Aubry’s beliefs were likely nurtured during his early childhood in New Orleans, Louisiana, and further instilled when he and other Black students integrated L.A.’s Fremont High School in the late 1940s.
Dr. Maulana Karenga, chair of the Department of Africana Studies at CSU – Long Beach and executive director of the African American Cultural Center (Us), imparted another eloquent reflection describing Aubry’s death as “a great and irreplaceable loss to our community and our ongoing struggle for racial and social justice.”
James Bolden, public information officer for the L.A. County Department of Social Service and another former Sentinel managing editor, insisted, “Larry Aubry never backed down on an issue important to the Black community.
Aubry also played a part in establishing the Black Community Clergy and Labor Alliance (BCCLA), a group that fostered unity among people working for racial justice, and the Advocates for Black Strategic Alternatives (ABSA), a policy discussion group.
“To rightly remember and honor Larry Aubry is to recognize and appreciate the long-length and variedness of his service for the good, the depth of his love for his people, and his uncompromising commitment to their struggle for liberation and racial and social justice,” added Karenga.
