Like other women on the pioneer trail, Bridget “Biddy” Mason walked about 2,000 miles to make a new home in the West, where members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints could be free ...

June 19 is Juneteenth, officially Juneteenth National Independence Day. It is a federal holiday in the United States. It is celebrated annually on June 19 to commemorate the ending of slavery in the ...

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) - As Black History Month comes to a close, city officials and community members gathered to remember Los Angeles pioneer Biddy Mason, a slave who went to court to win her freedom ...

Biddy Mason, who was born a slave and died a millionaire, was an outstanding figure of the 19th century. Biddy Mason was named “the first African American real estate mogul.“ She owned valuable ...

Cheryl Cox remembers as a child standing in front of the wall honoring her great-great-great-great-grandmother Biddy Mason, a former slave who became a wealthy landowner, a noted philanthropist and a ...

Save Outdoor Sculpture, California survey, 1995. Heritage Preservation SOS! survey of NEA Art in Public Places funded sculpture, 2002. Image on file. unsigned The information provided about this ...

Biddy Mason Memorial Park in downtown LA is hidden behind a parking lot, an obscure place dedicated to a local icon most Angelenos don’t know. “We don’t know a lot about African American and women’s ...