Visitors wander around a courtyard during the opening of the renovated Dunbar Hotel in South Los Angeles in 2013. The hotel welcomed African Americans visiting L.A. around World War II, when segregation prevented them from staying at downtown hotels that catered only to white people.
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A view of the lobby in 2013 while artists restore an old Southwest mural in the historic Dunbar Hotel.
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Workers paint the exterior of the historic Dunbar Hotel in 2013.
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Sarah Hawkins, 71, welcomes visitors to her apartment during the opening of the renovated Dunbar Hotel in South Los Angeles in 2013.
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Visitors wave from a balcony in the atrium of the renovated Dunbar Hotel in South Los Angeles in 2013.
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A photograph hanging on the wall at the renovated Dunbar Hotel in South Los Angeles shows Billie Holiday performing at the hotel in the 1940s when segregation prevented the legendary jazz vocalist from performing or staying at other hotels in Los Angeles.
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The Dunbar Hotel on Oct. 6, 2008.
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An exterior view of the historic Dunbar Hotel on May 31, 2013.
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Visitors tour the renovated Dunbar Hotel in South Los Angeles on June 26, 2013.
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Visitors have a look around the renovated Dunbar Hotel in South Los Angeles in 2013.
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A crowd is reflected in the framed photograph of jazz great Duke Ellington during the opening of the renovated Dunbar Hotel in South Los Angeles on June 26, 2013.
