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DESCRIPTION:Beginning in 1844, Rancho Rio De Los Americanos a 35,521 acre Mexican Land 
 Grant, was entitled to the “African Founding Father of California.”  
 \n\nHonorable William Alexander Leidesdorff, Jr., first elected Treasurer 
 of San Francisco, first known US Diplomat of African Descent, and owner of 
 the mile long region of Negro Bar, California was not a 
 miner.\n\nThroughout the Great State of California, “systemic land 
 theft” of thousands upon thousands of acres of land of working rancheros 
 by people of African Descent is the “Stolen Legacy.”\n\n1849, remains 
 the focus as the Gold Mining Town of Negro Bar is the bustling Wild, Wild 
 West hub of the Gold Miming District of Negro Hill, Mormon Island and Negro 
 Bar, key stop on the the California Underground Railroad Network to 
 Freedom.\n\nIn 1998, legislation titled the National Underground Railroad 
 Network to Freedom Act of 1998 was passed, creating the Network to Freedom 
 program.\n\n Its mission, through collaboration with local, state and 
 federal entities, as well as individuals and organizations, is to honor, 
 preserve and promote the history of resistance to enslavement through 
 escape and flight, which continues to inspire people worldwide. Through its 
 mission, the Network to Freedom helps to advance the idea that all human 
 beings embrace the right to self-determination and freedom from 
 oppression.\n\nWe have invited California State Parks - Gold Mining 
 District - American River Parkway from Old Sacramento to Coloma to 
 participate.\n\nThe Federal program is a catalyst for innovation, 
 partnerships, and scholarship that connects and shares the diverse legacy 
 of the Underground Railroad across boundaries and generations. \n\nThe 
 program consists of sites, locations with a verifiable connection to the 
 Underground Railroad; programs, with educational and interpretive programs 
 that pertain to the Underground Railroad; and facilities, either research, 
 educational or interpretive centers. \n\nThere are currently over 695 
 locations part of the network in 39 states, plus Washington D.C. and the 
 U.S. Virgin Islands.\n\nReclaiming the Past of people of African Descent 
 along the American River Parkway is not new.\n\nWhat is new is a focused 
 effort to distort, discredit and disparage the authentic salient 
 contributions  by people of African Descent in 2022 in the name of equity 
 and inclusion.\n\nFreedom is never free.\n\nThe ongoing journey towards 
 freedom remains a battle and here at Historic Leidesdorff Plaza we align 
 with President Joseph Biden Executive Order #13985 preparing for the next 
 battle in the war against systemic institutional racism.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2022/06/25/18850673.php
SUMMARY:21st Folsom Juneteenth, Stolen Legacy - Reclaiming California Pioneers of African Descent
LOCATION:Historic Folsom District  - Leidesdorff Plaza
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2022/06/25/18850673.php
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