Thank you so much! I actually have Biddy Mason on a list of articles to update. I’ve found a lot more information about her, and I am deeply appreciative of your lead re: the video. I will pursue this ….thank you!

She was amazing, wasn’t she?

Hi John,

I did not know that. That’s a fascinating connection… I wrote this article a few years ago so let me see if there is new information out there. Do let me know what you learn from the museum…I know they are jammed for the opening. Exciting!
Kate

The National African-American Museum is opening this month (26th) in Washington, DC. I’ll check with the museum staff to see if Biddy Mason is in some way included. If she isn’t, I’ll circle back to you for some logistical advice. I read elsewhere that among Biddy Mason’s many accomplishments she was essentially LA’s first private parking operator (operating a space where visitors could “park” their wagons, buggys and horses while in town on business). Do you have any information on this? Xerox, the copy people, is one of America’s largest private parking operators. They manage on-street parking for LA, Washington, DC, Dallas, NYC. et al. Xerox’s CEO is an African-American female. I’d like to find out more about this aspect of her life.

The primary real estate she owned was donated to be used by the first AME (African Methodist Episcopal) Church in Los Angeles. That land was on Spring Street where she lived. There is now a Biddy Mason park nearby–right in the heart of downtown Los Angeles.
http://dornsife.usc.edu/la-walking-tour/biddy-mason-park/

The question about her descendants is a good one. I don’t know the answer, but now that you’ve asked, I will start listening to see what I can learn.

Thank you for visiting.
Kate