I did not know that I'd be blogging during Women's History Month this year because I wasn't sure I had the bandwidth to do so. I barely made it through Black History Month while juggling freelance assignments, homeschooling a kindergartener and preschooler, and independently managing a home. But I could not simply stop learning about … Continue reading WHM -Westside’s Black Women Makers: Delilah L. Beasley
Tag: California black history
California Love: William Alexander Leidesdorff, Jr.
Californian history is so interwoven with Spanish and Mexican history that I feel I'm doing it an injustice even as I am reviving parts of it that have lain dormant for far too long. Every time I think about posting about someone like Mary Ellen Pleasant or Archy Lee , I discover something that floors … Continue reading California Love: William Alexander Leidesdorff, Jr.
California Love: The Buffalo Soldiers, Yosemite National Park, and the Western Frontier
My father used to drive one of those 70s style vans. It was tan with no interior except for the driver and front passenger seat. In flashes, I can recall clinging to one of the two sand-filled cushions that doubled as backseats. In that van, I slept the most of the way to Yosemite National … Continue reading California Love: The Buffalo Soldiers, Yosemite National Park, and the Western Frontier
