings and declared Allensworth a historic landmark.

Morrison and other park advocates say Allensworth, California's most important monument to black culture and self-sufficiency, will change irrevocably if thousands of cows move in across state ...

Allensworth, California’s first all-Black town established in 1908, has not been an exception. Once a thriving farm community inspired by the dream of self-determination, Allensworth has ...

Allensworth is a Census-designated place in Tulare County, California, with a population of 527. The total cost of housing, food, child care, transportation, health care, taxes, and other ...

Out of the post-Reconstruction rubble, Col. Allen Allensworth, a retired African American army chaplain, pieced together a dream. In 1908, Allensworth, a prominent Los Angeles resident, along with ...

The historic buildings of this now-gone Black township preserved by California State Parks are different from the adjacent small community of present-day Allensworth. Buffalo Soldier Mounted ...

Allensworth Elementary contains 1 schools and 91 students. The district’s minority enrollment is 100%. Also, 100.0% of students are economically disadvantaged. The student body at the schools ...