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Metro votes to rename Pershing Square station after pioneering Black Angeleno Biddy Mason

Metro votes to rename Pershing Square station after pioneering Black Angeleno Biddy Mason
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Bridget “Biddy” Mason became one of Los Angeles’ first Black woman landowners, building wealth through real estate. (LaMonica Peters / The LA Local) Topline: The Metro board voted unanimously Thursday to rename the Pershing Square Metro station after Bridget “Biddy” Mason, a woman who went from e...

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