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Tags: ‘Coming Clean San Francisco’ • ‘Death of a Salesman’ • ‘Star Trek: 50 Artists 50 Years’ at Chabot Space and Science Center • "Lift Every Voice and Sing" • "The Fire Next Time" • “1919 The Year of Racial Violence: How African Americans Fought Back” • “All Power to the People: Black Panthers at 50” • “Big Sur: The Night Sun” • “Black Choreographers Festival Here and Now 2017” • “Black Righteous Place” • “Black Virgins Aren’t for Hipsters” • “Coming Clean SF” • “Crisis in Black Education” • “Crisis in Education” • “Deep Denial” • “Healing as Resistance: Stories of Radical Self-Love” • “I Am Not Your Negro” • “In My Solitude: The Detrimental Effects of Solitary Confinement on the Brain” • “Lost Myself” • “Lowak Shoppala” • “Music of the Word” at Cesar Chavez Library in Oakland • “Native Son" • “Native Son” at the Marin Theatre Company • “Notes from Native America” • “Notes of a Native Son” • “Remember This House” • “Reparations Awareness Day” • “The Price of the Ticket” • “The Vagina Monologues” • “We Real Cool” • 10-Point Platform • 21st Annual Maafa Commemoration 2016 • 21st Annual Maafa Commemoration San Francisco Bay Area • 26th annual Maafa Commemoration at Ocean Beach in San Francisco • 27th Annual Celebration of African American Poets and Their Poetry • academic excellence • Adam Magill • African American History Month • African American Poetry Celebration • African American Quilt Guild of Oakland’s Annual Demonstration • African American Quilt Guild of Oakland’s Annual Demonstration and Workshop • African Ancestors of the Middle Passage • After Dark Every Thursday Night at The Exploratorium in San Francisco • Akinyele Sadiq • Alexander Zander Brown and the Earth Dance Mafia • All Nations Drum • American Dream • Amy O’Neal’s Opposing Forces • Amy Wilson Faville • Andre Wilson • Andrea Murphy • Angela Thomas • Anyika Nkululeko • Arthur Miller • ASALH • Ashley Gayle and Noah James • Assassination of Medgar Malcolm and Martin • Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) • Avotcja • Ayodele Nzinga • Ben Okri • Berkeley SETI Research Center Chief Scientist and Star Trek fan Dan Werthimer • Black Americans • Black families on Chicago’s Southside • Black History Month • Black Panther Minister of Culture Emory Douglas • Black Panther Party • Brie Williams • Brooklyn Preserve • Broun Fellinis Live Jazz Event at the Museum of the African Diaspora • Bryan Shih • Buchanan Mall • Byb Chanel Bibene and the Kiandanda Dance Theater • C Kelly Wright • California Coalition for Women Prisoners • California College of the Arts Wattis Institute • California’s prison system • Carmen Román • Carrie Mae Weems • Charles Blackwell • Chris Evans • Chris Harris • COINTELPRO documents • Courtney Walsh • Crab Cove beach in Alameda • Craig Haney • dana e. fitchett • Dance Mission Theater • Dane Troy • Danielle Nelson Mourning • Darius James • Darlene Roberts • David Billings • David F. Krugler • David Hammons • David Huffman’s “Traumanauts” • David L. Faigman • dawsondancesf • Dazaun Soleyn • Deborah Vaughan and Dimensions Dance Theater • Delina Patrice Brooks • Distinguished panel on solitary confinement at The Exploratorium • Doors of No Return • Dr. Carter G. Woodson • Dr. Marcus • Dr. Robert H. King • Dylan Thomas • Eclectic Squeezebox Orchestra with Avotcja • Elizabeth Lo • Emancipation Proclamation • Eric Quesada Center • Erik Lee • Eve Ensler • Fisher Bay Observatory Gallery • flutist Emiliano Campobello • Fouladi Projects • Fouladi Projects and Lava Mae • Fred Batin • Frederick Douglass • freedom fighters • Friends of the Negro Spirituals (FNS) • From Oakland to Paris: Shola Adisa-Farar returns for a CD release • Gayle Dixon • Gene Howell Jr. • Giulio Cesare Perrone • Gloria Karefa-Smart • Great Auntie Olivia Samaiyah Beyah-Bailey • greater San Francisco artistic community • Gregory Dawson • Halifu Osumare • Hank Williams’s “We the People” • homelessness • Ibrahima Diouf • Illinois Poet Laureate Gwendolyn Brooks • In-the-Balance Series • Intertribal Friendship House • James Baldwin • James Weldon Johnson • Jamie Wright and The DanceWright Project • Jazz in the Neighborhood • Jerod Haynes • Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate • Joel Daniel Phillips • John Rosamond Johnson • John Wineglass • Josiah Alderete • Jules Lobel • Kahil El’Zabar and the New Ethnic Heritage Ensemble at EastSide Arts • Kamala Harris • Karen Mims • Karen Thorsen • Karla Brundage • Kathryn Spence • Keba Konte’s Red Bay Coffee • Kevin Berne • King Theo • Klu Klux Klan capes • Knowledge is power • Laurel Bookstore • Lava Mae • Lee Williams • legacy of racism and white supremacy • Leroy Moore • Lewis Jordan • Lower Bottom Playaz • Maafa San Francisco Bay Area – Feb. 25 National Libation for the Ancestors • Malcolm X • Malonga Casquelourd Center for the Arts • Mama Ayanna • Marc Bamuthi Joseph • Marin Theatre Company • Martin Luther King • Maurya Kerr and tinypistol • Mayor’s Office in San Francisco • Medger Evers • Michael Bellanger • Michael Zigmond • Mule Train • Music Director Michael Morgan and the Oakland Symphony • NAACP • Nafi Watson and the Bahiya Movement • Nambi E. Kelley’s ‘Native Son’ at MTC • Nancy Cato • National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America • National Council of Negro Women Golden Gate Section • NCOBRA • Nicia Delovely • North Berkeley Library • Oakland Museum of CA • Oakland Public Library • Oakland Symphony • Oakland Symphony Essentials preview Event Feb. 7 at Oakland Intertribal Friendship House • On the fly • One Africa • Osumare • Paradise • Paramount Theatre • Patrice Lumumba’s Democratic Republic of Congo • Patrick Kelly Jones • peacock chair • Phylicia Stroud • political and cultural shifts across the globe • Poor People’s Campaign Settlement • racial violence in the United States • Raina Leon • Raissa Simpson and PUSH Dance Company • Ramekon O’Arwisters • Raoul Peck • Rene Guzman • resources for survivors of sexual violence and other forms of gendered violence • Richard Wright • Richard Wright’s “Native Son” • Richmond Art Center • Ring Shout • Robert Moses and Robert Moses’ Kin • Rodney Barnette • Rodney Ewing • Ron Moultrie Saunders • Rosa Parks • Rosie Hallet • Rosie Hallett • Ryan Nicole Austin • Sadie Barnette • Samuel Jackson • School of the Arts Latin Big Band led by Melecio Magdaluyo • Second Saturday Reception • Seesta Imahkus Okofu • Sheena Johnson • Shola Adisa-Farrar • Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 9 • Sirron Norris • Sister Bisola’s ring shout • Sojourner Truth • solitary confinement • Stephanie Hewett • Steve Cannon • Steve McCutchen • Su-Nu-Nu-Shinal Pomo Dancers • The 3.9 Art Collective presents ‘A Call for Beauty’ • The Art of Living Black • the late John Farris • The Mighty Ring Shout and Its Spirituals • The Wattis Institute presents Tongo Eisen-Martin • Tongo Eisen-Martin • Tribe Oakland • Tyrice Deane • Ubuntu Council Night • Ubuntu Theater Project • UnderCover Presents: A Tribute to The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill • V-Day at UC Berkeley! • Vincent Medina • vocalist Kanyon Sayers-Roods • Wahpepah’s Kitchen • Wanda Sabir • Wanda’s Picks for February 2017 • West Oakland Branch Library • William Hartfield • William Rhodes • Women’s March in Oakland • Women’s March on Washington • Yerba Buena Center for the Arts presents “Clas/sick Hip Hop” • Yon Sim • Yvonne Marshall

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Tags: “Freedom Day Celebrations" • Aminah Ali • Antedate-Sesquicentennial of Juneteenth and Black Independence Quiz • Barnard College • Black History Month Quiz • Black Independence • Black Music Month • Booker T. Washington • Bro. Bob • Cassandra • Clarence Sias • Denise Robertson • Downtown Las Vegas • Dr. Carter G. Woodson • Dr. Michael Shlipak M.D. • Dr. Rhoss • Emancipation Park • Fitzgerald’s Casino-Hotel • Freedmen’s Town • Freedom Day • Fremont Street Experience • Houston • Houston Academy • Imelda DeVoine’s Global Reunion • John Henry Yates • Juneteenth • Malcolm X • Marcus Garvey • Martin L. King • Mr. Seth Steward • Mrs. Esther Rankins-Belfrey • Ms. Alizia Latimore • New York • Party to the Limit Black Tie Optional Champagne Party and Reception • Patrick Fleming • Poetry Lady • President Barack Obama • Reggie DeVoine • Reggie DeVoine’s Da Chitlin Circuit Live-10 • Rev. Jack Yates • Ronald D. Blackburn’s Talented 10th Endowments and Awards • San Francisco State University • San Francisco’s VA Medical Center • St. Anthony Foundation • Terrance Baxter • Texas • Texas Historical Landmark • Texas Southern University • Third Ward • Thomas Despanie • Top Hat Productions • W.E.B. Du Bois • Yolandra Rhodes