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442nd Mem
Monument to the (mostly) Japanese-American 442nd battalion of WWII.
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442nd Mem Plaque
They fought in Europe, and was proportionately the most-decorated unit in US Army history.
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Anderson Eddie
Eddie Anderson was a black comedian and actor. His most famous role was that of Rochester van Jones, valet of Jack Benny, on his radio and TV shows.
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Banning James
James Banning, accompanied by his mechanic Thomas Allen, became America's first black aviator to fly coast-to-coast, which took 21 days because they had to raise money at each stop. He died as a passenger in an air show crash.
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Bass Charlotta
Charlotta Bass, unmarked on her husbands grave, was an educator, newspaper publisher-editor, and civil rights activist. In 1952 Bass became the first African-American woman nominated for Vice President, as a candidate of the Progressive Party.
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Beard Matthew
Matthew Beard played Stymie in the Our Gang shorts. He became a heroin addict, was in and out of prison, and talked to kids about drug addiction.
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Beavers Louise
Louise Beavers acted, mostly as maids and nannies, then had the lead in Imitation of Life, and was one of 4 actresses to play Beulah on that TV sitcom - the first with a black lead. She's buried with her mother.
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Belvin Jesse
Jesse Belvin co-wrote the song Earth Angel. He was one of the black performers at the first racially-integrated concert in Little Rock. He and his wife died in a car accident that night.
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Braxton Frank
Frank Braxton was one of the first black animators, working at Warner Bros, and later directing The Bullwinkle Show, Mr. Magoo, George of the Jungle, and Cap'n Crunch commercials.
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Butler Sara
Sara Luttra Winslow married a radiator shop worker at 15 and lived in Indiana. Next records indicate in 1930 she was living in LA, married to Charles Butler, a casting director in Hollywood. She became an ordained minister, and formed the Zion Temple Community Church. By 1940 the Butler's had separated. in May 1940, Caldwell Jones, recently divorced, and the church treasurer, went to Butler's apartment, shot her 3 times, and committed suicide. Reasons are unclear, but a lover's spat was suspected.
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Cameron Donaldina
Donaldina Cameron was a Presbyterian missionary, who advocated for social justice. She rescued and educated over 3,000 Chinese slave girls and women, in San Francisco, from 1895 to 1934.
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Canfield Charles
Charles Canfield was a major developer of the oil industry in Southern California. He helped convert the AT&SF railroad from coal to oil.
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Canfield Charles
He donated to charity, and helped develop Beverly Hills and Del Mar.
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Casino Vito
Vito Casini was one of a handful of people killed in a fireworks accident celebrating the 400th anniversary of Columbus Day, in the Italian community within Los Angeles. At one point the crowd had gotten out of hand and it is believed some of them added extra gunpowder to the crude mortar later fired by the operator, causing it to explode near the end of the pipe instead of the bottom, scattering shrapnel through the crowd.
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