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By Kitty O Neal, News 93.1 KFBK
Apr 5, 2021
Listen: Delta Pick Mello, Executive Director of the Sacramento History Museum
Even amid a pandemic when the museum was closed for nearly a year and only recently reopened indoors, the Sacramento History Museum at the Old Sacramento Waterfront reached a remarkable social media milestone: one million followers on TikTok! Already leading the way as the number one museum on the social media platform (measured by number of followers), the History Museum hit the huge milestone on Monday evening, March 29, 2021. And the audience has only grown!
The Sacramento History Museum began engaging on TikTok on December 23, 2020 and posted what turned out to be a wildly popular video of 82-year-old volunteer docent (and Land Park resident) Howard Hatch working away in the Museum’s print shop. That single video has had more than 17 million views to date and the number of views continues to increase rapidly.
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Black History Month: Sacramento Man Daniel Blue Freed Last Known Slave In California
CBS Sacramento 2/20/2021 Syndicated Local – CBS Sacramento
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) It’s not often you hear California and slavery being mentioned in the same sentence. The truth is the state wasn’t a safe haven for African Americans until a former slave helped put an end to the illegal practice.
Centuries of history live in these walls, but it’s one story filling just a small box inside the Center for Sacramento History that is still impacting lives today.
“He was a rich man, he founded a church, he made money in the gold mines,” said Kim Hayden, archivist at Center for Sacramento History.
While no one can claim that George Washington slept there, we can definitely verify that Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones was nearly electrocuted there. It’s been the venue for many rock concerts, weddings, dances and trade shows, the graduation of thousands of high school and law school students, and its share of governmental state-of-whatever addresses. And while it’s safe to say the Sacramento Memorial Auditorium was built for a noble purpose a dedication to those who had served the country it was also to help Sacramento attract convention trade. And it’s also not a stretch to say that