
Dressed in black leotards, Jetaun Maxwell, dancer-choreographer, has a red ribbon, a strip of cloth representing the blood, the noose and rein society places on girls who seek freedom. – from Wanda’s review of “Invisible Womb”
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Abrose Akinmusire,
Ahmad Jamal,
Ajuana Black,
Andrew Currier,
Angela Davis,
Angela Wellman,
Avotcja,
Barbara Bloom,
Benjamin Todd Jealous,
Bill Crossman,
Black Panther Party,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Brenda Schuman-Post,
C Kelly Wright,
Charles Burnett,
City Lights Books in association,
Craig Marker,
Dante James,
David Boyce,
Destiny Muhammad,
Diane Reeves,
Dr. Siri Brown,
Dwight Huntsman,
E.W. Wainwright,
Ed Mead,
Eddie Gale,
Elayne Jones,
Faye Carol's Trio,
Habib Koité and Bamada,
Halili Knox,
Howard Wiley,
Hugh Masekela,
India Cooke,
Isaac Hayes,
Ise Lyfe,
James Kass,
Janet Cooke,
Jetaun Maxwell,
Joe Hodge,
Joshua Redman Trio,
JR,
Karla Betancourt,
Kathleen Battle,
Kiilu Nyasha,
Larry Yang,
Laurie Schoeman,
Lawrence Ellis,
Len Wood,
Lewis Jordan,
Lila Downs,
Lynne Stewart,
Marcus Shelby,
Marjane Satrapi,
McCoy Tyner,
Melanie DeMore,
Merrill Jones,
Michelle E. Jordan,
Mr. B,
Neil Bernstein,
Paul Robeson,
Prison Radio,
Rhonda Benin,
Rigo 23,
Russell Simmons,
Ryan Nicole Peters,
Sandi Poindexter,
Sandy Poindexter,
Seun Kuti,
Tiny of Poor News Network,
Tracey Scott Wilson,
Valerie Mih,
Vincent Paronnaud,
Will Nichols,
Willie Brown,
Willie Mays,
Youth Speaks

We want to call the names of those who made their transition in January and offer condolences to their loved ones who have yet to cross that bridge. I still can’t wrap my mind around the fact that Ave Montague is gone.
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Adam David Miller,
Adolph Grimes III,
Afro-Cuban All Stars,
Al Young,
Alice C. Royal,
Allensworth,
Anatasia Dunham-Parker,
Anna Maria Flechero,
Anthony J. Smith and Eliza Shefler,
Antoine Hunter,
Athol Fugard,
Ave Montague,
Avoctja,
Avotcja,
Aya de Leon,
Black Alliance for Just Immigration,
Black History Month,
Black Power Movement,
Black Repertory Theatre,
Blackberri,
Block Report Radio,
Bobby Seale,
C Kelly Wright,
Carolyn Brandy,
Cassandra Henderson,
Chicago 8,
College of Alameda,
Dahrio Hutton,
Delina Brooks,
Destiny Arts,
Destiny Harpist from the Hood,
Dimensions Extensions Performance Ensemble,
Donald Lacy,
Dr. Amina Mama,
Earl "Chico" Freeman,
Elizabeth Alexander,
Eva Paterson,
former San Francisco Poet Laureate devorah major,
Frankie Manning,
Frederick Harris,
Gabriel Teodros,
Gerry Lim,
Guy Washington,
H.D. Moe,
Hank Jones,
Hansford Prince,
Henry Clement and the Gumbo Band & Posse,
Hilda Robinson,
Irma Thomas,
Isaura Olivera,
Jack and Adelle Foley,
Jaime Wright,
James Weldon Johnson,
Jeff Jones,
Jimmy Baldwin,
Jimmy Scott,
Juan de Marcos,
Judy Grane,
Julian Carroll,
Kamau Seitu,
Karla Brundage,
Katherine Hastings,
Kim Shuck,
L. Peter Callendar,
Lady Bianca,
Langston Hughes,
Ledisi,
Leslie Simon,
Linda Tillery,
Luis Napoles,
Malonga Casquelourd Theater,
Mamacoatl,
Martha Cinader and Tony Mims,
Mary Watkins,
Meklit Hadero,
Melanie De More,
Minister of Information JR,
Minnie Grimes,
Muhammad Ali,
Muziki Roberson,
Nandi SoJourn Asantewaa Crosby,
Ntozake Shange,
Oak SOTA,
On Demand,
Oni Faida Lampley,
Opal Palmer Adisa,
Oscar Grant III,
Paul Robeson,
Paula Parker,
Pearl Cleage,
Pete Escovedo,
Phavia Kujichagulia,
Prasant Radhakrishnan,
President Barack Obama,
Raissa Simpson,
Randy Weston,
Rashad Pridgen,
Reginald Lockett,
Rev. Joseph E. Lowery,
Rhonda Benin,
Richard Bona,
Robert O'Hara,
Rokia Traore,
San Francisco Black Film Festival,
Sean Vaughn Scott,
SF SOTA,
Stephanie Powell,
Susan Anderson,
Tania Santiago,
Tayo Taluko,
Tim Wise,
Todd Brown,
Tom Rigney and Flambeau,
Tureeda Mikell,
Val Serrant,
Wanda Sabir,
William C. Tweed,
Yehmanja Houff,
Zora Neale Hurston

Dropped in to see the McCoy Tyner Trio with Marc Ribot on guitar. Tyner is always a treat and this ensemble featuring Gerald Cannon on bass and Eric Kamau Gravett on drums is phenomenal!
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"Quality of Life",
"Sincerella",
"Victim of Duty",
Albert Woodfox,
Avotcja,
Donald Lacy,
Eugene Ionesco,
Felicia Benefield,
Gail Shaw,
Geronimo ji jaga,
Goapele,
Herman Wallace,
Malik Rahim,
Marcus Shelby,
McCoy Tyner Trio,
Nas,
Nicolas Bearde,
Robert King,
Sila and AfroFunk,
Toni Morrison,
Wanda Sabir,
Wanda's Picks,
Zion I

Wednesday, Oct. 15, at the Prescott Joseph Center we honored the legacy of the San Francisco Bay Area’s premiere artists: Berkeley resident Joy Holland and Oaklander by way of St. Louis Casper Banjo, with featured artist Keith Hopkins, another Oaklander. The exhibit is titled “Breath of Our Ancestors.”
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Allensworth,
Ankh Productions,
Avotcja,
Black Panther Party,
Black Poets with Attitudes,
Black Repertory Theater,
Breath of Our Ancestors,
Casper Banjo,
Chuck D,
Eddie Abrams,
Flavor Flav,
Joanna Haigood,
Jon Hendricks,
Joy Holland,
Keith Hopkins,
Lathan Hodge,
Living Word Project,
Mary Rudge,
Mos Def,
Museum of the African Diaspora,
Nation of Islam,
Oakland International Film Festival,
Oakland Tech,
Prescott Joseph Center,
Professor Griff,
Public Enemy,
San Francisco Trolley Dances,
Shanique S. Scott,
TheArthur Wright,
Tulare County,
Wanda Sabir,
Zaccho Dance Company