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Hazel Russell, seen at her Riverside home May 6, 2004, was the first Black teacher in the Riverside Unified School District. She started her career in 1947 at the Casa Blanca School. She died in 2017 at age 93. (File Photo by Kurt Miller, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

The San Francisco Giants’ Barry Bonds, left, sits with his father, Bobby Bonds, in the dugout Aug. 9, 2002. Both are natives of Riverside. The younger Bonds is Major League Baseball’s all-time home run leader. Bobby Bonds has a park named after him on Riverside’s Eastside. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

The San Francisco Giants’ Bobby Bonds, a Riverside native, is seen May 11, 1973, at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. He died in 2003 at age 57. (AP Photo/File)

UC Riverside graduates are seen in the 1990s at UC Riverside. (Courtesy of Bert Wright, UC Riverside)

UC Riverside students are seen at UC Riverside in the 1960s. African Student Programs is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. (Courtesy of UC Riverside)

Starting about 1957, Carl and Dora Anderson ran a licensed family home care facility to serve developmentally disabled boys. The San Bernardino City Unified School District opened a school for students with disabilities in 1973 and named it for the Andersons. (Courtesy of Anderson School)

Riverside native and longtime Major League Baseball player and manager Dusty Baker is seen during an appearance in Riverside on Aug. 15, 2015. Baker, a former Los Angeles Dodgers star, is manager of the Houston Astros. (File photo by Stan Lim, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Jimmy B. Jews, seen Jan. 9, 2015, was the first Black firefighter in San Bernardino. He was hired in 1971 and retired 25 years later as a captain. He died Nov. 17, 2020, at age 79. (File photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

A plaque in Yarborough Park in Lake Elsinore honors Thomas Yarborough, a former Lake Elsinore City Council member who became California’s first Black mayor in 1966. (Courtesy of city of Lake Elsinore)

Yarborough Park in Lake Elsinore is named after Thomas Yarborough, a former Lake Elsinore City Council member who became California’s first Black mayor in 1966. The park stands where Yarborough founded the Progressive League’s Hilltop Community Center, which was a hub for social gatherings and charity work. (Courtesy of city of Lake Elsinore)

Elizabeth “Lizzie” Flake Rowan, an ex-slave, was brought to San Bernardino by Mormon settlers James and Agnes Flake. After they died, Lizzy cared for their children in addition to hers. She married ex-slave Charles Rowan and bought land on D Street near downtown San Bernardino. (Courtesy of San Bernardino Historical and Pioneer Society)

Dorothy Inghram, right, was San Bernardino County’s first Black teacher and the first Black superintendent in the state. (Courtesy of San Bernardino Historical and Pioneer Society)

Jack Hill moved to San Bernardino in 1933, served in the military for 35 years and became the first Black soldier in the state to be promoted to command sergeant major. (Courtesy of Hill family)

Bridgette “Biddy” Mason was a slave who was brought to San Bernardino in 1851. She earned her freedom in 1856. The date of this image, the only known photo of Mason, is unknown. (Courtesy of the San Bernardino Historical and Pioneer Society)

Kawhi Leonard is approached by children attending his 4th Annual Kawhi Leonard Skills Camp on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015 in Moreno Valley. The NBA star, currently a member of the Los Angeles Clippers, is a Moreno Valley native who was a standout at King High School in Riverside. (File photo by Stan Lim, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Cheryl Miler, of Poly High School in Riverside, plays against Cerritos High School, circa 1979. Miller set state records while at Poly and later led the U.S. women’s basketball team to the gold medal in the 1984 Olympics. (File photo by Greg Crowder, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Reggie Miller, seen in 1983 as a senior at Riverside’s Poly High School, went on to play for UCLA, the Indiana Pacers and was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. He also won an Olympic gold medal in 1996. (File photo by David Bauman, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

The Dora Nelson African American Art and History Museum in Perris, seen in 2009, is named for the former slave who started the first predominantly Black church in Perris — First Baptist Church — in 1924. (File photo by William Wilson Lewis III, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Dora and Carl Anderson are seen with children at Anderson School in San Bernardino. The San Bernardino City Unified School District opened a school for students with disabilities in 1973 and named it for the Andersons. (Courtesy of Anderson School)

Henry Hooks was a longtime photojournalist who chronicled life in the San Bernardino area. In 1979, he retired from his government job and became a staff photographer for San Bernardino’s Precinct Reporter. He photographed notable people who visited the area, such as Jesse Jackson, Leslie Uggams and Colin Powell. He died in November 2021. (Courtesy of the Henry Hooks Collection, San Bernardino County Museum)

A postcard shows the Class of 1918 in its freshman year in the School of Medicine at the College of Medical Evangelists, now known as Loma Linda University. Ruth J. Temple, sitting at right, was the first Black student to graduate from the institution, and was the first Black woman to be licensed to practice medicine in California. (Courtesy of Loma Linda University archives)

In 1988, Politician and activist Jesse Jackson addressed a crowd at the Redlands Bowl in 1988 during a “Jesse Jackson for President” rally. (Photo by Henry Hooks, San Bernardino County Museum)

Students are seen at California State College, San Bernardino, sometime before 1975. The campus was named Cal State San Bernardino in 1984. (Courtesy of Cal State San Bernardino)

Students are seen at California State College, San Bernardino, sometime before 1975. The campus was named Cal State San Bernardino in 1984. (Courtesy of Cal State San Bernardino)

Students are seen at California State College, San Bernardino, sometime before 1975. The campus was named Cal State San Bernardino in 1984. (Courtesy of Cal State San Bernardino)

Actress Hattie McDaniel, famous for her role in “Gone with the Wind,” performs in the theater at Camp Haan in Riverside during World War II. McDaniel, the first Black person to win an Academy Award, was not allowed to attend the film’s pre-premiere at the Fox Theater in Riverside, according to local historian Kevin Bash. The camp was near the site where Riverside National Cemetery stands. (Courtesy of Kevin Bash)

Actress Hattie McDaniel, famous for her role in “Gone with the Wind,” performs in the theater at Camp Haan in Riverside during World War II. McDaniel, the first Black person to win an Academy Award, was not allowed to attend the film’s pre-premiere at the Fox Theater in Riverside, according to local historian Kevin Bash. The camp was near the site where Riverside National Cemetery stands. (Courtesy of Kevin Bash)

John Farthing was an early African American settler in Murrieta who ran the first Black-owned restaurant and service station in southwest Riverside County, according to the Murrieta Valley Historical Society. It opened in 1923 at the intersection of Jefferson Avenue and Los Alamos Road/Ivy Street in what would become Murrieta. (Courtesy of the Murrieta Valley Historical Society)

In 1995, former US Secretary of State Colin Powell came to San Bernardino for a book signing at the Phoenix bookstore. (Photo by Henry Hooks, courtesy of the San Bernardino County Museum)

A plaque of Johnnie Epps now hangs in the San Bernardino Police Department museum on Tuesday, Aug. 22 2017. Johnnie Epps was the first black officer to work for the San Bernardino Police Department. (Stan Lim, San Bernardino Sun/SCNG)

Ronnie Lott, a graduate of Rialto’s Eisenhower High School, is seen in 1990 as a member of the San Francisco 49ers. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on July 29, 2000. (AP File Photo/Rusty Kennedy)