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Soaring Birds and Towering Waves Greet Attendees at 29th Annual Maafa Commemoration at Ocean Beach
The 29th Annual MAAFA Commemoration San Francisco Bay Area was held at Ocean Beach, Sunday, Oct. 13. Warm and cloudy…
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Grieving & Growing: A Healing Garden in West Oakland Is Helping Bereaved Loved Ones Glow Again
As a natural order of the human condition, we cannot escape death. Akin to life and living, death and dying…
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Financial Failure by Oakland Cannery’s Landlord Leads to Eviction of Longtime Residential Artists
Douglas Stewart has spent the last 15 years making his space at the Oakland Cannery into a home with artwork…
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Oakland Public Library Announces Limited Edition Library Card Contest Celebrating African Americans and the Arts in Oakland
Oakland has a rich history of artistic innovation by African Americans that has shaped the culture, political landscape, and social…
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In ‘The New Brownies’ Book,’ Authors Build on Magazine for Black, Brown Families During Harlem Renaissance
Ten years after the launching of the ‘infamous’ The Crisis magazine, W.E.B. Du Bois, Augustus Granville Dill and Jessie Redmon…
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What We Do for Art and Democracy
I’m in New York again for a return engagement of Oakland resident Ishmael Reed’s “The Conductor,” his new play on…
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Celebrating 50 Years of Hip Hop: Legislative Black Caucus Honors West Coast Greats
The California Legislative Black Caucus (CLBC) and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) celebrated the 5oth anniversary of hip…
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Robert Glasper Brings BLACK RADIO to Emancipation Park for the Jazzy Sundays Series
ABOVE: Robert Glasper performs at the Jazzy Sundays series in Emancipation Park (Photo by Jared… The post Robert Glasper Brings…
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Pinole Valley High Student Wins County Poetry Out Loud Competition
The 2023 Contra Costa County Poetry Out Loud event was hosted by Contra Costa County Office of Education and Contra…
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PRESS ROOM: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Set for Jan. 16 in San Leandro
The event commemorates the birthday of this great American leader and his lifelong work toward equality and peace. This year’s…
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9-Year-Old Harlem Poet Who Brought Down the House at Gov. Kathy Hochul’s Inauguration Has His Sights on Becoming President
Kayden Hern, 9, brought an entire auditorium of people to their feet as he recited a poem he calls “In…
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