Remembering William Byron Rumford Jr., whose work to remove Santa Fe tracks reshaped South Berkeley
The son of a California civil rights leader, Rumford was honored with a plaque on Sacramento Street earlier this year.
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Art project or statement? Statue of pioneering Black Berkeley legislator briefly defaced
Someone put a white skeleton mask and some graffiti on the statue of William Byron Rumford on Sacramento Street.
Berkeley celebrates civil-rights leader William Rumford
The 50-year resident of South Berkeley was the first African American elected to a state public office in Northern California.
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