Find out who is noted by  the California State Legislature as the "African Founding Father of California",

Music By:

Adding The Sun by Kevin MacLeod

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Willow and the Light by Kevin MacLeod

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Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Leidesdorff

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Cox

Black Firsts by Jessie Carney Smith:

Ingham and Feldman, African-American Business Leaders, pp. 424—29;

Logan and Winston, Dictionary of American Negro Biography, pp. 392—93;

Katz, Ihe Black West, pp. 117 19;

Smith, Notable Black American Men, pp. 711 13.

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