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Cheryl Cox was in the fourth grade when she spotted her “Grandma Biddy’s” name printed on a page of a textbook. The information was short, incomplete, and placed along the book’s spine as if the real estate mogul who helped build downtown Los Angeles was an afterthought. Prior to that day, Cox had heard family […] The post Biddy Mason Helped Build Downtown Los Angeles. Her Descendants Want You To Learn More. appeared first on Capital B News.

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In 1872, Biddy Mason led the founding of the First African Methodist Episcopal Church of LA. Sisters Cheryl and Robynn Cox are petitioning the City of LA to name street after Mason.

L.A. City Councilman Kevin de León joined two of Bridget ``Biddy'' Mason's descendants today for a wreath-laying ceremony to honor Mason, who was born into slavery in Mississippi and ended her life as a prominent landowner and philanthropist in Los Angeles.

Referred to by many as the 'Godmother of LA', Biddy Mason's descendants want to make sure she is being honored properly.