All posts tagged "Black History"

Nat Bates, First Elected to Richmond Council in 1967, Bids ‘Final Farewell’

By Nat Bates (Former Richmond City Councilmember Nat Bates, who at age 91 was the nation’s oldest elected official, penned this farewell speech for his final...

Congresswoman Barbara Lee Sworn in to U.S. House of Representatives

Congresswoman Barbara Lee was officially sworn in as United States Representative for California’s 12th Congressional District, representing the people of the East Bay in the 118th Congress. “I...

PRESS ROOM: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Set for Jan. 16 in San Leandro

SAN LEANDRO, CA —Mayor Juan Gonzalez and the San Leandro City Council are pleased to invite the community to attend the City of San Leandro’s annual...

IN MEMORIAM: Jonathan Donald Matthews, 47

By Godfrey Lee Jonathan Donald Matthews, an active member of Village Baptist Church and an attorney, passed away at age 47 on Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022....

Higher Ground Urges Residents to Come Out for Annual MLK Day of Service

By Khariyyah Shabazz Community clean-up and beautification, tree-planting, mural painting, music, food and Golden State Warriors’ merchandise giveaways will mark the Higher Ground Neighborhood Development Corporation’s...

IN MEMORIAM: Charlene Mitchell, Civil Rights Activist and 1st Black Woman to Run for President, Dies at 92

By Brandon Patterson Civil rights activist Charlene Mitchell, a long-time Communist Party leader and freedom fighter, passed away in Manhattan, New York, on Dec. 14, 2022....

What Took So Long? Statue of Henrietta Lacks Will Replace Robert E. Lee Monument

The Black woman whose cells have helped advance medical research will be honored in her hometown By Angela Johnson The city of Roanoke, Va., is honoring a...

IN MEMORIAM International Soccer Icon Pelé Dies at 82

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Pelé, the international star who was instrumental in three World Cup championships with Brazil across three...

IN MEMORIAM: Thom Bell, Co-Creator of the Sound of Philadelphia, Dead at 79

By Post Staff Songwriter Thom Bell, a classically trained instrumentalist who wrote songs for 1970s singing groups Delfonics, Spinners and Stylistics, passed away at his home...

White Teacher Fired After Telling Students His Race Was ‘Superior’

By Defender News Service A teacher in the Pflugerville Independent School District which is located in Austin, Texas, is no longer employed by the district after...

U.C. Berkeley Student Artist Eniola Fakile’s Work Takes on Chaos as Theme

By Anne Brice | Excerpted from the Berkeley News Eniola Fakile’s creations live in another world. Fakile is a photographer. A performance artist. A filmmaker. A...

Rep. Karen Bass Makes History as L.A.’s First Black Woman Mayor

By Maxim Elramsisy | California Black Media “This is my home, and with my whole heart, I’m ready to serve, and my pledge to you is...

March Against Fear: When ‘Black Power’ Became Mainstream

By Tamara Shiloh It was June 5, 1966. James Howard Meredith (born 1933), on a mission to encourage Black voter registration and defy entrenched racism in...

Panel Discusses Supreme Court Case Threatening End of Affirmative Action

By Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media A webinar hosted by ChangeLawyers, the American Constitution Society (ACS) Bay Area, and Equal Justice Society was held...

A Sampling of Dining Out Options for Thanksgiving Soul Food Around California

By Aldon Thomas Stiles | California Black Media Thanksgiving is around the corner, and with that comes greens, beans, candied yams, turkey (roasted and deep-fried), dressing,...

Walter Lincoln Hawkins, A Modern-Day Inventor

By Tamara Shiloh During his early years, Walter Lincoln Hawkins (1911–1992) would disassemble and then reassemble several toys to create new ones. He built spring-driven toy...

Philippa Duke Schuyler: Pianist Received National Prominence at Young Age

By Tamara Shiloh African American author and journalist George Schuyler and white artist and journalist Josephine Cogdell’s marriage was dubbed “the most celebrated interracial marriage of...

California ’22 Mid-Term: Historic Wave of Black Candidates Set to Win Election

By Joe W. Bowers Jr. | California Black Media A wave of Black candidates in California are expected to win after Tuesday’s general election. Among them are...

COMMENTARY: Tell the Supreme Court: We Still Need Affirmative Action

By Ben Jealous One of the great joys of my life is teaching. I’m fortunate to teach classes on social justice at the University of Pennsylvania,...

Locked Out: Millions of Voters Are Disenfranchised Ahead of Midterm Elections

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire With the midterm election just days away, the District of Columbia-based think tank, The Sentencing Project, has released a new...

Youth Mental Health Care: California’s Investments May Still Not Be Enough

Stop Hate. Spread Love: California Black Media Campaign Unveiled at L.A.’s Taste of Soul Fest

By McKenzie Jackson | California Black Media The “Stop the Hate. Spread the Love,” initiative spearheaded by California Black Media (CBM) and others, was introduced to...

Reginald F. Lewis: A Wall Street Titan

By Tamara Shiloh In 1965, a select group of Black students participated in a summer school program funded by the Rockefeller Foundation and held at Harvard...

COMMENTARY: Christians on Political Left and Right Must Find Biblical Solutions to Criminal Justice Reform

By Bishop Garland Hunt With less than a week before the midterms, crime and justice remain hot topics used to gin up voters and get out...

Charles R. Drew Univ. Launches M.D. Program as Newsom Announces COVID Emergency End

By Aldon Thomas Stiles | California Black Media On Monday, Oct. 17, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that the COVID-19 emergency in California will end Feb. 28,...