In honor of Black History Month, we’re revisiting this Big Blend Radio interview with Dana Dierkes, former Public Affairs Specialist for Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks, who shares the history of Brigadier General Charles Young, Charles Young, who was appointed acting superintendent of Sequoia and General Grant national parks in 1903, becoming the first black superintendent of a national park. Learn more about Charles Young and the Giant Sequoia Tree named in his honor, here: https://www.nps.gov/seki/learn/historyculture/young.htm
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