Much like the story of Juneteenth, the California Black miners’ experience is largely excluded from texts and research. But one of those stories of servitude was...
Ramachandran has comprehensive plans to address the root causes of poverty, joblessness, housing, environmental racism, violence, and other crucial issues impacting Oakland communities.
Their ongoing mission is to explore, identify and make strategic investments and create foundational opportunities that promote job creation and sustainable, generational wealth-building in Oakland’s African American...
The Oakland college reverses course and announces a new survival plan. Men will be admitted as undergraduates, changing tradition.
Classes are offered 6 a.m.-6:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, and there is one class at 9 a.m. on Saturdays. For more information, visit the website at:...
The announcement comes as rising violence has plagued many U.S. cities during the pandemic, including Oakland and a tendency for violence to rise in the summer.
Youth UpRising offers programs that are based on careers and education. The organization also focuses on community issues such as homelessness, crime rates, public safety, health,...
OPD is working with the San Francisco Police Department and Armstrong announced that they have made a couple of key arrests.
Newsom toured Beastmode Barbershop and Graffiti Pizza, both Black-owned businesses and held a press gaggle with the business owners, local politicians and community business leaders.
The expanded Child Tax Credit will provide $3,000 for children ages 6-17 and $3,600 for children under 6. For the first time, families can receive the...
Our Black newspapers are now celebrating 194 years of being the keeper of the flame of liberty and the source of information in “our” struggle for...
The candidates are running to represent Oakland, Alameda and San Leandro in a June 29 special election for California State Assembly District #18, a seat that...
The former player-coach and Gary Reeves, her development partner, have talked with Vice Mayor Rebecca Kaplan and members of the African American Sports Entertainment Group since...
Graduating seniors from all over the Bay Area as well as continuing college students were recognized for their academic achievements by the member organizations.
Besides a $6.2 billion tax cut to help small businesses, there will be a $250 million Cal Competes grant program which will draw businesses to relocate...
Graffiti Pizza is open Tuesday through Thursday from 12:00 p.m. until 10:00 p.m. Friday from 12:00 p.m. until 1:00 a.m., Saturday from 3:00 p.m. until 1:00...
Located at 1001 83rd Ave., it is a beautiful, positive space and experience for so many families in this area who are oftentimes cut off from...
May 9, 1944 to May 29, 2021
United States Artists, the funding organization, named Bedoya a winner this year because of his significant contributions to the care and advancement of artists.
A huge fan of the L.A. Dodgers, Turner was invited to try out for the Dodgers Minor System in the early 1950s and the ambidextrous Turner...
Their mission statement highlights that through sharing their lived experiences, members of Black Men Speaks and Men of Color “promote self and communal wellness, recovery, and...
The group will provide additional details of its effort at a news conference at 11:00 a.m. Friday at a site to be determined.
Lisbet Tellefsen is the curator, Linnea Du is the editor, Otherwise provided design, and Art Kotoulas production.
You can check out the titles they have in stock by visiting https://www.marcusbooks.com/ The store is open Monday-Saturday from 10:00 a.m.- 6:00 p.m. and Sundays from...
Students interested in the scholarship can apply on the NAACP site. The deadline is June 18. The winners, who the NAACP’s N-SPIRE committee – a group...
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