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Biddy Mason Memorial Park
This site honors Biddy Mason, a former slave, who walked from Mississippi to Freedom in California. She built a house on this lot, and ran the city’s first child care center out of her home. This amazing woman became a successful midwife and entrepreneur, and helped found the city’s First African Methodist Episcopal Church.“Grandma Mason” – as she was called – was one of the first African-American women to own land in Los Angeles. The timeline wall here traces her journey from slave to pioneering philanthropist. Designed by artist Sheila Levrant de Bretteville, it features maps, photos, and drawings from Grandma Mason’s life and times. Some of them will show you the earliest plans for this city. If you walk to the elevators by the nearby garage, you’ll see a sepia-toned photomural by Betye Saar that also commemorates Grandma Mason.
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