I always thought that Angela Davis was a member of the Black Panther Party. To celebrate 50 years since the founding of the Black Panther Party in Oakland, CA, I decided to go see Dr. Davis […]
After agreeing to a Negotiated Settlement Agreement (NSA) in response to a lawsuit for police misconduct 12 years ago, the city of Oakland has paid $30 million in court monitoring costs and is still not […]
If you stay ready, you don’t have to get ready. I was born to a teenage mother who learned how to be a woman as she learned how to be a mother. My biological […]
The success of Everett and Jones barbecue as a business is based on the values that have sustained the family for over four generations. Dorothy King, owner of Everett and Jones, reflected on her mother’s […]
In 2006, Jerry Brown was Mayor of Oakland, Arnold Schwarzenegger was Governor of California, and grassroots politics in Oakland was losing its voice. Local communities felt locked out of City Hall, their voices not being […]
Like many, my family migrated from Louisiana to Oakland in 1954. My mother, Linda Wilson, was 10-months-old and the baby of the family, as my Grandfather use to call her. She was a vibrant child […]
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