The printed Weekly Edition of the Oakland Post: Week of May 3 - 9, 2023
Felecia Gaston, the founder and director of Performing Stars of Marin, and The Marin City Historical and Preservation Society, will be promoting her new book, “a...
The printed Weekly Edition of the Oakland Post: Week of April 26 - May 2, 2023
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The printed Weekly Edition of the Oakland Post: Week of March 29 - April 4, 2023
Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers, UC Berkeley’s chancellor’s professor of history, recently won the prestigious Dan David Prize for her research that focuses on women and slavery. This...
The printed Weekly Edition of the Oakland Post: Week of March March 22 - 38, 2023
It didn't arrive in a package. It wasn't wrapped in fancy paper. It didn't arrive with cake or candles. And yet, the gift you got, that...
The last two apps you downloaded were for diets. Ugh. Friends say that you're perfect but you'd like to lose your flabby arms, your thick thighs,...
The printed Weekly Edition of the Oakland Post: Week of March 15 - 21, 2023
The printed Weekly Edition of the Oakland Post: Week of March 8 - 14, 2023
Everybody's looking at you. They're wondering what you're going to do next, because you often surprise them. They don't know what you're about to say because...
The printed Weekly Edition of the Oakland Post: Week of March 1 - 7, 2023
Terri Schlichenmeyer, foundation, action, announcement, public sign, hoopties, heirlooms, industry, ideas, business, new book, "Black Founder" by Stacy Spikes, solid, high school graduation, horizon, Stacy Spikes...
The printed Weekly Edition of the Oakland Post: Week of February 22 - 28, 2023
It’s been more than a century since the Tulsa Race Massacre, and it still seems like there’s much to learn about it. in “Requiem for the...
On Feb. 10, the Berkeley Talks released the 161st episode of the podcast series, which featured women who were members of the Black Panther Party. In...
In the early spring of 2011, while taking a rest from a cold bike ride, David Goodrich wandered into a museum. There, he was handed a...
During the late 19th and 20th centuries, at least 88 and as many as 200 Black towns were established throughout the United States. Mostly or completely...
In 2015, while doing research for a podcast, Alvin Hall discovered something that intrigued and surprised him: one of his sources mentioned The Negro Motorist Green...
During a 1992 oral history interview with the American Institute of Physics, George Robert Carruthers (1939–2020) shared: “When I was about 8 or 9 years old,...
Misty Copeland, somewhat of a pathfinder herself, weaves the story of her career in with Raven Wilkinson’s, whose work had been hidden in plain sight for...
Author Michelle Obama is a true storyteller, and she uses a “show, not tell” method of writing. Readers are lulled into an entertaining story of life...