From African slaves who cultivated their own musical styles, to fiddlers who provided dance music for the Southern white gentry, to the lyrical cries of Black...
Your first place all your own needs to be ah-mazing. Big-screen TV for gaming. Fridge for snacks and drinks. Sofa for kicking back, a few good...
On Wednesday, June 19, the UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) celebrated Juneteenth — a national commemoration of the end of slavery in...
Oakland’s 12th Annual Juneteenth Celebration Takes the Town
Father Augustus Tolton, the Roman Catholic Church’s first Black priest, who is slated to become the church’s first Black saint, was born into slavery in Missouri...
Ebony Iman Dallas is the featured artist at Joyce Gordon Gallery’s June 2019 Year of the Woman. Dallas’ work, “Through Abahay’s Eyes” (Through My Father’s Eyes),...
Grand Rising Children of My Ancestors: As the gray rainy days of winter make way for the warm sunny days of summer, it is an especially...
Learning Black History Year Round When she was 7 years old, Bessie Blount Griffin was slapped on the knuckles for writing with her left hand. So...
On June 19, 1865, Union soldiers marched to Galveston, Texas, with news that the Civil War had ended and slavery was abolished. More than two years...
Eighty youth leaders will spend seven weeks this summer visiting more than 30 cities, towns, sovereign Indian Nations meeting with leaders and activists as part of...
The National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) will present the 13th iteration of its Summer Engineering Experience for Kids (SEEK) this year at 14 sites in...
“The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free. This involves an...
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The Solano County Fair will be celebrating its 70th annual county fair on June 27 through June 30 at the Solano County Fairgrounds. The Solano County...
Celebrate the 13th anniversary of the Northern California Pirate Festival on Father’s Day weekend. Featuring over 500 costumed actors, crafters and musicians, the California Pirate Festival...
The African-American Family Reunion Committee and the Greater Vallejo Recreation District presents the 31st Annual Vallejo Juneteenth Celebration on June 15. Juneteenth is a national observance...
As the 30-year-old dictatorial regime crumbled in Sudan and protesters clamored for a civilian government, the University of San Francisco School of Law held a panel...
The San Francisco Black Film Festival opens its 21st anniversary season this year with a showing of two films with criminal justice themes and a tribute...
Diversity Celebration Month officially kicked off last week with flag-raising ceremonies both at City Hall and Chevron Richmond. At Friday’s City Hall ceremony attended by about...
The heroes in comic books arrive in fancy costumes. Their heads are ringed by bubbles that say things like “POW!” and “ZOOM!” and that’s when bad...
Jay-Z is making money moves. Forbes announced Monday that Jay-Z has become the first hip-hop artist to rack up a billion-dollar fortune, thanks to lucrative investments...
When the powers that be came to Paula Fass to ask her to take over as the faculty director at UC Berkeley’s The Magnes Collection of...
As Asian Pacific American Heritage Month comes to an end, Candi Yano, a professor at the Haas School of Business and in the Industrial Engineering and...
Community Foods Market has opened its doors, making it West Oakland’s first full-service grocery store in over 40 years. A diverse crowd of about 1,500 people...
Black women made military history last Saturday, as the West Point military academy graduated its class of 2019 with its highest-ever number of female African American...
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