MAY 18, 1848: William Alexander Leidesdorff, Jr. died in San Francisco. He was the nation’s first Black millionaire, first Black diplomat, and one of the City’s most influential founding fathers.

MAY 18, 1848: William Alexander Leidesdorff, Jr. died in San Francisco. He was the nation’s first Black millionaire, first Black diplomat, and one of the City’s most influential founding fathers.

William Alexander Leidesdorff, Jr. was born on October 23, 1810 on St. Croix when it was under Danish rule (it is now part of the…

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MAY 17, 1964: At the height of the San Francisco Freeway Revolt, 200,000 people gathered in Golden Gate Park to protest several proposed freeway projects.

MAY 17, 1964: At the height of the San Francisco Freeway Revolt, 200,000 people gathered in Golden Gate Park to protest several proposed freeway projects.

At the end of World War II[1], as the economy boomed and more people could afford automobiles, grand plans were made to create a freeway…

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