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Mitch Hardin Jr, 81

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6 years ago

April 10, 2018

Mitchell Hardin, Jr. passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family at Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Fremont, CA on April 5, 2018 at the age of 81.

Born in El Paso, Texas, Hardin attended Manual Arts High School in Los Angeles, CA. After graduation, he enlisted in the Air Force at the age of 17. He received an Honorable Discharge.

He relocated to Oakland, CA in 1970. He attended Lone Mountain College in San Francisco, CA, and later San Jose State University where he graduated with a Master’s Degree in community development with emphasis on Urban Development.

Hardin was a beloved member of his community. He had a stellar career in Land Developing and Project Managing.

Hardin became involved in low income housing owned by non-profit organizations such as Model Cities, Irene Cooper, Oak Center, Evergreen, OCHI, WOMAC, and ACORN, just to name a few. He was a consultant to Clear Channel. He helped design and implement bus shelters for the City of Oakland.

Hardin’s favorite past times included politics and sports, basketball, football, boxing, and track and field. He enjoyed watching CNN, CNBC, and MSNBC and old-fashioned cowboy movies in black and white.
He is survived by his wife, Janet L. Hardin, sister Annie Mae Burnley of Los Angeles, CA, and daughters, Alve M. Hardin-Tolliver of Los Angeles, CA, Candice Carter-Hardin of Pittsburg, CA, sons Allen M. Hardin and Mitch Hardin, Jr., Markel Abram and Jory Belton of Oakland CA, nephew James Burnley of Panorama City, CA, nieces Annette Burnley and April Williams of Los Angeles, CA, brother-in-law Dion Ross of Oakland, CA and a host of grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Friends and family are invited to his celebration of life at the Chapel of the Chimes, 4499 Piedmont Avenue, Oakland, CA for a viewing, and quiet hour on Thursday, April 12 from 5 PM to 8 PM.

Funeral services will be at Evergreen Missionary Baptist Church, 408 W. MacArthur Boulevard, Oakland, CA, on Friday April 13, 2018 at 11 AM.

The family request in lieu of flowers that donations be made to the Khadafy Foundation of Non-violence@khadafywashington.org.

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Oakland Post: Week of May 8 – 14, 2024

The printed Weekly Edition of the Oakland Post: Week of May May 8 – 14, 2024

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May 10, 2024

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Faces Around the Bay: Sidney Carey

Sidney Carey was born in Dallas, Texas. He moved with his family to West Oakland as a baby. His sister is deceased; one brother lives in Oakland. Carey was the Choir Director at Trinity Missionary Baptist Church for 18 years.

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2 weeks ago

May 4, 2024

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Courtesy of Sidney Lane.

By Barbara Fluhrer

Sidney Carey was born in Dallas, Texas. He moved with his family to West Oakland as a baby. His sister is deceased; one brother lives in Oakland.

Carey was the Choir Director at Trinity Missionary Baptist Church for 18 years.

He graduated from McClymonds High with a scholarship in cosmetology and was the first African American to complete a nine-month course at the first Black Beauty School in Oakland: Charm Beauty College.

He earned his License, and then attended U.C., earning a secondary teaching credential. With his Instructors License, he went on to teach at Laney College, San Mateo College, Skyline and Universal Beauty College in Pinole, among others.

Carey was the first African American hair stylist at Joseph and I. Magnin department store in Oakland and in San Francisco, where he managed the hair stylist department, Shear Heaven.

In 2009, he quit teaching and was diagnosed with Congestive Heart Failure. He was 60 and “too old for a heart transplant”. His doctors at California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC) went to court and fought successfully for his right to receive a transplant. One day, he received a call from CPMC, “Be here in one hour.” He underwent a transplant with a heart from a 25-year- old man in Vienna, Austria

Two years later, Carey resumed teaching at Laney College, finally retiring in 2012.

Now, he’s slowed down and comfortable in a Senior Residence in Berkeley, but still manages to fit his 6/4” frame in his 2002 Toyota and drive to family gatherings in Oakland and San Leandro and an occasional Four Seasons Arts concert.

He does his own shopping and cooking and uses Para Transit to keep constant doctor appointments while keeping up with anti-rejection meds. He often travels with doctors as a model of a successful heart-transplant plant recipient: 14 years.

Carey says, “I’m blessed” and, to the youth, “Don’t give up on your dreams!”

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Emiliano Zapata Street Academy Celebrates 40 Years Serving Oakland Families

The Oakland Emiliano Zapata Street Academy, a public alternative high school, celebrated its 50th anniversary this year with a community party and festival last Saturday with live music, good food, vendors’ booths, and activities for adults and children.

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2 weeks ago

May 4, 2024

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Live music was part of the 50th anniversary celebration of the Emiliano Zapata Street Academy, a public alternative high school, on April 27, at St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church on Telegraph Avenue and 29th Street. Photo by Ken Epstein.

By Ken Epstein

The Oakland Emiliano Zapata Street Academy, a public alternative high school, celebrated its 50^th anniversary this year with a community party and festival last Saturday with live music, good food, vendors’ booths, and activities for adults and children.

Attending the Saturday, April 27 celebration were current and past students, families, faculty, and supporters of the school. The school is located at 417 29^th St., and the celebration was held nearby at St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church on Telegraph Avenue in Oakland.

For more information, go to www.streetacademy.online or call 510) 874-3630 or (510) 879-2313.