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Paintings Narrative mural depicting California history from prehistory thru the 1920s. The Gold Rush era as designed by Ulysses Jenkins provides a Black‑American perspective on this period. It begins with the discovery of gold at Sutters' Mill and the migration of Blacks, Mexicans and Indians as well as Whites by ship to California. Above the bay are portraits of Mifflin W. Gibbs, publisher of the first Black newspaper and Mary Ellen Pleasant, a civil rights activist who helped defend Blacks arraigned under the fugitive slave laws. The globe represents the world's desire for the riches of the 49ers. Beside it stands William A. Leidesdorff, pilot of the first steamboat to arrive in San Francisco Bay, who later became a vice consul to Mexico. . UC San Diego Library, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0175 (https://library.ucsd.edu/dc/contact) A collaborative project by Judith Baca and over 400 employed youths and artists. The first one thousand feet were painted during the first summer of work in 1976. Additionally the first one thousand feet were divided into sections of 100 feet each. Although the content is highly integrated, each section was designed by a different artist under the general supervision of Judith Baca. Los Angeles Valley College Tujunga Wash, Los Angeles (California)
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image
Format
2,754 feet (entire mural)
Identifier
ark:/20775/bb75461596
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Mural painting and decoration Narrative art History Mexican American art Segregation Gold mines and mining African Americans Miners Migration, Internal Symbolism California Gibbs, Mifflin Wistar Pleasant, Mary Ellen, 1814-1904 Leidesdorff, William A. (William Alexander), 1810-1848
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