DID YOU KNOW CALIFORNIA WAS NAMED IN HONOR OF A BLACK WOMAN? That’s right! The mythical Black Queen Califia.(Khalifa)!!!According to her story, California was an island where only Black women lived. Gold was the only metal and pearls were as common as rocks.
These women were the most powerful beings on earth. When Cortez reached California, searching for this mythical queen, her influence over him was so overwhelming that he paid tribute to Queen Califia by naming the state after her.
""California literally means, “the land where Black women live.""
It’s documented that of the 44 people who founded Los Angeles, 26 were of African descent. What is amazing (and not taught in California schools) is the majority of the founders of San Francisco, San Jose and San Diego were of African descent, or that Orange County, Beverly Hills, LaJolla and Malibu were settled and once owned by people of African descent.
History has been hidden way too long!
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