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African Americans Topic
By Mark Hilton, August 2, 2018
Pioneering Legislators Marker is missing (stolen) - only pole is left.
GEOGRAPHIC SORT WITH USA FIRST
| Near McKamie Road (Arkansas Route 53) 0.3 miles south of Magnolia Street, on the right when traveling south. Reported missing. |
| | Three African American men represented Lafayette County in the state legislature after the Civil War. Monroe Hawkins, born a slave in North Carolina around 1832, was a minister and laborer. He was a delegate in the 1868 Constitutional Convention and . . . — — Map (db m121211) HM |
| Near West Cypress Street east of North New Orleans Avenue, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Louis Jordan, born July 8, 1908, in Brinkley, Arkansas, was one of the
state's brightest musical stars, ruling the rhythm and blues charts of the
World War II era with hits like "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie," "Let the
Good Times Roll," "Is You Is or . . . — — Map (db m117265) HM |
| On State Highway 24, on the left when traveling south. |
| | The 1st Kansas Colored Infantry, a regiment that included many former Arkansas slaves, was formed in August 1862, the first black unit recruited during the war. 1st Kansas troops were the first black men to see combat, losing 10 killed and 12 . . . — — Map (db m56624) HM |
| Near Cherry Street south of Rightor Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | "A Liberating Army"
In September 1861, Frederick Douglass, a former slave and
passionate and influential advocate for black rights, wrote,
"Let it be known that the American flag is the flag of freedom
to all who will . . . — — Map (db m108009) HM |
| Near Yorkshire Drive 0.1 miles east of Audubon Drive when traveling east. |
| | Battery C sat directly above Helena and was the key to the city's defenses. The small earthen battery manned by the 33rd Missouri held two artillery pieces. A series of infantry trenches in front of the battery defended the approach. Union engineers . . . — — Map (db m107956) HM |
| On Missouri Street east of Natchez Street, on the left when traveling east. |
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Thousands of refugee slaves came with the Union army into Helena and they continued to come. Helena became an island of freedom in a slave state.
The Union Army Recruits Freedmen
In the . . . — — Map (db m107912) HM |
| On Biscoe Street (Business U.S. 49) at Little Rock Road on Biscoe Street. |
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The 2nd Arkansas of African Descent manned the earthwork located here during the Battle of Helena on July 4, 1863. The 2nd was a new regiment, organized in Helena just three months earlier. They had never experienced combat. . . . — — Map (db m107891) HM |
| Near Biscoe Street (Business U.S. 49) at Little Rock Road. |
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As soon as the Civil War began, black men volunteered to serve in the United States Army. They were denied. In the spring of 1863, the Federal government finally began enlisting Freedmen. Within months, thousands in Helena had . . . — — Map (db m107884) HM |
| On York Street east of Beech Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Shortly after the capture of Helena in July 1862, the Union army took
measures to protect the city. Engineers designed a large earthen fort,
which African American laborers completed in October 1862. General
Benjamin Prentiss named the heavily . . . — — Map (db m108033) HM |
| Near Cherry Street south of Rightor Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Freedmen Fill Two Regiments
Within days of Lorenzo Thomas' speech in
Helena on April 6, 1863, enough Freedmen
enlisted to fill a regiment—1,000 men. Many
were already in Helena. Others came in . . . — — Map (db m108014) HM |
| Near Biscoe Street at Little Rock Road. |
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The Emancipation Proclamation
"...all persons held as slaves within any State or designated
part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion
against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, . . . — — Map (db m107885) HM |
| Near Biscoe Street (Business U.S. 49) at Little Rock Road. |
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Thousands of freedom seekers came with the Union army when it occupied Helena in July 1862. They had no place to live, no food and no way to support themselves.
Under the Army's Care
It was up to . . . — — Map (db m107877) HM |
| Near Biscoe Street (Business U.S. 49) at Little Rock Road. |
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Fortifying Helena
Soon after the Union army occupied Helena in July 1862, preparations
began for a Confederate attack. The army built four earthworks on
Crowley's Ridge. Fort Curtis sat below the ridge, in town. . . . — — Map (db m107887) HM |
| On Walnut Street near Perry Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Jacob Trieber served as United States District Judge for the Eastern
District of Arkansas from 1901 to 1927. He was the first Jewish judge
ever to serve on the federal bench. Trieber was born in Prussia in
1853, immigrated with his parents to St. . . . — — Map (db m107824) HM |
| Near Cherry Street south of Rightor Street, on the right when traveling south. |
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Lorenzo Thomas at Fort Curtis
Adjutant General Lorenzo Thomas spoke in Helena on
April 6, 1863. About 4,000 soldiers stood in formation in
Fort Curtis. They heard Thomas, their commanding
officer, the district . . . — — Map (db m108013) HM |
| Near Biscoe Street (Business U.S. 49) at Little Rock Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Imagine watching a four-mile-long parade of soldiers, horses, wagons and artillery pieces pass your house. The soldiers in blue were supposed to be the enemy, but they offered the chance for something you thought you'd never have—freedom. . . . — — Map (db m107828) HM |
| On Cherry Street north of Missouri Street. |
| | Helena has played a vital role in blues history for artists from both sides of the Mississippi River. Once known as a “wide open” hot spot for music, gambling, and nightlife, Helena was also the birthplace of “King Biscuit . . . — — Map (db m51907) HM |
| Near Biscoe Street (U.S. 49) at Little Rock Road. |
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African Americans Exercise Their Rights
In the decades following the Civil War, former slaves in
Arkansas saw African Americans elected to local, state and
national offices. Henderson B. Robinson was elected . . . — — Map (db m107892) HM |
| On Cherry St. just north of Porter Street. |
| | The State of Arkansas is Dissolved
In 1867, the state of Arkansas ceased to exist. It was dissolved, as were all states still in rebellion when the Confederate government surrendered in 1865. Readmission to the Union required that the states . . . — — Map (db m51927) HM |
| On York Street east of Beech Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | On April 6, 1863, Adjutant General Lorenzo Thomas made a speech at Ft. Curtis seeking to enlist former slaves into the U.S. army. The next day, hundreds of black men joined the 1st Arkansas Infantry (African Descent). Later designated U.S. Colored . . . — — Map (db m107825) HM |
| On Cherry Street south of Rightor Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Guard, Garrison and Fatigue Duty
The United States Colored Troops (USCT) in Helena were part
of the Union garrison holding the city. Their duties were much
the same as those of white troops. Like all Union . . . — — Map (db m108015) HM |
| Near Main Street (State Highway 33) at Prairie Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | With the possible exception of Helena, it is unlikely that any place in Arkansas had as many Union troops pass through it as did DeValls Bluff. Some saw the town when it was first occupied in September 1863, others stood garrison duty there, while . . . — — Map (db m96671) HM |
| On Main Street (State Highway 33) at Prairie Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Main Street. |
| | DeValls Bluff was strategically important to both the Union and Confederate armies as a major White River port and as head of the Memphis and Little Rock Railroad. It became a key Union supply depot after its fall 1863 occupation, as well as a haven . . . — — Map (db m96455) HM |
| On State Capitol north of West 4th Street / Capitol Mall, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Facing law and social custom that defined them as second tier citizens, the Little Rock Nine, taking their cue from the ever expanding struggle for civil rights, opted to define themselves quite differently. With the help of stalwart parents, other . . . — — Map (db m128501) HM |
| On Garrison Ave (U.S. 64), on the left when traveling west. |
| | Bass Reeves, a slave born in Arkansas and reared in Texas, rose to become one of the best known and effective deputy U.S. marshals to ride out of Fort Smith for Judge Isaac C. Parker. Recognized as one of the first African Americans commissioned as . . . — — Map (db m58046) HM |
| On Parker Avenue, on the left when traveling north. |
| | I never saw such fighting done as was done by the negro regiment…The question that negroes will fight is settled; besides they make better soldiers in every respect than any troops I have ever had under my command.—General Blunt after . . . — — Map (db m59021) HM |
| On Garrison Ave (U.S. 64), on the left when traveling west. |
| | This statue was erected in 2012 as a result of growing awareness of the extraordinary service of Bass Reeves, an African-American former slave who became a highly respected Deputy U.S. Marshal. The deeds of African-American and Native American . . . — — Map (db m58047) HM |
| On U.S. 70 0.3 miles east of County Road 769, on the right when traveling east. |
| | U.S. troops from Helena came through Madison many times during the Civil War. A 5th Kansas Cavalry patrol fought here twice during a March 5-12, 1863, expedition. Iowa and Indiana troops passed through in April 1863, and detachments of men from the . . . — — Map (db m119982) HM |
| On Alston Way at Martin Luther King Jr. Way, on the right when traveling west on Alston Way. |
| | Bobby Seale
class of 1954, while attending Merrit
College, he joined the Afro-American
Association (AAA) and met Huey P.
Newton. Together in 1966, they founded
the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense.
Jean Yonemura Wing
class of . . . — — Map (db m154869) HM |
| On Sacramento Street at Julia Street, on the right when traveling north on Sacramento Street. |
| | was a college football star at the
University of San Francisco and #1
NEL draft pick but lost the chancce to play
pro football when he suffered a career-
ending knee injury during a college all-
star game. Instead he became the
first African . . . — — Map (db m145994) HM |
| | It was just automatic for me to stand up and tell a person, “You’re wrong. You’re mistreating me. You’re discriminatory. Why don’t you give me a chance?”
Great generosity coupled with anger at injustice guided the life of . . . — — Map (db m54814) HM |
| On Sacramento Street north of Ashby Avenue, on the left when traveling north. |
| | In the 1930s pharmacist and civil rights activist Dr. William Byron
Rumford (1908–1986) served as the first black professional at
Oakland's Highland Hospital. In 1942 he purchased a pharmacy in
Berkeley and, after constructing this . . . — — Map (db m154343) HM |
| On Oxford Street at Codornices Creek on Oxford Street. |
| | In 1858, prosperous farmer Napoleon Bryne sold his Missouri land and journeyed west with his wife Mary Tanner Byrne, four children and other relatives. Two freed slaves, Pete and Hannah Byrnes, came with the family and became Berkeley’s first known . . . — — Map (db m54728) HM |
| On Sacramento Street at Prince Street, on the right when traveling north on Sacramento Street. |
| | Founded in 1945 by local sports hero Melvin Reid and his wife Betty Reid, Reid’s Records was one of the first Black-owned record shops in California and one of the few shops of any kind where African-American music could be purchased before the . . . — — Map (db m152805) HM |
| On Sacramento Street at Julia Street, on the right when traveling north on Sacramento Street. |
| | William Byron Rumford was a phamacist who worked on this very
block. In 1948 he was elected to the California
State Assembly becoming the first African
American elected to any public office in Northern
California. He took the lead in passing . . . — — Map (db m154349) HM |
| On Markert Street near 55th Street, on the right when traveling south. Reported unreadable. |
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On August 1, 1987
This stoplight was
installed as a result of
a community initiative
spearheaded by the
Black Panther Party Side 2
After several children attending the nearby Santa Fe Elementary School were killed and . . . — — Map (db m72395) HM |
| On Second Street near Alice Street. |
| | I am the Master of my fate / I am the Captain of my soul
Sculptor: Carol Tarzier
Funded by Federal Transportation Enhancement Activities Grant
Commissioned by City of Oakland Public Works Agency
encircling the base
1923 - . . . — — Map (db m71326) HM |
| Near Middle Harbor Road near 7th Street. |
| | Community activist and environmentalist, Chappell Hayes was the driving force behind the Clean Air Alternative Coalition which successfully convinced CalTrans to re-route the new Cypress freeway away from West Oakland neighborhoods. Mr. Hayes . . . — — Map (db m72223) HM |
| On Fourteenth Street at Martin Luther King, Jr. Way, on the left when traveling west on Fourteenth Street. |
| | Dedicated in 1902 as the Oakland Public Library, this was the first Carnegie Library built in Oakland. Designed in the American Beaux Arts style by architects Bliss and Faville (who later designed the Hotel Oakland), it was Oakland's main library . . . — — Map (db m18670) HM |
| On Middle Harbor Road near 7th Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | John "Alex" Alexander spent his entire working life at Naval Supply Center Oakland. Symbolic of the many dedicated civilians who worked on the base, Alex inspired others through his tireless work on behalf of the community at large and promoted . . . — — Map (db m63171) HM |
| On 8th Steet at Chester Street, on the right when traveling east on 8th Steet. |
| | Built in 1877, Liberty Hall embodies the many layers of West Oakland history. It is an outstanding example of mid-Victorian commercial architecture, with octagonal turrets, ornamental brackets and window hoods. It was operated as the Western Market . . . — — Map (db m72100) HM |
| On Second Street near Alice Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Railroad Heritage
The opening of the transcontinental railroad in 1869 reduced travel time between the East and West Coats from as much as four months by sea to just six days. The Central Pacific made Oakland its western terminus. In 1871, . . . — — Map (db m71297) HM |
| On 29th Street at Telegraph Avenue, on the right when traveling south on 29th Street. |
| | St. Augustine's, originally Trinity Episcopal Church, is one of the oldest Episcopal church buildings in continual use in the city of Oakland today. It was built on land donated by Reverend John Bakewell, D.D., beginning in 1892 and was consecrated . . . — — Map (db m50215) HM |
| On Martin Luther King Junior Way near Aileen Street, on the right when traveling north. Reported missing. |
| | On January 2, 1967
The
Black Panther Party
for Self-Defense
0pened the Party’s
first office
at this location — — Map (db m72382) HM |
| | Here, at 10:08 p.m. on July 17, 1944 one of history's most powerful man-made, non-nuclear disasters obliterated two cargo ships, killed 320 men, and wounded hundreds. It was the worst stateside disaster of World War II. The cause of the explosion is . . . — — Map (db m136870) HM WM |
| | July 17, 1944 was a typical day at Port Chicago Naval Magazine. Men of the Merchant Marine and the U.S. Navy Armed Guard prepared the empty, brand new SS Quinault Victory for loading on one side of the pier and prepared the nearly full SS . . . — — Map (db m136868) HM |
| | For more than a half-century, Port Chicago Naval Magazine has been a major port for the shipment of munitions to U.S. forces serving overseas. The Navy created the munitions-loading complex next to the town of Port Chicago as an annex to the Mare . . . — — Map (db m136861) HM WM |
| On Canal Boulevard 1 mile south of Seacliff Drive, on the right when traveling south. |
| | During the World War II Home Front effort, the Richmond Shipyards were an immense facility
covering 880 acres. Constructed for the Henry J. Kaiser Company in 1941 and 1942, these shipyards
became the largest in the world. New methods of ship . . . — — Map (db m146451) HM |
| Near Highway 49 (Main Street). |
| | In the 1850s a black man known only as “Dukehart” operated a barbershop that straddled the creek at this location. Typical of many barbershops of this period, Dukehart’s establishment also provided hot baths for his customers. The water . . . — — Map (db m17166) HM |
| | The home of the pioneer Monroe family stood here for more than a century. The family matriarch, Nancy Gooch, came across the plains from Missouri as a slave in 1849. She gained her freedom in 1850 when California joined the Union as a . . . — — Map (db m17455) HM |
| On Highway 49 (Main Street), on the right when traveling north. |
| | Perly Monroe was the grandson of Peter and Nancy Gooch, who were freed from slavery here when California became a state in 1850. The Monroe family became successful fruit farmers and prominent property holders in Coloma. Built in 1925, this house is . . . — — Map (db m17205) HM |
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"I have a dream..."
Nobel Peace Prize 1964
Dedicated January 18, 1988 — — Map (db m41011) HM |
| On West Harriet Street 0.2 miles west of Lincoln Avenue, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Lt. O. Oliver Goodall lived at 679 W. Harriet Street from 1961 until his death in
2010 and made a powerful impact on his adopted communities of Altadena and Pasadena, in addition to contributing to elevating the dignity and civil rights of . . . — — Map (db m145504) HM WM |
| Near South Central Avenue south of West Caldwell Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | PFC James Anderson Jr. was born in Los Angeles California on Jan. 22, 1947. While living in the Carson area, he attended Los Angeles Harbor College for a year and a half before joining the United States Marine Corps in February of 1966.
PFC . . . — — Map (db m62660) WM |
| | To honor her last wish, renowned performer. Academy Award 1939 Gone With The Wind. "Aunt Hattie, you are a credit to your craft, your race, and to your family" Edgar Goff — — Map (db m82164) HM |
| On West Lancaster Boulevard, on the right when traveling west. |
| | "....the privileges of being an American" belong to those brave enough to fight for them."
Gen. Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.
In our tradition of honoring American aviators who have flown into the pages of history, the City of Lancaster . . . — — Map (db m53030) HM |
| On South Central Avenue at East 42nd Place, on the right when traveling south on South Central Avenue. |
| | Curtis Mosby, the conductor of the Dixieland Blue Blowers, opened the Apex on Thanksgiving 1928. The classy nightclub was home to revues featuring beautiful showgirls in extravagant costumes. Johnny Otis led the house band, but Alabam . . . — — Map (db m144912) HM |
| | 44th President of the United States, made his first political speech - - a protest against South African apartheid - - on this plaza February 18, 1981 — — Map (db m130069) HM |
| On South Central Avenue at 14th Street, on the right when traveling south on South Central Avenue. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m137005) HM |
| On Central Avenue south of 32nd Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | One of the popular after-hours joints. Jack’s was famous for chicken and fries. — — Map (db m144913) HM |
| Near Washington Boulevard at Flower Street. |
| | Thomas “Tom” Bradley, the five-term mayor of Los Angeles (1973-1993), attended this
campus when it was John H. Francis Polytechnic High School. He was LA's beloved mayor
and responsible in large part for the city's explicit celebration . . . — — Map (db m138298) HM |
| On South Central Avenue at East 42nd Street, on the right when traveling south on South Central Avenue. |
| | The Down Beat was part of what was known during the War years as “Little Harlem”. It was a popular destination for Hollywood celebrities and the upper-class residents of Beverly Hills. Buddy Collete created his Stars of Swing in 1946 at . . . — — Map (db m51234) HM |
| On Pepper Street near Sunset Avenue, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Resided on this site with their family
from 1922 to 1946 — — Map (db m160735) HM |
| On Colorado Boulevard at Garfield Avenue, on the left when traveling east on Colorado Boulevard. |
| | This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior. — — Map (db m152762) HM WM |
| On North Garfield Avenue, on the left when traveling north. |
| | The Pasadena Robinson Memorial sculptures were created through a community effort spearheaded by the Board of Directors of Pasadena Robinson Memorial and the City of Pasadena. The monumental bronze portraitures of Mack and Jackie Robinson focus on . . . — — Map (db m71143) HM |
| On East Glenarm Street east of South Marengo Avenue, on the left when traveling east. |
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In Commemoration
Former Residence (1980-1981)
The Honorable Barack H. Obama
44th President of the United States of America
253 East Glenarm Street
Pasadena, California — — Map (db m160726) HM |
| Near Bay Street west of Ocean Avenue. |
| | The beach near this site between Bay and Bicknell Streets, known by some as "the Ink Well”, was an important gathering place for African Americans long after racial restrictions on public beaches were abandoned in 1927.
African-American . . . — — Map (db m124367) HM |
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In 1775, the packet San Carlos, first known Spanish ship to enter San Francisco Bay, anchored in this cove while her commander, Lieut. Juan Manuel de Ayala, directed the first survey of the bay. Ayala named this island Isla de los Angeles. . . . — — Map (db m143405) HM |
| | This monument dedicated to the memory of
James P. Beckwourth
Born in Virginia, the son of a Southern planter and a negro slave, Beckwourth was a trapper, scout and mountain man. He explored the west with Jim Bridger, Kit Carson and Peter . . . — — Map (db m56409) HM |
| On Cahuilla Road (State Road 371) at Contreras Road on Cahuilla Road. |
| | Until the 1880s, James Hamilton was among the very first homesteaders in the Cahuilla Plains or Hamilton Plains, now Anza, and was a highly respected pioneer who overcame many obstacles in his life, including prejudice. The Hamilton School District . . . — — Map (db m50709) HM |
| | Dedicated to the memory of
WILLIAM ALEXANDER LEIDESDORFF
Early California pioneer, civic
leader, merchant, trader, and
owner of 35,000 acre rancho
“Rio de los Americanos” in the
Folsom area.
Born 1810 in Danish West . . . — — Map (db m15617) HM |
| Near 43rd Street at Folsom Boulevard. |
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in whose house St. Andrews African Methodist Episcopal Church the oldest African-American congregation on the Pacific Coast was organized in 1850
and
other members of the Sacramento area African-American community laid to rest on this site. . . . — — Map (db m18872) HM |
| On Seventh Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | This is the site of the first church building associated with an African American religious congregation on the Pacific Coast. The church was the Methodist Church of Colored People of Sacramento City, formally organized in 1850. In 1851 the . . . — — Map (db m4327) HM |
| On Washington Street (California Route 79) at 4th Street, on the right when traveling east on Washington Street. |
| | 33 of the 55 black residents listed in the 1880 U.S. Census for San Diego County, lived in the Julian area. First to find gold was Fred Coleman in 1869. A creek, mining camp and a toll road bear his name. Albert Robinson and wife Margaret founded . . . — — Map (db m82388) HM |
| On Market Street east of Castro Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Noted politician and civil rights
leader, widely considered to be
the first openly lesbian
representative elected to the
United States Congress — — Map (db m120172) HM |
| Near The Embarcadero near Washington Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Captain Leidesdorff’s father was a Danish sea captain; his Creole mother was from Danish-held St. Croix, where Leidesdorff was born in 1812. Educated in New Orleans, William Alexander Leidesdorff became an accomplished linguist and master of the . . . — — Map (db m73146) HM |
| On The Embarcadero at Folsom Street, on the right when traveling west on The Embarcadero. |
| | Born in Barbados, West Indies in 1859, Captain William Thomas Shorey served as the only black captain on the Pacific Coast during the rise of San Francisco as America's principal whaling port. Captain Shorey, known as "Black Ahab" by his crew, took . . . — — Map (db m92827) HM |
| On Market Street east of Castro Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | First openly gay major league baseball player whose raised hand, after a home run, led to the invention of the high five.
Glenn Burke — — Map (db m120400) HM |
| On Castro Street near Market Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Eloquent novelist, essayist, poet, social critic, civil rights leader and passionate advocate for racial equality and human rights for gays. — — Map (db m99818) HM |
| On Octavia Street at Bush Street, on the right when traveling south on Octavia Street. |
| | Mother of Civil Rights in California.
She supported the western terminus of the underground railway for fugitive slaves, 1850-1865. This legendary pioneer once lived on this site and planted these six trees.
Placed by the San . . . — — Map (db m85557) HM |
| On Grant Avenue at Greenwich Street, on the right when traveling north on Grant Avenue. |
| | In August 1852, Abraham Brown, Thomas Bundy, Thomas Davenport, Willie Denton, Harry Fields, George Lewis, Fielding Spotts, and Eliza and William Davis organized the church in the Davis home. The congregation purchased the old First Baptist Church . . . — — Map (db m52644) HM |
| Near Castro Street south of 18th Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Multi-gold singer and songwriter known as the “Queen of Disco” and “a visionary of queerness, race and music” — — Map (db m98043) HM |
| | Opened in 1957, the Jazz Workshop at 473 Broadway
was one of the premier clubs to hear live jazz in
San Francisco from the late 1950s to the late 1960s.
In 1959, saxophonist Julian Edwin "Cannonball"
Adderley helped put the Broadway jazz club on . . . — — Map (db m152646) HM |
| On Delancy Street near Federal Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | The legendary jazz bassist Vernon Alley was born May 26, 1915, in Winnemuca, Nevada. His father was a barber, a railroad man, and a laborer. His mother was a hotel worker. He came to San Francisco as a child and has always called The City his home. . . . — — Map (db m20985) HM |
| On Leidesdorff Street near Sacramento Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Builder • Entrepreneur • Visionary
Pioneer San Franciscan • African-American — — Map (db m70833) HM |
| On Pine Street at Liedesdorff Street, on the right on Pine Street. |
| | Between his arrival in the sleepy trading post of Yerba Buena in 1841 and his untimely death seven years later, William Alexander Leidesdorff – the son of a Danish Jewish sugar planter and a black plantation worker in St. Croix – . . . — — Map (db m73070) HM |
| On South San Joaquin Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | One of California’s leading Black citizens build and resided in this home with his wife, Sara, and five daughters until his death in 1900. Born a slave in Missouri, he participated in the California Gold Rush and earned a statewide reputation as a . . . — — Map (db m23973) HM |
| On Serra Mall west of Campus Drive. |
| | On April 23, 1964 and April 14, 1967, The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. addressed the Stanford community and local citizens in this Auditorium.
“It may well be that we will have to repeat in this generation, not merely for the . . . — — Map (db m115849) HM |
| On West Cliff Drive 0.2 miles south of Pelton Avenue, on the right when traveling east. |
| |
In honor of the all Black
Coast Artillery Army
Regiment that aided in
protecting the California
coast from enemy attack
during World War II
These members remained in
Santa Cruz after the war:
Chaplin Baskerville
John Bowen . . . — — Map (db m98046) WM |
| | Born a slave May 5, 1800 on a North Carolina plantation, Louden (London) Nelson worked the cotton fields until his master, Matthew Nelson brought him to the 1849 California Gold Rush. After securing his freedom, he arrived in Santa Cruz in 1856. . . . — — Map (db m62439) HM |
| On Ryder Street at Midway Street, on the left when traveling west on Ryder Street. |
| | This memorial is dedicated to the 50 African American sailors
who in August 1944 courageously refused to work under unsafe and dangerous conditions
loading munitions at Mare Island Navy Yard.
Just weeks before, they had survived a deadly July 17, . . . — — Map (db m153856) HM WM |
| On Theall Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | In 1857, William Sugg, a freed slave, built this three-room brick-faced adobe house. The adobe blocks were made in the front yard. The walls are up to 18 inches thick. A wood frame kitchen was at the rear. As Sugg’s family eventually grew to 11 . . . — — Map (db m31861) HM |
| Near State Highway 159, on the right when traveling south. |
| |
Front
The Soldier’s Life
Fort Garland housed infantry and cavalry units. During the 1870’s the famed Buffalo Soldiers—African-American cavalrymen—were also posted here. For all soldiers—and their . . . — — Map (db m71032) HM WM |
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The significance of 1514 Blake St. lies in its connection to the remarkable life of black pioneer Barney Ford. Ford was born a slave on January 22, 1822 in Stafford, Virginia, but escaped to Chicago, where he worked with the underground railroad . . . — — Map (db m118597) HM |
| Near 17th Street south of Welton Street, on the right when traveling south. |
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November 18, 1997
While waiting for a bus on 17th Street, Oumar Dia was shot and killed because of the color of his skin. Jeannie Van Velkinburgh who came to his assistance was shot and paralyzed.
In response to the murder, thousands of . . . — — Map (db m135508) HM |
| Near 17th Street at Welton Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Mr. Barney Ford (1822-1902) was a former slave who dared to venture forth in the new frontier of Colorado. He eventually settled in Denver becoming a political activist, prominent businessman and sometimes millionaire. — — Map (db m135510) HM |
| Near 17th Street at Welton Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Welton Street connects Downtown to Five Points, the historical commercial center of the African-American community.
The name of the neighborhood comes from the five-pointed intersection where 26th Avenue, 27th Street and Washington Street meet . . . — — Map (db m135527) HM |
| | At a time when the military banned women, former slave Cathay Williams disguised herself as a man and enlisted in the all-Black 38th Infantry in 1866. She served honorably as Pvt. "William Cathay" for nearly two years. Ready to give up army life, . . . — — Map (db m135774) HM |
| On East Washington Avenue at Ridge Street Alley on East Washington Avenue. |
| | In memory of an escaped slave who became a prominent entrepreneur and black Civil rights pioneer in Colorado. In 1880, Ford opened Ford's Restaurant and Chop House in Breckenridge. — — Map (db m118620) HM |
| On CanAm Highway (U.S. 85) 0.1 miles north of 42nd Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Evans
Centrally located, in the midst of one of the finest and most productive sections of northern Colorado;...occupying a position on the river and railway convenient to the business centre of the territory; and commanding other . . . — — Map (db m140091) HM |
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