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UCLA linguist Pamela Munro started a Facebook page to revive and promote the Tongva language, once spoken by Southern California's Gabrielino-Tongva Indians. Through social media, their descendants are now learning words, phrases and songs in Tongva.

In a new book, a UCLA historian explores the vast network of social clubs that helped Japanese-American girls navigate the prejudice and exclusion that they faced in Los Angeles between 1920 and 1950.

 'Blood Royals' by UCLA's Eric Jager tells the story of a gory murder and its incredible investigation in 15th century Paris.

Eric Jager's newest nonfiction thriller, "Blood Royal," looks at the brutal murder of King Charles VI's brother, the Duke of Orleans, in Paris in the midst of the Hundred Years' War.

UCLA has the second-largest moving image archive in the United States after the Library of Congress, and the world’s largest university-based media archive.

Union Army General Winfield Scott Hancock, who played a key role in stopping Confederate attacks during the pivotal Civil War battle, had an important role in Los Angeles at the beginning of the war, according to UCLA grad student.

In this Q&A, UCLA law professor Stuart Banner talks about his new book documenting the litigious history of America’s national pastime.

A look at how the October 31 holiday evolved from a colorful but relatively minor-league American celebration to an iconic autumnal festival.