Californiablackhistory.com has a list of more than two dozen sites and communities which reflect the African-American heritage of San Francisco.
However, there are a number of other places around the state which can be part of black heritage touri ...
Posted Saturday, February 14th 2009 at 12:44PM
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Success Secrets of Black Executives
In Uncategorized on February 12, 2009 at 3:17 pm
The success of President Barack Obama could be predicted by watching the manner in which African-American executives broke new ground in American business over th ...
Posted Thursday, February 12th 2009 at 1:25PM
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WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama was unique among African-Americans with the ability to trace both sides of his family tree.
However, a new law may increase dramatically the access to that information.
As part of a Senate bill to insur ...
Posted Wednesday, February 11th 2009 at 10:13AM
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The entire audience of the Palo Alto City Council meeting stood spontaneously in three standing ovations to register their appreciation of three Freedom Riders of the Cutting Edge, Roy Clay Sr. and Dr. Frank Greene, who attended, and the late Ron L. ...
Posted Wednesday, February 11th 2009 at 10:09AM
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It’s been almost two decades since I first published Our Roots Run Deep: the Black Experience in California, Vol. 1, 1500-1900. (ASPIRE San Francisco)
There were two prompts: one, the discovery while researching the Rodney King beating that there we ...
Posted Wednesday, February 11th 2009 at 10:06AM
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While visiting Marcus Book Store Wednesday, the nation’s oldest black book store, I experienced as much history among the people as I might have by picking up some books.
The experience speaks to the way Carter G. Woodson would have us observe Black ...
Posted Wednesday, February 11th 2009 at 10:03AM
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