By Rev. Dr. Martha C. Taylor One of the most egregious laws enacted in the State of California was the denial of Black children having an equal opportunity for education. Not many people think of California as having deep roots embedded in slavery, and practices of white supremacy. California was admitted as a free state | By Rev. Dr. Martha C. Taylor One of the most egregious laws enacted in the State of California was the denial of Black children having an equal opportunity for education. Not many people think of California as having deep roots embedded in slavery, and practices of white supremacy. California was admitted as a free state
We talk to Shonna McDaniels, director of the Sojourner Truth African Heritage Museum, about the cultural institution she founded over 25 years ago, the many Black pioneers around the region, and the relationship between race and the arts.