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L.A. renames Pershing Square after Biddy Mason, founder of L.A.'s First AME Church

L.A. renames Pershing Square after Biddy Mason, founder of L.A.'s First AME Church
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Supporters said Mason, a Black community leader in L.A.'s early days, has more significance to the city than the WWI general Pershing Square was named after in 1918.

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