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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Pío de Jesus Pico influences California history for most of the 19th Century. Born in 1801, he is 31 years old when appointed governor —…
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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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The Eighth Annual Academy Awards is held at Los Angeles’ Biltmore Hotel on March 5, 1936. The Master of Ceremonies is director Frank Capra who…
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On December 16, 1896, Griffith J. Griffith and his wife Christina give Los Angeles 3,015 acres to use as a public park. Since then, another…
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On November 5, 1913, an estimated 30,000 Angelinos watch water from the Owens Valley cascade into the San Fernando Valley through the Los Angeles Aqueduct.…
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One the ugliest and most violent attacks on any group of people in California takes place on October 24, 1871. The “Los Angeles Massacre” or…
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Newlyweds Harry and Esther Snyder open the first In-N-Out burger stand on October 22, 1948. It’s California’s first drive-thru restaurant. The Baldwin Park site at…
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