London Breed made history on June 5th, 2018 when she became the first black woman to be elected mayor of San Francisco. She has served as District 5 Supervisor, President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, and Executive Director of the African American Art…

Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett (1914 – 1997) was an American physician, newspaper publisher, political power broker, and civil rights leader in San Francisco. The publisher of the Sun-Reporter, the California Voice, and more, Goodlett ran a clinic to serve the burgeoning new black community drawn…

William Byron Rumford began a career in public service when Berkeley mayor Cross appointed him to the Emergency Housing Committee in 1942. In that post, Rumford fought for housing rights for African Americans.
Because of his work in housing, then-Governor Earl Warren appointed Rumford…

Eloise Westbrook might not be well-known nationally, or even in some parts of the Bay Area, but she was a legendary housing rights activist for SF’s Bayview-Hunter’s Point community.
Westbrook, along with Julia Colmer, Rosalie Williams, Bertha Freeman and Oceola Washington, were known…

Huey Newton (1942-1989) was a revolutionary African-American political activist who, in partnership with Bobby Seale, founded the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense in October 1966.
He spearheaded many social programs, like the Free Lunch and Breakfast Program, that are widely used throughout the…