‘Black Gold: Stories Untold’ exhibiting at Fort Point

The FOR-SITE organization presents its highly anticipated new project Black Gold: Stories Untold. This innovative exhibition invites more than fifteen contemporary artists to reflect on the resilience, struggles and triumphs of African Americans who lived in California from the Gold Rush to the Reconstruction period following the Civil War (c. 1849-1877). Black Gold is located at the Fort Point National Historic Site, the only extant Civil War-era fort on the West Coast of the United States, and will be on view from June 6 to Nov. 2, 2025. Early California Statehood and the Contribution of Black Individuals This presentation was inspired in part by Gold Chains: The Hidden History of Slavery in California, a public education campaign produced by the ACLU of Northern California, one o... Read More