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Blacks working in Black communities: a revolutionary idea!
Bay Area Black Builders meets every second Saturday; next meeting is March 13, 12 noon, 1099 Sunnydale, Vis Valley, San Francisco by Joseph Debro Six days after a provocative interview with Joseph...
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‘The Breach’
Review by Wanda Sabir Photo: Wanda Sabir The traffic was horrific Thursday evening when I got into San Francisco. I’d planned to go by TJ’s on Masonic for a salad for dinner, but the traffic was so...
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Celebrities shine for San Francisco Black Film Festival June 17-19
50 Cent, Mario Van Peebles, Lynn Whitfield, Ray Liotta, Melvin Van Peebles, Michael Clarke Duncan, Kiele Sanchez, Taryn Manning, Tom Skerritt, Shabaka Henley,Ted Lange, Michael Lange, Jerri Lange and...
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Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned: An interview with the mother of...
by Natasha Reid Denika Chatman, mother of Kenneth Harding - Photo: Natasha Reid Kenneth Harding was fatally shot on July 16 by San Francisco police officers, upon failure to pay a $2 train fare. To...
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SFPD as occupier, corporate media as its accomplice
by Michael Calderón-Zaks Debray Carpenter, 22, better known as Fly Benzo, called a press conference in front of City Hall Thursday on his release from jail. He’d been arrested after grilling Chief Greg...
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Funk Season 2011: Violence at Niner vs. Raider game mirrors mayhem on Bay...
by Kevin Weston Oakland – The Battle of the Bay, the annual pre-season game between the Raiders and the Forty Niners, is something most football fans look forward to every summer. It just so happens...
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Kenneth Harding police murder aftermath: Victory for Kilo G
The messengers – community-controlled media-makers – refuse to be destroyed by Malaika H. Kambon Kilo G Perry, his family and supporters celebrate on Aug. 12 the dropping of charges against him, part...
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Mo’ MAGIC and BMAGIC equip thousands of children for school Aug. 11 and 18
San Francisco – More than 3,000 Bayview schoolchildren will receive free backpacks, school uniforms, educational supplies and access to free resources at the annual Bayview Hunters Point Back to School...
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The District 5 Poor Peoples Candidate Forum
by Lisa “Tiny” Gray-Garcia Holding the District 5 Poor Peoples Candidate Forum in the Plaza East Community Room gave residents of public housing a rare opportunity to educate the candidates who are...
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SFPD chief invites the community into the taser debate, shuts down people of...
by Carol Harvey On Aug. 19, Police Chief Greg Suhr scheduled six community forums in September and October to discuss his reasons for asking Police Commission approval to spend hundreds of thousands of...
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San Francisco post offices spared the axe
A victory for mass action to save the people’s P.O. by Dave Welsh In Bayview Hunters Point, we love our post office and the friendly, convenient service provided there. Horrified when we heard it was...
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Wanda’s Picks for December 2012
by Wanda Sabir It was a tribute to Black media and to the power of love and family when this mother-daughter team of Black media stars, Wanda and TaSin Sabir, told the crowd as well as each other what...
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Beloved camera man Bob Saulson passes
Robert Allen Saulson of San Francisco passed away quietly in his home due to complications of liver cancer. He spent his final days on earth surrounded by loved ones and died in the arms of his only...
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Dr. Willie Ratcliff on Black San Francisco
by Michael Chase and Ragina Johnson San Francisco’s African American population is shrinking – and fast. As a consequence of high unemployment among the Black population and gentrification and the...
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Black success begins at City College of San Francisco
Registration is now open for summer and fall 2014; go to http://www.ccsf.edu/ by Lance Burton, Planet Fillmore Communications At one time, San Francisco was a fairly quiet town. Aside from the bustle...
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James Baldwin’s visit to Bayview Hunters Point: Racism, censorship and a...
by Alex Cherian Racism In the summer of 1963, the KQED Film Unit invited author James Baldwin to investigate racism in San Francisco. Baldwin agreed to be filmed while he scrutinized the liberal,...
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Legendary ‘Queen of Fillmore’ Leola King leaves proud legacy of struggle...
Funeral is Friday, Feb. 13, 11 a.m., at Third Baptist Church, 1399 McAllister, the repast 4-7 p.m. at West Bay Conference Center, 1290 Fillmore St., San Francisco by Lance Burton Leola King Leola King...
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KPOO interview: Kiilu Nyasha and Terry Collins remember Hugo ‘Yogi’ Pinell
This interview was broadcast live on Aug. 18, 2015, on Terry Collins’ show, The Spirit of Joe Rudolph. Listen to it in full at http://www.thespiritofjr.com/show/august-18-2015/21; these are...
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Largest rent control petition in San Francisco history denied, Midtown...
by Adil Rysbekov, Midtown Tenants Committee On a cold Tuesday evening, Sept. 15, Midtown residents along with their allies from labor unions, UC Berkeley, Boalt School of Law, The Plaza 16 Coalition,...
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Third Street Stroll …
by Rochelle Metcalfe Check out the intersection of Third Street and Cargo Way – THE BAYVIEW GATEWAY – one-acre passive green open space, near Pier 90 in the Bayview District! In the mix, during the...
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