Contacts

For more information on the London Nelson Legacy Initiative, please contact:

Luna HighJohn-Bey

Project Lead and Lead Researcher London Nelson Legacy Initiative lunadbey@gmail.com

Cat Willis

Founder and Director Santa Cruz County Black Health Matters Initiative cat.bhmi@gmail.com

Robb Woulfe

Executive Director Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History robb@ santacruzmah.org

Nikki Patterson

Director of Development & Communications Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History nikki@santacruzmah.org

Photo Credits

Page 01 An unidentified Black miner pans for gold in Calaveras County, California, 1852, via the Calaveras Enterprise. Page 02 The Horton Family, San Jose, courtesy of Sourisseau Academy-San Jose State University. Page 03 Jim Skookum, one of the men to find the first claims of the Klondike gold rush, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons Page 04 The Marshall brothers in South Dos Palos, 1960s, courtesy Ernest Lowe. Page 05 Alvin Coffey, courtesy The Society of California of Pioneers. Page 06 Capt. William T. Shorey and his wife Julia-Shelton, daughters Zenobia and Victoria, ca. 1910, courtesy California Historical Society Portraits Collection. Page 08 Members of the London Nelson Memorial Committee gathered at Evergreen Cemetery, 1953, courtesy of Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. Page 11 Andrew and Sarah Monroe and family, seated portrait, 1890. El Dorado County Historical Museum, courtesy of California State Parks. Page 12 James Williams at his business between Hollister and San Francisco, courtesy of Santa Clara City Library.. Page 15 US Army National Archives, The LIFE Picture Collection, Getty Images. Page 16 The Monroe family in El Dorado County, California, courtesy the Monroe Collection.