News that Point Richmond’s free concert series is set to return soon is music to our ears. For the 18th straight year, Point Richmond Music (PRM)...
When it comes to fresh soul food, Richmond’s New Soul Café serves up five-star, finger-licking southern delights with a friendly smile. The Rich Life stopped by...
These days, you just don’t know what to expect. Things used to be laid out nice and easy: a real man took care of business, he...
The 29th Asian Pacific Heritage Festival was celebrated on May 3, 2019, at the Marin YMCA in San Rafael. The Festival was hosted by the Asian...
Travelers beware: a swarm of six-legged frequent fliers will soon land at San Francisco International Airport. The airport museum’s new “The Intriguing World of Insects” exhibition,...
Water stains and tattered edges. It was a shame that that happened to the picture you found, though those wounds give it dignity. You have no...
Angela V. Watson, a 16-year-old American ballet student at the San Francisco Ballet School and the only African-American student in the Women’s Advanced Preprofessional Level 7,...
The Post News Group is proud to display the faithful & flawless fashions of Bay Area churches. We’ll be spotlighting churches throughout the Bay Area, beginning...
You could be rich someday. That’s what they say: you could have a great job, a nice car, and a crib on the beach, if you...
Brown v. Board of Education was hailed as a landmark decision for civil rights. But decades later, many consider school integration a failure. UC Berkeley professor...
An international coalition commemorating African ancestors of the Middle passage has joined in the 400 Year Commission to observe “LET’S TALK”: The International Day of Drumming...
On Sunday May 19, East Bay journalist Mary Ellen Butler will describe the love letters shared by her parents who became civic leaders in Oakland during...
Picture a vain king who wants a statue of himself, and he demands that it be created by the greatest sculptor in the land. How does...
They said it would never work. He married up too high. She was a gold-digger and he didn’t realize it yet. She wanted a Daddy figure;...
The film “The Brainwashing of My Dad,” will be shown at the Marin City Library, 164 Donahue St. at 6:00 p.m., April 23, 2019. “The Brainwashing...
“There’s no part of America’s history that Black folks weren’t a part of in some form or fashion.” I say this all the time, then I...
Explored the impact of African Americans on the Parisian cultural scene Participants in the Cal Discoveries Travel sponsored “Paris Noir,” an exploration of the indelible impact...
The Interfaith Council of Alameda County (ICAC) will discuss affordable housing and homelessness solutions at its elected council meeting Thursday, April 11, noon to 2:00 p.m....
All photos by Amir Saadiq
Your mother dealt with things you can’t imagine. It was a different time when she was your age, with societal issues you’d never tolerate and rules...
Part I.“Poetic Pain” We are but African diasporic seeds sprinkled amongst the Earth. Reincarnations of our pasts’ past. Returned ancestars in the flesh roaming about the...
All the Fighting 90th Tuskegee Airmen wanted was an opportunity to serve. And in “Black Eagles,” the play by Leslie Lee and directed by L. Peter...
Celebrating the African American Community with Respect, Empowerment, and Joy What does fostering diversity and inclusion at a Fortune 50 company look like? It looks like...
The first American woman of any race to become a bank president was Maggie Walker. Her achievements and successes inspired African Americans to become self-sufficient entrepreneurs....
The Majestic Motown Soul Revue is back and it was spectacular. After a two-year hiatus, the annual event returned and again benefits youth in the Bay...