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Pleasanton Author Ciikũ Ndũng’ũ-Case

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Berkeley Poet Laureate Aya de León

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A Year-Long Celebration of James Baldwin’s Centennial Comes to Oakland

Photos & Video | AAACC Concludes Inaugural Season of Black Art with High Marks

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Poets on Why We Need Poetry Now

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Supreme Models: Vogue docuseries based on Marcellas Reynolds’ book

[BayArea Reporter]

Black Brunch Club, Illustrated Black History: Honoring the Iconic and the Unseen

[Line SF]

SF Hosts Michelle Obama’s New Book Tour With Conan O’Brien, Tracee Ellis Ross, And More

[San Francisco Magazine]

AfroComicCon, Oakland’s Black and Brown Comics Event, Returns In Person at New Parkway

[KQED]

Oakland’s Inaugural Poet Laureate, Ayodele Nzinga, On Blackness, Existence, And The Creative Process

[San Francisco Magazine]

Faith Ringgold Makes Time 100, Influential Artist Has ‘Painted, Sculpted, Written, Sewed, and Incited Change All Her Life’

[Culture Type]

Black Men Wanted

[Thomas Simpson]

23 highly anticipated new books by Black authors in 2022, according to Goodreads 

[Insider]

Thriller ‘The Violin Conspiracy’ addresses racism in classical music

[NPR]

Our Writers’ 9 Favorite African American Cultural Centers In The U.S.

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How bell hooks Raised A Generation Of Radical Feminists

[Refinery29]

Billy Porter’s memoir ‘Unprotected’ – Broadway & TV actor’s life story

For Angela Davis and Gina Dent, Abolition Is the Only Way

[Harper's Bazaar]

5 Reasons to Visit the Newly Renovated Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in Washington, D.C.

[Architectural Digest]

Audio | “Hella Town” Traces the History of Oakland Through Its Built Environment

[KQED]

The Publishing World Is Finally Embracing Black Cookbooks

[Eater San Francisco]

The New ‘Black Food’ Book Contains Multitudes

[Eater San Francisco]

100+ volunteers paint ‘Black Lives Matter’ in center of San Francisco street

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‘Black Lives Matter’ Painted Tall on San Francisco Streets

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