{"id":22446,"date":"2015-06-06T16:43:41","date_gmt":"2015-06-06T23:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/soulofamerica.com\/?p=22446"},"modified":"2018-11-02T23:15:15","modified_gmt":"2018-11-03T06:15:15","slug":"san-diego-trivia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.soulofamerica.com\/us-cities\/san-diego\/san-diego-trivia\/","title":{"rendered":"San Diego Trivia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MTfqM0L4Yww\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>San Diego Trivia<\/h2>\n<p>Hi-Tech industry and tourism compete with military for impact on the region. The economy no longer lives and dies based on a war ending or loss if a large defense contract.<\/p>\n<p>Given a large military presence in the region with an emphasis on desegregation, interracial couples are commonplace \u2013 and not just Brothers With Others!<\/p>\n<p>The fast growing San Diego metro area has about 3.5 million residents.<\/p>\n<p>San Diego&#8217;s African American population is nearly 200,000.<\/p>\n<p>There are 4,000 African-American businesses in the region.<\/p>\n<p>For years downtown San Diego was filled with a sailor\u2019s delight &#8212; tattoo parlors, tacky gift shops, strip joints and the world&#8217;s oldest profession. Condo, hotel, office, retail and dining construction has practically chased them all away.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 6px; margin-top: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"Center\"><script src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><!-- 728x90_Google_ad --> <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 728px; height: 90px;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2614878843485070\" data-ad-slot=\"1660422307\"><\/ins><script>\/\/ <![CDATA[ (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \/\/ ]]><\/script><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 6px; margin-top: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<h2>Radio Stations<\/h2>\n<p>88.3 FM, Jazz, Blues<br \/>\n90.3 FM, Hip Hop, R&#038;B<br \/>\n92.5 FM, R&#038;B<br \/>\n98.1 FM, Jazz, Gospel<br \/>\n1040 AM, Gospel<\/p>\n<h2>Famous Residents<\/h2>\n<p>Famous persons born in San Diego or made their mark in the region include:<\/p>\n<p>Nathaniel Harrison &#8211; In 1848, he was the first African American to settle in San Diego and acquired a 160-acre farm<br \/>\nFred Coleman &#8211; In 1869, he discovered gold, which established a gold-rush boomtown in Coleman City, in eastern San Diego County<br \/>\nAmerica Newton &#8211; In 1872, she became the first black female settler in the region and went on to become a wealthy business and land-owner<br \/>\nMargaret and Albert Robinson &#8211; In 1887, they established the African-American-owned Hotel Robinson in downtown San Diego<br \/>\nPaula &#8211; 2007 Carnival Queen of San Diego<br \/>\nFatburger &#8211; Jazz band<br \/>\nMarshall Faulk &#8211; All-Pro NFL running back attended San Diego State University<br \/>\nTony Gwynn &#8211; One of the greatest hitters in Major League Baseball history<br \/>\nKaren Huff &#8211; Founder of San Diego\u2019s Black Historical Society<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-left:6px;margin-top:20px;\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"Center\"><script src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><!-- 728x90_Google_ad --> <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 728px; height: 90px;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2614878843485070\" data-ad-slot=\"1660422307\"><\/ins><script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left:6px;margin-top:20px;\"><\/div>\n<h2 align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soulofamerica.com\/us-cities\/san-diego\/\">Return to SAN DIEGO<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>San Diego Trivia Hi-Tech industry and tourism compete with military for impact on the region. The economy no longer lives and dies based on a war ending or loss if a large defense contract. Given a large military presence in the region with an emphasis on desegregation, interracial couples are commonplace \u2013 and not just [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":20572,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"sfsi_plus_gutenberg_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_show_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_type":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_alignemt":"","sfsi_plus_gutenburg_max_per_row":"","two_page_speed":[],"footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.5 (Yoast SEO v22.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>San Diego Trivia | Soul Of America | San Diego<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"San Diego Trivia including famous residents in America&#039;s most beautiful city\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.soulofamerica.com\/us-cities\/san-diego\/san-diego-trivia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"San Diego Trivia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"San Diego Trivia including famous residents in America&#039;s most beautiful city\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.soulofamerica.com\/us-cities\/san-diego\/san-diego-trivia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Soul Of America\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/SoulOfAmerica\/143110748363\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-11-03T06:15:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.soulofamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/SOA_Logo_social_200x200.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@soulofamerica\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.soulofamerica.com\/us-cities\/san-diego\/san-diego-trivia\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.soulofamerica.com\/us-cities\/san-diego\/san-diego-trivia\/\",\"name\":\"San Diego Trivia | Soul Of America | San Diego\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.soulofamerica.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2015-06-06T23:43:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-11-03T06:15:15+00:00\",\"description\":\"San Diego Trivia including famous residents in America's most beautiful city\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.soulofamerica.com\/us-cities\/san-diego\/san-diego-trivia\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.soulofamerica.com\/us-cities\/san-diego\/san-diego-trivia\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.soulofamerica.com\/us-cities\/san-diego\/san-diego-trivia\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.soulofamerica.com\/home\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"U.S. Cities\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.soulofamerica.com\/us-cities\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"San Diego\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.soulofamerica.com\/us-cities\/san-diego\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"San Diego Trivia\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.soulofamerica.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.soulofamerica.com\/\",\"name\":\"Soul Of America\",\"description\":\"&amp; 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