You may also like
Beyond ‘Black Panther’: Afrofuturism Is Booming in Comics
… takes the form of an African-American man — are finding new readers … and history than in the African-American experience. “Nnedi is a very … artist Jack Kirby through an African-American lens: for example, “The Unkillable …
Read more
Source: Unpublished Black History
Faculty Committees at Mills College Send Open Letter to Trustees Protesting Closing | Post News Group
 “We are outraged that the Board of Trustees has moved to close the academic programs of Mills College by 2023. This action comes without any due consultation with the faculty, abrogating the norms of shared governance that are essential to successful institutions of higher
Read more
Source: Post News Group | PNG-0
Attacks on older Asians stoke fear in Bay Area's Chinatowns - Black News Channel
By DAISY NGUYEN Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Police are stepping up their patrols and volunteers are increasing their street presence after several violent attacks on older Asians stoked fear in the San Francisco Bay Area's Chinatowns and subdued the celebratory mood leading up to Lunar
Read more
Source: Black News Channel - Black News Channel
Sponsored by Pride Academy
Black Oakland Business Group Looks to Purchase Oakland Coliseum Site For NFL Franchise
Black Oakland business group is trying to buy the city’s stake in the Oakland Coliseum site so they can construct a new stadium
Read more
Source: Black Enterprise - The Premier Resource for Black Entrepreneurs and Career, Tech, and Money Content for Black People - Black Ent
Sponsored by Intellitech
Founder of first all-Black Motorcycle Club Tobie Gene Levingston Leaves Behind Legacy
OAKLAND — Tobie Gene Levingston, who founded the East Bay Dragons as the Bay Area’s first all-Black motorcycle club and one of the nation’s first, died Tuesday, July 7 of natural causes. He was 86. Born June 30, 1934, in Lillie, Louisiana, Levingston was one of 10 children raised by sharecropper
Read more
Source: Post News Group | PNG-0
Sponsored by Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) Boston Professional Chapter
Oakland Could Become Home to First Black-Owned NFL Team - African American News Today - EIN News
… and spokesman for the African American Sports and Entertainment … staples within the African American community the city … community leaders in the African American community are concerned … insensitivity and marginalization of African Americans — as well as …
Read more
Source: San Francisco Bay Area News, Weather, Sports From KPIX – News, Sports, Weather, Traffic and the Best of SF
Sponsored by National Association of Asian American Professionals (NAAP) Boston Chapter
Maxwell Emcays Uses Art to Demand Justice | Chicago Defender
Maxwell Emcays is a Chicago artist, author, activist, and mentor who travels around the Chicagoland area with his art pieces to express the inequalities, oppression, and families who have lost … Continued The post Maxwell Emcays Uses Art to Demand Justice appeared first on Chicago Defender.
Read more
Source: Chicago Defender
CalTrans Enforces Clearance in Oakland, Protestors Help Some Residents Stay | Post News Group
While facing intense rain and protests on January 27 and 28, California Highway Patrol officers and California Dept. of Transportation (CalTrans) workers cleared tents, trash, broken branches, and homeless people from a tract of CalTrans-owned land that sits between Mosswood Park and the 580
Read more
Source: Post News Group | PNG-0
City Seeks to Work With A’s, Major League Baseball To Keep Team in Oakland | Post News Group
City Council leaders said it's incorrect “that the City Council is delaying or refusing to consider the A's project proposal,” at Howard Terminal. The post City Seeks to Work With A’s, Major League Baseball To Keep Team in Oakland first appeared on Post News Group.
Read more
Source: Post News Group | PNG-0
Gwendolyn Brooks
Born on June 7, 1917, to a family who belonged to Kansas but later moved to Chicago, Gwendolyn Brooks was an American poet and teacher. Even though both of her parents wanted to pursue their careers as doctors but were unable to do so due to financial constraints, they were supportive of their
Read more
Source: Black History Resources
Jun
7
1917
The Rise of Vice President Kamala Harris - Voice and Viewpoint
Stacy M. Brown | NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Vice President Kamala Harris will be the most influential vice president of the 49 that we have had, declared a proud Howard University President Wayne A.I. Frederick. With 50 Democrats and 50 Republicans seated in the Senate, Vice
Read more
Source: Voice and Viewpoint – Voice and Viewpoint Newspaper
Sponsored by Eastern Bank
The Harlem Renaissance in the American West
In the following article historians Bruce Glasrud and Cary Wintz discuss their new book, The Harlem Renaissance in the American West which argues that the literary and artistic outpouring by African Americans during the third decade of the 20th Century was a national phenomenon which included the
Read more
Source: Black Past
Oakland to give low-income Black, Indigenous families $500 per month - TheGrio
Oakland, California residents could receive some free money soon thanks to a new project aiming to help residents overcome economic... View Article The post Oakland to give low-income Black, Indigenous families $500 per month appeared first on TheGrio.
Read more
Source: theGrio
Remembering Chauncey Bailey – Oakland Journalist Murdered 13 Years Ago
Late Post Editor-in-Chief was murdered while walking to work in Oakland  on Aug. 2 — 13 Years Ago Chauncey Bailey was editor-in-chief of the Post Newspaper Group when he was gunned down on 14th street as he was on his way to work on Aug. 2, 2007. Bailey had been working on a series of […]
Read more
Source: Post News Group | PNG-0
Sponsored by Christo Rey New York High School
Newsom Announces New Round of Stimulus Checks, Budget Surplus of Nearly $76 Billion | Post News Group
If approved by the Legislature, the $600 payments announced Monday would go to income-eligible taxpayers who did not receive the first stimulus payment as well as additional $500 payments to families with dependents and families living in the state without legal
Read more
Source: Post News Group | PNG-0
Youth Leaders From The Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Center Pay Tribute To The Life And Legacy Of Congressman John Lewis — The Sacramento Observer
OAKLAND, Calif. (PRNEWSWIRE) - Youth Leaders from the Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Center will join Congresswoman Barbara Lee and the Hon. Elihu Harris and civil rights icons for a moving online tribute to the life and legacy of Congressman John Lewis Friday, August 28, at 7 pm PDT. The streamed
Read more
Source: The Sacramento Observer
‘We are not a monolith’ - Stabroek News
Eleven years ago, following the success of his first full-length film, “Hunger,” director Steve McQueen had an idea – a series dedicated to the West Indian experience in the UK. The article ‘We are not a monolith’ appeared first on Stabroek News.
Read more
Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Miko Marks: Oakland’s Country Music Star | BlackPressUSA
POST NEWS GROUP - Marks told ABC 7 News that “Our Country” was about “ . . . healing, social justice, prayer, system racism, marginalization, and it’s about hope to change.”| By Kiki, Post News Group Miko Marks, 43, released her third album, “Our Country” in March. The virtual release party was
Read more
Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA
The Best American Novelist Whose Name You May Not Know – Free Press of Jacksonville
Story by Calvin Baker - When her first novels were published, in the mid-1970s, Gayl Jones’s talent was hailed by writers from James Baldwin to John Updike. Then she disappeared. In the winter of 1975, a quiet [...]
Read more
Source: Free Press of Jacksonville – Florida’s First Coast Quality Black Weekly
New State Vaccine Push Focuses on K-12 Education Workers | Post News Group
Sprawling parking lots at California State University Los Angeles and Oakland-Alameda Coliseum in “Oaktown” are two locations in California where the state is set to conduct focused vaccine pushes for education workers. The effort is part of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s health equity plan as he prioritizes
Read more
Source: Post News Group | PNG-0
The Arts
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. - Service to All Mankind Since 1908
Read more
Source: Reactivation Day
Sponsored by NSBE Boston
City Council Votes to Prioritize Gun Violence, End OPDs Partnership with Fed Terrorism Task Force
Last week the Oakland City Council passed two resolutions introduced by Council President Rebecca Kaplan.  The Oakland Police Department is now asked to prioritize gun violence by tracing and shutting down sources of illegal guns, and no longer participate in the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task
Read more
Source: Post News Group | PNG-0
Spelman Names Arts Center After Samuel L. Jackson and His Wife LaTanya Richardson
LaTanya Richardson Jackson and Samuel L. Jackson, will be honored by Spelman through the naming of an updated performing arts center at the college.
Read more
Source: Black Enterprise - The Premier Resource for Black Entrepreneurs and Career, Tech, and Money Content for Black People - Black Ent
Hughes, Langston (1902-1967)
Poet, novelist, playwright, librettist, essayist, and translator, James Mercer Langston Hughes was born in Joplin, Missouri on Februray 1, 1902 to parents Caroline (Carrie) Mercer Langston, a school teacher, and James Nathaniel Hughes, an attorney. His parents separated before Langston was born and
Read more
Source: Black Past
May
22
1967
Post Endorses Candidates Who Fight to Save Schools, End Austerity Regime in District
A committee of local educators created by the Oakland Post Editorial Board has endorsed candidates for the Oakland Board of Education in all four open races this year, supporting outspoken community leaders who oppose austerity and continued domination of district policies by state agencies and who
Read more
Source: Post News Group | PNG-0
Oakland African American Chamber of Commerce sets up relief program to help businesses of color
OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) – The Oakland Chamber of Commerce has set up what they call a resiliency relief program to help its members who have been hurt by the coronavirus
Read more
Source: San Francisco Bay Area News & Weather | KRON4
Sponsored by Museum of African American History in Massachusetts
Council Approves Funds for Job Services to Crisis Impacted  Workers
Councilmembers voted unanimously near midnight at this week’s City Council meeting to give federal CARES funding to local job training agencies in light of the devastating impact of the COVID-19 virus on workers’ jobs in Oakland. Oakland residents are dealing with a double-digit unemployment rate
Read more
Source: Post News Group | PNG-0
At 77, Howardena Pindell Exorcises a Chilling Memory From Childhood
… inside a photograph of an African-American man lying on a log … , and other brutal attacks on Black Americans. The artist narrates details while …
Read more
Source: Unpublished Black History
Oakland: Homelessness, Housing, Public Safety Top City Council Budget Priorities | Post News Group
Aside from the council, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf identified her priorities for the 2021-23 budget, which she defined as holistic community safety, a responsive, trustworthy government and among other things, housing, economic and cultural
Read more
Source: Post News Group | PNG-0
State Sen. Nancy Skinner Alerts Voters on COVID-19 Relief for Renters | Post News Group
As chair of the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee, I’m proud to report that the state Legislature, with assistance from the federal government, has now authorized financial relief for both tenants and landlords. Eligible renters and landlords in Contra Costa County and most of Alameda
Read more
Source: Post News Group | PNG-0
More from Post News Group | PNG-0
2024 Infiniti QX50 Autograph AWD | Post News Group
Spacious Cargo Area Elantra HEV | Post News Group
2024 Hyundai Elantra HEV Limited | Post News Group
Distinctive and Dynamic Look Elantra HEV | Post News Group
Revamp Your Ride In The 2024 Toyota RAV4 Hybrid XSE AWD SUV! | Post News Group
Impressive Fuel Economy | Post News Group
Improved Safety and Sleek Design | Post News Group
Clear and Intuitive Access to Information | Post News Group
Modern Design and Advanced Technology | Post News Group
2024 Hyundai Elantra HEV Limited Sedan | Post News Group
Unleash Exceptional Performance with the Powerhouse Bond Silver Sports Car | Post News Group
Power of the Genesis G70 Sport Prestige Model | Post News Group
2024 Genesis G70 Luxury, Performance, Technology #autonetwork | Post News Group
A Sports Car in Sedan Clothing 2024 Genesis G70 AWD 3.3T Sport Prestige | Post News Group
360 Video 2024 Genesis G70 AWD 3.3T Sport Prestige | Post News Group
Engine and Performance… MX-5 RF | Post News Group
My rant, SD card, Tucson, 360 video, live streaming | Post News Group
Retractable Hardtop Convertibles…MX-5 | Post News Group
Discover the Thrilling Performance of the 2024 Mazda MX-5 RF Grand Touring | Review & Specs | Post News Group
What about the Manufacturers’ Warranty for EVs… | Post News Group
2024 Dodge Hornet GT Plus AWD Walkaround | POV Test | Post News Group
Vehicle plug-in vs Electric Car 1 | Post News Group
Should Auto Companies Share Driving Behavior with Insurance Companies? | Post News Group
2024 Chevrolet Traverse RS AWD | POV Test Drive | Post News Group
Oil Change Rates On Electric Vehicles | Post News Group
Fooled by Fashion Ford and Forever 21 | Post News Group
Stay Safe In The Chevrolet Traverse: A Must-watch For SUV Lovers! | Post News Group
Chevrolet Traverse Marketing | Post News Group
Traverse Presentation Hub 360 Video | Post News Group
Interview Steve Majoros, CMO | Post News Group
Breakfast – Traverse Event 360 Video | Post News Group
2024 Chevrolet Traverse Off Road | Post News Group
First Look 2024 Chevrolet Traverse Z71 | Post News Group
Selecting A Traverse for the Drive | Post News Group
All New Cars Must Have Automatic Emergency Braking Systems by 2029 AutoNetwork Reports | Post News Group
Oakland Post: Week of June 5 – 11, 2024 | Post News Group
Legislature Advances, Renumbers, Sen. Bradford’s Reparation Freedmen’s Agency Bill | Post News Group
Funds for Down Payments and Credit Repair Given to Black First Time Homebuyers | Post News Group
U.S. Rep. Kamlager-Dove Leads Discussion on Improving Black Student Learning, Test Scores | Post News Group
Banning Menthol Cigarettes: California-Based Advocacy Group Joins Suit Against Federal Govt. | Post News Group
Called a ‘Miracle’ School, Oakland’s Emiliano Zapata Street Academy Celebrates 50 Years | Post News Group
Alameda District Attorney Pamela Price Is Considering Legal Action If Recall Makes It to Ballot | Post News Group
In Crowded Race, Jovanka Beckles Wins Spot in November Runoff for State Senate | Post News Group
NAACP Oakland Imani Youth Council Celebrates 2024 ACT-SO Winners | Post News Group
Oakland native serves aboard U.S. Navy flagship in Japan | Post News Group
Oakland’s New Police Chief Floyd Mitchell Gets to Work | Post News Group
‘Ngingubani:’ Who Am I? How DNA and Oral History Helps Black Youth Connect to Tribal Roots | Post News Group
Senior Front Yard Assistance Program Now Accepting Applications | Post News Group
Hayward Observes The “Just Drive” Driver Safety Campaign | Post News Group
SUSD’s Dept. of Public Safety Achieves Compliance with State DOJ’s Five-Year Stipulated Judgment | Post News Group

The Green Book Pt I

Dr. Cornel West - Race Matters