Stories Celebrating the History of the Golden State
San Francisco Call, 29 December 1901, pg. 4 California Digital Newspaper Collection, Center for Bibliographic Studies and Research, University of California, Riverside, http://cdnc.ucr.edu. Much of…
On her 100th birthday in 1962, Lydia Flood Jackson is honored by the City of Oakland as their oldest living native and the daughter of…
Comments closedIn the view of many sportswriters and historians of the game, the University of San Francisco’s 1951 team is the greatest college football team ever. …
Comments closedAlexander and Abby Clifton Fisher come to San Francisco in 1877. In 1879, Abby Fisher is presented the highest award at the State Fair in…
Comments closed“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…
Comments closedMiriam 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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