Booths lined the street with arts and crafts, and children participated in hands-on art projects. A large display of books was on display and each child...
The printed Weekly Edition of the Oakland Post: Week of September 16 - 22, 2026
OAKLAND POST — Over decades, researchers worked haphazardly. Papers were written, treatments were tried, used, or discarded. Doctors discovered that genetic testing could prevent new cases,...
OAKLAND POST — In “Bonita The Bumble Bee and the Quarantine,” Jordan helped young readers process the uncertainty and isolation surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. In a...
The printed Weekly Edition of the Oakland Post: Week of September 9 - 15, 2026
The printed Weekly Edition of the Oakland Post: Week of September 2 - 8, 2026
“Born, bred, toasted, buttered, jellied, and honeyed in Harlem” in 1937, Audrey Smaltz was a force to be reckoned with almost from the time she could...
The printed Weekly Edition of the Oakland Post: Week of August 26 - September 1, 2026
The printed Weekly Edition of the Oakland Post: Week of August 18 - 25, 2026
On Aug. 7, 1970, Jonathan Jackson burst into a Marin County courtroom armed with a shotgun to demand the freedom of the Soledad Brothers. He, along...
POST NEWS GROUP — Beginning in 1979 in San Quentin State Prison, the Black Guerrilla Family called for the remembrance of political prisoner George Jackson and...
The printed Weekly Edition of the Oakland Post: Week of August 12 - 18, 2026
George Cook was a Black American inventor from Louisville, Kentucky. He was born in 1863, during a time when Black Americans faced unfair laws, limited opportunities,...
The printed Weekly Edition of the Oakland Post: Week of August 5 - 11, 2026
The printed Weekly Edition of the Oakland Post: Week of July 29 - August 4, 2026
The printed Weekly Edition of the Oakland Post: Week of July 22 - 28, 2026
Growing up in North Carolina, she Black Girled her hair her entire life. Her grandma made her sit for box braids when she was small, telling...
The printed Weekly Edition of the Oakland Post: Week of July 15 - 21, 2026
The printed Weekly Edition of the Oakland Post: Week of July 8 - 14, 2026
AFRO-AMERICAN – WASHINGTON — As America approaches its 250th anniversary of independence, a federal reading initiative designed to honor this milestone has omitted Black women authors...
The printed Weekly Edition of the Oakland Post: Week of July 1 - 7, 2026
Sugar is the first ingredient for ice cream, which was first made some 1500 years ago but which didn’t arrive in this country until around 1744....
