..if you're from #LA you know this name, but you may not know his fame.. Although #PioPico was part of a wave of #colonizers who displaced the original #Tongva natives of #YangNa (aka #LosAngeles), he himself was a product of #colonization. #AfroMexican #Indigenous who rose from the bottom of the barrel and eventually owned almost 200,000 acres and became governor of California..until the US invaded Mexico taking half of the country, and eventually Pico would lose everything he worked his whole life for. ..But no matter what, he had a hell of a good run while it lasted. 🔥 #Pico Boulevard the City of #PicoRivera; two #PioPicoelementary the #PicoUnion district near downtown L.A.; #PicoPark; the #PioPicoKoreatownLibrary the three-story #PicoHouse building; natural landmarks such as #PicoCanyon north of Los Angeles and #PicoCreek near Oceanside; and #PioPicoStateHistoricPark in the City of Whittier, just to name a few. #HistoryOfLosAngeles #decolonize