Remembering William Byron Rumford Jr., whose work to remove Santa Fe tracks reshaped South Berkeley By Nico SavidgeDec. 262021Dec. 272021 The son of a California civil rights leader, Rumford was honored with a plaque on Sacramento Street earlier this year.
Art project or statement? Statue of pioneering Black Berkeley legislator briefly defaced By Frances DinkelspielJan. 92021Jan. 112021 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 By Delency ParhamJuly 182016Jan. 312017 The 50-year resident of South Berkeley was the first African American elected to a state public office in Northern California.