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DESCRIPTION:Historic Exhibition\n\nMission Dolores presents quest curator, \nQueue 
 Rolo’s Exhibit\nWilliam Alexander Leidesdorff 1810-1848\nCalifornia’s 
 First Black Millionaire, \nAmerican Vice-Consul and Pioneer\n\nOpening May 
 1, through May 31, 2010\n\nLecture at the old Mission Saturday May 8, 2pm, 
 followed by a reception.\n\nCan one man’s life illustrate the limitations 
 and potential of the American Dream? \nFind out at the exhibition and 
 lecture at Mission Dolores.\n\n“Warm of heart, clear of head, sociable, 
 with hospitality liberal to a fault, his hand ever open to the poor and 
 unfortunate, active and enterprising in business and with a character of 
 high integrity”\nThese are the words of the people of his age… 
 \n(Hubert Howe Bancroft).\n\nBorn on St Croix in the Danish West Indies, 
 the son of a Danish planter and an Afro-Caribbean mother, Leidesdorff 
 immigrated to New Orleans in 1822 where he became a master of vessels, 
 sailing between New Orleans and New York.  Learn about the socio-politicall 
 climate on the eastern seaboard and follow Leidesdorff’s to California 
 where he became the most respected and wealthy man of African descent. May 
 22, 1848 every important person in San Francisco joined Leidesdorff’s 
 funeral cortège to Mission Dolores where he lies buried, one of only six 
 individuals interred within the chapel.\n\nWilliam Alexander symbolizes 
 that which brings most immigrants to California, the unlimited 
 possibilities of the Golden State. \n\nLeidesdorff is underrepresented in 
 the history of California. \nIs racism to blame? \nFind out at Mission 
 Dolores… \n\nGallery Information: 	9 AM -4:30PM \nMission San Francisco 
 de Asís and Mission Dolores\n3221 Sixteenth Street, San Francisco, CA 
 94114\n\n•Office of the Curator\nAndrew A. Galvan, Curator 
 		chochenyo@aol.com \nGustavo A. Torres,\n Assistant to the Curator 
 \ngtorres@missiondolores.org\nQueue Rolo, Guest 
 Curator	\nleidesdorff.exhibit@gmail.com\n\nSuggested Donation\n• Adult, 
 $5\n• Senior Citizen, $3 \n• Student, $3 \n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/04/22/18645386.php
SUMMARY:William Alexander Leidesdorff
LOCATION:Mission Dolores\nDolores & 16th Streets\nSan Francisco
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/04/22/18645386.php
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