On July 28, 2010, the California African American Museum will launch a six-month rotating exhibit on past and present skate and surf culture, as well as art in communities of color. Intersections’ young reporters and producers from Crenshaw High School covered the show by conducting interviews with curator Michelle Lee (above) and local artists Duce and K Dub (below).

Above: “Duce” Alex Rodriguez runs a skate shop in Los Angeles and is featured in the How We Roll show. Elijah Ozuna and Justin Horton asked Duce what his art piece is about.

Above: K Dub is an entrepreneur, skater and artist from South Los Angeles who organizes Hood Games as an opportunity to bring professional skating to neighborhood kids around Los Angeles. Reporters Cairo Doby, Kevin Rivera and Diana Leon talk to K Dub about his work and his commitment to increasing opportunities for youth.

Above: The How We Roll exhibit inspired Andrew Cruz, Rene Rosales and Dominic Wilks to follow their classmate Elijah Ozuna on his board to find out what skating means to him.

PAGE CREDITS: These stories were produced as part of Intersections’ summer journalism workshop at USC’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism (Annenberg). The workshop is supported with funds from Annenberg and the McCormick Foundation. It was sponsored by Intersections: The South Los Angeles Report and Mother of Many.

Special thanks to: Dean Ernest Wilson, Geneva Overholser, Billy Higgins, Chuck Boyles, Regina Martinez, Veronica Bautista, Piya Sinha-Roy, Christine Trang, Helen Jeong, Ruth Frantz, Luis Sierra Campos, Sara Harris, Daphne Bradford, Willa Seidenberg and Diane Drummond. Thanks also to Elise Woodson and the California African American Museum for their cooperation.