EXPOSITION PARK, Calif. – The California African-American Museum’s latest exhibit is all about “The Liberator,” a newspaper started by Jefferson Lewis Edmonds, a former slave who moved to Los Angeles.

“I want to say in the last 120 years the Jefferson Lewis Edmonds legacy has been felt in Los Angeles,” said Tyree Boyd-Pates, the museum’s history curator.

The timing of the exhibit is fitting, because this week marks the 400th anniversary of the first African slaves to arrive on American soil.

Over half of the black Angelenos had subscriptions to “The Liberator,” which lasted from 1900 to 1914. Boyd Pates believes all young people should know about historic legacies like “The Liberator” because it impacts how they treat their tomorrow.

“Learning about the history of slavery and those who were able to climb out of it after emancipation will only allow us to rectify and really remedy the things that are still prevailing because of enslavement,” said Pates.

People of all races are here to see the exhibit, including Dani Eve from Toronto, who says she really didn’t understand the historic struggle of blacks until she entered an interracial relationship.

“And all of a sudden I sort of realized I just not had any understanding about it and that I had all this privilege that I only had because I was a white person. There was no other reason. It wasn’t just about luck or hard work,” Eve said.

“Museums like this and exhibitions that we’re walking through explore just how much the legacy of enslavement impacts us all to this day, particularly for our white counterparts,” said Pates.

The impact of slavery and its 150-year aftermath is what drives him every day.

“Black history isn’t just black history its American history, and they’re equally involved in history as much as we and if we all understand the fuller picture of our history we can better citizens in America today,” he said.

“The Liberator” exhibit will last until September 8 at The California African -American Museum.