Since 2008, Barbara Howard of B-H Brilliant Minds’ has prided herself on holding the last Juneteenth event in Oakland. And since, unlike most other Bay Area...
On Oct. 22, the Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) held its annual celebration at 10th and Fallon streets while the Unity Council held a street festival...
Independence and liberty for all were not achieved in 1776. Instead, it’s taking centuries to realize true freedom — for Black people, women, LGBTQ+ communities, and...
LAHF started its back-to-school program in 1999, giving out 200 backpacks with supplies. This year LAHF distributed 8,500 backpacks full of school supplies, bringing the total...
Willis, along with other Local 10 union officials, acknowledged Davis work as a professor and activist in the 1970s and 1980s and for standing up for...
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...
The holiday started in 2016, when a group of long-term Oakland residents felt that, in the face of Black and Brown native Oaklanders being displaced through...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Brainly, the world's largest online learning platform, recently surveyed more than 1,700 U.S. students to understand better what they know – and don't...
THE AFRO — Black Love Day, founded by Ayo Handy-Kendi, the Breath Sekou, is celebrating 26 years.
MICHIGAN CHRONICLE — You'll have to find another way to ask out your crush this year.
WASHINGTON INFORMER — This year, two performers usually associated with theater, Audra McDonald and Brian Stokes Mitchell, will share the marquee to present a new incarnation...
The Vallejo Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People will host a day celebrating King’s life and reiterating the need to serve...