TAMPA, Fla. — There is a long, long list of famous athletes, music artists and entertainers who grew up in one of Los Angeles County’s oldest cities surrounded by crime, drug dealers and gang wars.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Albert Camarillo, right, a Chicano studies scholar and author of "Compton in My Soul," a memoir about growing up in Compton during ...

After learning about racial injustice firsthand in his hometown of Compton, where he was born in 1948, Albert M. Camarillo spent more than four decades pursuing racial equality as a professor of ...

From childhood experiences to the music that followed, Compton shaped Kendrick Lamar’s voice. His early life reflects the struggles and inspiration that fueled his rise. Three Americans killed — Trump ...

It's been a decade since Straight Outta Compton hit theaters — and cranked the volume all the way up for viewers. “Not to sound cliché, but we worked really, really hard to get this on the screen,” ...

The Compton Unified School District is winning recognition for its success with students, who are showing significant, long-term academic improvement that is outpacing growth in California and the ...

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