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King-Garvey shareholders protest land grab by bailed out bank
by Mary Ratcliff Dr. Oba T’Shaka, legendary liberator, San Francisco State professor and King-Garvey Co-op founder, joins some his students, community activists and Black and Asian King-Garvey...
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State Supreme Court OKs Bayview Hunters Point land grab
by Francisco Da Costa Bayview Hunters Point had been fighting Redevelopment long before we began gathering the 33,000 signatures in the fall of 2006. This is a rally held March 7, 2006. In 2006, the...
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Budget fat at San Francisco City Hall
by Randy Shaw San Francisco City Hall, an unrivaled symbol of municipal opulence, needs to trim its waste-line. As city departments cut vital health and tenant protection programs, one might conclude...
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A Japanese Rosa Parks at King Garvey Co-Op?
by Carlos Levexier King Garvey Co-op, home to 211 families in San Francisco’s historically Black Fillmore district, will be owned by its residents free and clear in 2019, unless corporate and...
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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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A Love Supreme: an interview with ‘Spirit Seeker’ author Gary Golio
by People’s Minister of Information JR In the world of jazz, John Coltrane is viewed as a spiritually driven supremely gifted sax player, who is seen as one of the greatest horn players to ever live....
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Wanda’s Picks for January 2013
by Wanda Sabir I remember when I first met Jayne Cortez, I was with Elsie Washington, the late fiction writer who wrote the first Black romance novel, which I owned. A subscriber to the Harlequin...
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Save Marcus Books, soul of San Francisco, oldest Black book store in US!
June 25 update: Instead of negotiating with supporters who are prepared to buy back Marcus Books from the Sweis family, the Sweises are pressuring the judge to evict the book store and the family who...
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‘Vigilante on the Loose’: Black filmmakers put Overtown back on Front Street
by Rasheed “Vigilante on the Loose” is based on a true story about a community plagued with past injustice. This time they chose to stand their ground. Filmed on location in Miami, Florida, the film...
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Desecration of Marcus Books! Sweis family declares war against Blacks in San...
by Carlos Levexier This photo, taken May 21, shows a desecrated Marcus Book Store, San Francisco’s shrine to Black culture and the oldest Black book store in the U.S., emptied of thousands of books and...
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Defining our empowerment fuels Black Media Appreciation Night 2014
by Malaika Kambon “Power is the ability to define phenomena and make it act in a desired manner.” – Dr. Huey P. Newton, co-founder of the Black Panther Party Bay View columnist Rochelle Metcalfe gives...
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The meaning of Black Media Appreciation Night 2014
by The People’s Minister of Information JR On Sept. 13, 2014, the most progressive of the Bay Area’s Black and pro-Black journalists came together to celebrate one another and to give awards to a well...
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London Breed wins second most powerful seat in San Francisco, city of hope
Board of Supervisors presidential acceptance speech delivered Jan. 8, 2015, by London Breed The San Francisco Board of Supervisors elevated first term Supervisor London Breed to its presidency on Jan....
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Today the Fillmore went dark!
Open letter to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors by Fred Jordan, San Francisco African American Chamber of Commerce One year ago, the San Francisco African American Chamber of Commerce...
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From West Oakland to South Africa
by The People’s Minister of Information JR Khayrishi Wiginton, a youth leadership coordinator at McClymonds High School in West Oakland, is fundraising and organizing a trip to South Africa with her...
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Third Street Stroll …
by Rochelle Metcalfe IT’S that time again! Saturday, March 7, come out and eat, play, shop and dance in the warmth of the Bayview in celebration of the 35th Annual BLACK CUISINE Community Festival at...
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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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Midtown Park Apartments residents, promised ownership, rally against 300%...
by Jay Majitov, Midtown Tenants Committee On Monday, June 29, over a hundred working class families of Midtown Park Apartments were joined by community activists, concerned citizens and legal advisors...
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Third Baptist Church sues to keep 104 families in their affordable F.D....
by Jason Overman Rev. Dr. Amos Brown, pastor of the Third Baptist Church and president of the San Francisco NAACP, denounces plans by a nonprofit formed by the church to develop and operate affordable...
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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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