McGriff-Payne, Sharon

Sharon McGriff-Payne is a lifelong resident of Vallejo and a child of the Great Migration. McGriff-Payne's parents came to California in the 1940s via Lake Wales, Florida. Her previous work, John Grider's Century--African Americans in Solano, Napa, and Sonoma Counties from 1845 to 1925, explored early black pioneers who settled in Northern California, leading the way for all those African Americans who would follow in the 20th century.