When we study the theology and politics of Martin Luther King, Jr., his letter from the Birmingham Jail, shows the brilliance of his theological mind. His...
BART directors have approved a resolution to name a small street next to the Fruitvale BART Station after Oscar Grant, the young man killed by a...
Part 1 Ella Baker was 61 years old when her comrade, historian Howard Zinn, wrote in “SNCC: The New Abolitionists,” “Ella Baker is more responsible than...
Not one to be defeated, in 1994 LaVerda Allen, a well-known local entrepreneur, was instrumental in forming the African American Family Support Group (AAFSG) in Alameda...
February is a powerful month in the African-American psyche. It is Black History Month, and it includes Valentine’s Day. This is a time when we could...
For African American millennials, the dream remains deferred – and in some cases, is a nightmare. “The American Dream, the idea that anyone can succeed through...
The “Black History Seven” is a phrase I created to reference the same people we talk about, read about, and focus on every year during Black...
President Trump apparently has decided that intervention in Venezuela’s agonies can help repair an image scarred by the government shutdown debacle. In recent days, he recognized...
An Alabama civil rights museum reversed course after a public outcry and reinstated a human rights award to activist Angela Davis that it had previously rescinded,...
Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday is a day off for many—but in Oakland, it’s a day on for service and activism. A Day of Activism By...