Black Pioneers in San Diego, 1880-1920

Black Pioneers in San Diego, 1880-1920 PDF Author: Gail Madyun
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Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 30

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Book Description
This volume presents the contributions of African Americans to San Diego's rich cultural history. It contains a collection of photographs, newspaper clippings and quotes. The Black presence in what is now San Diego County was established long before Whites from the United States began arriving in numbers. During the Spanish and Mexican periods, Blacks, who had accompanied Cortez in 1519 and had been slaves until 1829, as well as mixed-blood Californios were found at all levels of society, assimilated into the population of Mexican-ruled California.