From slavery to riches: A founding mother of Black Los Angeles finally gets her due

From slavery to riches: A founding mother of Black Los Angeles finally gets her due

Biddy Mason, while enslaved in California, sued and won her freedom. Then she bought and developed CA land and launched a church and a school. Now LA is renaming a park for her.

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