The Far Western Regional Director of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Carol Dixon welcomed the newest graduate chapter of the Far Western Region, Omega Upsilon Omega...
Left to right – Bay Area Business Roundtable Founder and CEO Bernard Ashcraft honoring Oakland Post Publisher Paul Cobb. Oakland Post Publisher Paul Cobb was honored...
Ray Connell of Holland Partner Group presents a check for $100,000 to Art Shanks, of the Cypress Mandela Training Center, with Greg McConnell of the Oakland...
National Night Out is an annual event designed to strengthen our community by encouraging neighborhoods to engage in stronger relationships with each other and with their...
The older students working on Negro Spirituals in their academic class at summer camp. L. to R. Elysa Pulliam, Morgan Pearson, Makayla Hegler, Jacquirah Smith, Zion...
NBA Cares collaborators pose with several players on the Golden State Warriors at the San Leandro Boys and Girls Club. Photo by Carla Thomas. History was...
(Left to right) Dr. Lynne Morrow, Kevin Fisher-Paulson, Victor Floyd, Larry Chung, Kristin Clayton-Knesevic, Rick Harrell and Todd Butillo. Photo by Lisa Bottom By Lisa Bottom and...
Katrina Marsh has been named Acting Executive Director of Oakland Parents Together (OPT). She replaces Henry Hitz, who is retiring at the end of June. Marsh’s...
Leila Mottley, 16, a student at Oakland School of the Arts, has been chosen as Oakland’s 2018 youth poet laureate. Serving until recently as the 2017...
Left to Right: Regina Jackson (EOYDC President), Reverend Jesse Jackson, Rosalind Hudnell (President of the Intel Foundation), Janice Mathis (President of National Council of Negro Women)...
From left to right: Kenny Daniel, Marvin Webb, Benny Barnes, and Robert “Spider” Gaines. Photos by Joe L. Fisher. The Hall of Fame Dinner and Reunion...
Kenzie Smith (left) and Onsayo Abram at last Sunday’s “BBQing While Black” event at Lake Merritt in Oakland Councilmember-at-Large Rebecca Kaplan announced this week that she...
The Malcolm X Jazz and Art Festival is Sat. May, 19, from 11:00 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Oakland’s San Antonio Park, 17th Avenue and Foothill Boulevard. Free....
NAACP leadership in attendance at the meeting included right to left, Leon W. Russell, Chairman, board of directors; Derrick Johnson, President, NAACP, Russell M. Nelson, President...
Lucy Kinchen Chorale personnel, from left to right: Connie Davidson, Mignon Wynn, Jennifer Eurby, Dushka Hernandez-Goff, Lenora Thompson, Beverly Norris, Cressida Simpson, Yvonne Chu, Virginia Smyly,...
Pastor Michael McBride, director of Urban Strategies and Live Free campaign, PICO, speaks at last year’s press conference for Bail Out for Mother’s Day. On Thursday,...
On Saturday, May 26th, Mardi Gras will come to the Bay! Hosted by the Bayou Meets the Bay Foundation, the first annual Mardi Gras in May Scholarship Dance...
Mayor and City Administration push property sales without transparency or community involvement. Speakers at the Post Salon included (L to R): Margaretta Lin, Councilmember Abel Guillén and Post...
Born May 2, 1918 in Cincinnati, Ohio, Anna Tillman relocated to Oakland in the 1940s. She has been a faithful member of Palma Ceia Baptist Church...
Wak-N-Tal will host its first annual “You Are Fabolous” Mother’s Day dinner on Friday, May 11 from 7pm-12am. Founder Peggy Walker has worked in the fashion industry...
By Tony (Heru) Jackson, Ph.D. | Bay Area Chapter of the ABPsi As we approach the Association of Black Psychologists’ 50th anniversary, we are called to step...
This week’s Post Salon will discuss: “How Should the City Use Land That Belongs to the Public? -Sell it to developers? Use it stop gentrification? Use...
A town hall meeting Monday evening, organized by the East Oakland Congress of Neighborhoods, demanded that the City of Oakland make cleaning up the streets in flatland neighborhoods...
Geoffrey Pete and Councilmember Lynette Gibson McElhaney. Photo by Ken Epstein. The Oakland City Council this week recognized Geoffrey Pete, owner of Geoffrey’s Inner Circle. as...
Hundreds of women convened at the San Francisco Marriott Marquis for the National Coalition of 100 Black Women’s Oakland Bay Area Chapter (NCBW-OBAC) 20th annual Madam...