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Ten days in LA
by Jacquie Taliaferro Pan African Film Festival Jacquie Taliaferro I love LA, at least for 10 days or so. LA is not really the same during “Awards Month.” The Pan African Film Festival kicked off its...
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‘Fruitvale’: an interview with screenwriter Ryan Coogler
by The People’s Minister of Information JR Valrey “Fruitvale,” the award-winning movie about the last 24 hours in the life of Oscar Grant, is one of the most anticipated films of the year and is set to...
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Wanda Johnson, mother of Oscar Grant, reflects on reliving his murder in...
by Denika Chatman Who could forget the murder of Oscar Grant by BART policeman Johannes Mehserle on a platform on Jan. 1, 2009. That murder, caught by other BART passengers on video that quickly went...
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Five years after the Oscar Grant murder: Author of ‘No Doubt: The Murder(s)...
by The People’s Minister of Information JR It has been five years since Oakland was set on fire during the Oakland Rebellions that were a result of the BART police murder of Oscar Grant on the morning...
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Wanda’s Picks for October 2014
by Wanda Sabir Blood Moon On Wednesday, Oct. 8, between 1:17 a.m. and 5:30 a.m., view the eclipse of the moon. Called the blood moon because of its red hue, it should be pretty spectacular and, weather...
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Review of the new blockbuster ‘Hidden Figures’
by Wanda Sabir Scientists Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson, profiled in “Hidden Figures” (2016), exemplify what writer Margot Lee Shetterly calls “everyday courage,” a kind of...
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