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Gordon Parks, genius at work
by Malaika H Kambon Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks (1912 – 2006), pre-eminent photographer, musician, activist, filmmaker and writer, would have been 103 years old this year. This is not as...
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Berkeley High students fight racist attacks: Navigating the shoals of...
by Malaika H Kambon This is the house hustle made born blessings due 101 in the shade rough rider striding through life behind the veil imperial no fade the light in the house hustle made Dr. Ayodele...
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The 1st annual Tahuti’s Ball!
by Malaika H Kambon In the words of its organizer, Paradise the Poet, the first annual Tahuti’s Ball, held on Oct. 11, 2015, at La Peña Cultural Center in Berkeley, was “the ball heard bouncing around...
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Win transit justice: Lateefah for BART!
by Lateefah Simon for BART Board District 7 Campaign Over 200 community members, activists, union members, transportation experts, family and friends flocked to Oakland’s New Parish for non-profit...
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Celebrate 40 years of life in the Black Community: The SF Bayview Anniversary...
by The People’s Minister of Information JR We want to invite everyone reading this who is a friend of the San Francisco Bay View newspaper to our 40th anniversary party for the Bay View, the most...
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Longtime Fillmore-Western Addition artist Eugene White gets fresh recognition
Artist Eugene White hails from southwestern Arkansas but has worked quietly in his studio and gallery along the 21-Hayes line for over 50 years. Lately, he’s had some overdue attention as one of the...
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Ward’s Oracle: The return and the triumph
by Malaika H Kambon Swift, powerful left hooks, jabs and straight right hand punches by Andre Ward characterized his defense and offense. Sullivan Barrera missed a lot. Andre Ward didn’t. – Photo:...
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TKO! Raquel ‘Pretty Beast’ Miller deflates Sara ‘Mac Tire’ Flores in an...
by Malaika H Kambon Going into battle, Raquel Miller is prepared and focused. – Photo: Malaika H Kambon One minute and 14 seconds into the first round, the professional boxing middleweight fight debut...
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‘The Black Woman Is God’ art exhibition is back!
by The People’s Minister of Information JR One of the first conscious things that we realize when we are babies is our connection to our mother. We usually learn to connect with our father later, but a...
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Nou pap obeyi! Defying the international voter fix and forging unity and...
‘Day of Action for Haiti’ picket line rocked international solidarity at Oakland’s Federal Building by Malaika H Kambon “If we don’t protect our dignity, our dignity will escape us.” – President...
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Oakland’s Prosperity Movement fights gentrification by supporting local culture
by Aziza Jackson Prosperity Movement, an Oakland-based group of artists and activists, is using its platform to promote peace and prosperity in a changing Oakland landscape. At last November’s Maafa...
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In loving memory of Mike Brown
Mike Brown, heart and soul of Inner City Youth, was devoted to giving youngsters a bright future. – Photo: Francisco Da Costa Community activist, retired civil service employee and U.S. Navy veteran,...
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Wanda’s Picks for July 2016
Kamau Amen Ra at Tahuti’s Ball on Oct. 11, 2015 – Photo: Malaika H Kambon by Wanda Sabir We lost many loved ones this past month, from photographer extraordinaire Kamau Amen Ra to community organizer,...
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Beacon of Light: Raquel Miller shines with a unanimous win in the first...
Raquel Miller’s pre-fight public work-out with her coach, four-time Olympic boxing Coach Basheer Abdullah, drew a crowd of press, fighters and an admiring public. The workout was held at HIT Fit at...
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The Ward brand
by Malaika H Kambon “One thing about fighters – they are going to tell the truth about what they know. Boxers let you know who will be pound for pound. People look at physiques and try to determine who...
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Community welcomes agreement to reexamine radiation risk at Hunters Point...
by Ahimsa Porter Sumchai MD “The arc of the moral universe bends towards (environmental) justice!” – Theodore Parker, Unitarian minister and abolitionist, 1810 When this photo was taken in 2007, these...
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Ward vs. Kovalev: Was this the great white hope re-mix?
by Malaika Kambon This fight, Andre Ward vs. Sergey Kovalev, felt like the Jack Johnson vs. James J. Jeffries fight of July 4, 1910, between world heavyweight boxer Jack Johnson and undefeated, coming...
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Resisting the lynching of Haitian liberty!
by Malaika Kambon Blocking the streets of Port au Prince, Haitians stage a peaceful sit-in demanding a full probe of the Nov. 20 election fraud. – Photo: Haiti Information Project It should be obvious...
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Straight no chaser: Ward vs Kovalev 2 is the Battle of the Century
At the first Ward-Kovalev weigh-in, on Nov. 18, 2016, the fighters had to be separated. – Photo: Malaika H Kambon by Malaika H Kambon As I complete the requirements for my AFRAM 30 class, I’m keeping a...
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TKO! Dismantling the racist machine: Ward crushes Kovalev to retain the...
by Malaika Kambon When Joe Louis knocked out Max Schmeling via TKO 124 seconds into the first round of their legendary re-match, it was June 22, 1938, in a sold out Yankee Stadium arena. Seventy...
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