Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement The listing that ran in the Dec. 31, 1874, edition of the Los Angeles Herald was as short as it was dismissive.“The ‘high-toned’ colored folks,” the unsigned story stated, “will celebrate the anniversary of their emancipation” on New Year’s Day with a dinner and dance.But the blurb nevertheless remains significant: It’s one of the earliest documented records of African Americans in Los Angeles celebrating the end of slavery in the United States.AdvertisementAnd parties, picnics and parades to mark the occasion have continued ever...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement The listing that ran in the Dec. 31, 1874, edition of the Los Angeles Herald was as short as it was dismissive.“The ‘high-toned’ colored folks,” the unsigned story stated, “will celebrate the anniversary of their emancipation” on New Year’s Day with a dinner and dance.But the blurb nevertheless remains significant: It’s one of the earliest documented records of African Americans in Los Angeles celebrating the end of slavery in the United States.AdvertisementAnd parties, picnics and parades to mark the occasion have continued ever...WW…