On October 17, 1989, a 6.9 magnitude earthquake struck the Bay Area at 5:04 p.m. Cruise around Lake Merritt or take in the views from Joaquin Miller. Based on the photos from last year’s event of the same name, the event should be a gathering of community and cultural celebration. That attempt ended in Hawaii when her Lockheed Electra 10E was severely damaged. A nonagenarian, Wright also shares insights about the profound social changes resulting from the modern day Civil Rights Movement. [citation needed] During the 1960s, the city was home to an innovative funk music scene that produced well-known bands like Sly and the Family Stone, Graham Central Station, Tower of Power, Cold Blood, Azteca, and The Headhunters. Volunteer to bake with Uhuru Foods & Pies! and provide you with a customized experience. With Oakland Urban Paths, Oakland Walking Tours, and AAMLO. Junk Science and the "Ebonics" Resolution: Is academia looking the other way? In “an ode to African peoples’ greatness, oppression, resistance, and aspiration,” the Experience Sankofa Project will include guided tours, re-enactments and discussions about key figures in African history. Contribute your neighborhood memory to the project’s growing collection of community stories. Keywords: Meet the Author, Black authors, American history, Black History, African American history, Jim Crow, AAMLO, Downtown Oakland .
[88] A January 28, 2012 attempt by Occupy Oakland protesters to overtake the vacant Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center resulted in hundreds of arrests by police, and that evening a break-in by vandals to Oakland City Hall resulted in damage to artwork and the building itself.[89]. Join writer or organizer of the African-American Multimedia Conference Sumiko Saulson for a three-part series on self-publishing: Monday, February 3, 10, 24 - 5pm-7pm @ Eastmont BranchKeywords: East Oakland, Eastmont, Black authors, African American authors, writing, writers, self-publishing, workshop, adults, teens. Both received life sentences, though one was acquitted after an appeal and a retrial seven years later. A nonagenarian, Wright also shares insights about the profound social changes resulting from the modern day Civil Rights Movement. The City Center redevelopment project was bought by Shorenstein Co., a San Francisco real estate firm. Celebrate Frederick Douglass’ birthday (and Valentine’s Day) on Feb. 14. On St. Patrick's Day, March 17, 1937, Earhart and her crew, Paul Mantz, Harry Manning and Fred Noonan, flew the first leg of her attempt to circumnavigate the globe, from Oakland to Honolulu, Hawaii. By closing this banner

William Dreyer of Dreyer's is said to have carried the idea of marshmallow and walnut pieces in a chocolate base over from his partner Joseph Edy's similar candy creation. The first electric streetcar set out from Oakland to Berkeley in 1891, and other lines were converted and added over the course of the 1890s. Both the verdict and sentencing set off further demonstrations in downtown Oakland, which included looting and destruction of property. Privacy Policy. [citation needed], In the late 1960s and early 1970s the Fruitvale District was part of the Chicano Movement. For questions about your account or to reach an OPL reference librarian, please email [email protected] or call 510-238-3134. The various streetcar companies operating in Oakland were acquired by Francis "Borax" Smith and consolidated into what eventually became known as the Key System, the predecessor of today's publicly owned AC Transit. Many worked for the Southern Pacific Railroad, at its major rail yard in West Oakland (see traquero). Many of the original homes were rebuilt on a much larger scale.[57][58]. Save Lean Six Sigma Black Belt (LSSBB) Certification Training in San Francisco Bay Area, CA to your collection.
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Want to make real change? We know the experience of trying to keep up with it all, or of hearing too late about some event you really would have liked to experience. Heidi Knapp Rinella. Contribute your neighborhood memory to the project’s growing collection of community stories. So we're getting it all for you - right here in one place. — “A hyper-positive parade and festival to celebrate the Black experience past, present and future” — will make its way through four blocks of downtown Oakland. and tracking cookies (or similar technologies) to understand your event preferences [91], In July 2013, after the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the Trayvon Martin Trials, there were protests. Share Writers group for Men of the African Diaspora - CANCELLED UNTIL JULY 2020 with your friends. Community members of all ages are invited to participate by reading poetry, performing, dancing, or/and displaying works of art. The evening—promoting the legacy of Black History 365 days a year—features spoken word artists, jazz musicians, community choirs, visual artists, and words of wisdom from Oakland’s community sages. By bridging the divides and building relationships with one another, we can dedicate ourselves to strategic, smart investments—meaning resources directed toward our stability and well-being, like healthcare and housing, education and living-wage jobs. For more information please review our cookie policy. Carole Boston Weatherford in Freedom on the Menu, recalls the bravery of four young African American students at North Carolina A&T College in Greensboro. Taught by local educator Ken Eby-Gomez. If you're interested in being featured in this program, please call 510-238-7352. Save Embodied: Grounding Ourselves in a Radical Black Girl Future to your collection. The city gradually annexed farmlands and settlements to the east and the north.

February 10th Black History Walk. These downturns resulted in lowered sales, rentals and occupancy of the new housing and slower growth and economic recovery than expected. It was the largest skyscraper in Oakland, as well as "the largest office tower west of Chicago" up to that time. Thursday, February 6, 13, 20, 27 - 3:30pm @ Eastmont BranchKeywords: films, American horror, cult classics, Black horror films, Eastmont, East Oakland, older teens, adults, teens, Black Panther Party Legacy Event: Honoring the Women of the BPP. Starting in the Late 1960s and continuing into the early 1980s, the number of Latinos, mostly of Mexican origin, began to increase in Oakland, especially in the Fruitvale District.

Save Community Outreach Volunteer Opportunity to your collection. [6] Carpentier was elected to the California state legislature and got the Town of Oakland incorporated on May 4, 1852. Based on the photos from last year’s event of the same name, the event should be a gathering of community and cultural celebration. Share Finding Me Shorts Program | 2020 SFDFF at Catharine Clark Gallery with your friends. Share Meet Us Quickly With Your Mercy with your friends.

https://rjoyoakland.org/, Mondays - 1pm-2pm @ Lakeview BranchKeywords: elders, restorative justice, restorative practice, Lake Merritt, African Spirituality, seniors. This multi-media presentation will delve into highlights of the show. They sat down at a “whites only” lunch counter on February 1, 1960 and requested to be served. February's film is Chisholm '72: Unbought & Unbossed, a documentary about Brooklyn Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm and her 1972 campaign for the the Democratic Party presidential nomination. You'll learn a song, dance and drum rhythm during this afternoon drum circle led by Rosetta Saunders. Saturday, February 29 - 5pm-8pm @ African American Museum & Library at OaklandKeywords: Temescal, North Oakland, Ella Baker Center, Zach Norris, public safety, mass incarceration, community, book talk, Meet the Author. Chicano Radical militants like the Chicano Revolutionary Party and the Brown Berets also organized and began doing work in the Fruitvale District to protect the Chicano and Latino Community from police brutality and had a free breakfast program in the Fruitvale area with the help of the Black Panthers.