Alexander and Abby Clifton Fisher come to San Francisco in 1877. In 1879, Abby Fisher is presented the highest award at the State Fair in…
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Born enslaved in Georgia or Mississippi in 1818, Bridget “Biddy” Mason — with a nursing baby on her back and her two other young daughters…
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“For the first time in the history of this nation a political party has chosen a Negro woman for the second highest office in the…
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Miriam Matthews, often referred to as the “Dean of Los Angeles Black History,” is the first African American librarian in California. She’s hired as a…
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Between January and April of 1858, Northern California is rocked by the “case of the decade” – a determination of whether Archy Lee is allowed…
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