Posts Tagged ‘civil rights’
Mike “Racoon Eyes” Kinney: Sobriety as a Native American
“Culture is prevention,” he says. “Many native people have turned to alcohol because of the inability to grieve and address the historical trauma of losing their culture, language and spirituality. Becoming a sober native person is an act of decolonizing.”
Read MoreRichmond’s former prisoners get out the vote
This year, California had the largest number of people registered to vote in the state’s history, with nearly 20 million ready to hit today’s polls. Formerly incarcerated people in Richmond, some of whom are voting for the first time, helped the state reach that record. In the lead up to the election, organizations across the…
Read More‘The War at Home’ debuts in Richmond
As a high school theater student, Michelle Wells was told that there was no place for the type of stories she wanted to tell. So she left her hometown and traveled around the world. Now, back home in Richmond, she seems to have found both her voice and her audience.
Read MoreCity Council Election 2012: Nat Bates
In the summer of 1975, Richmond Councilman Nat Bates received a call from Ben Brown, a Democratic campaign organizer in Atlanta. Brown needed Bates’ support rallying African American voters behind his candidate, Jimmy Carter, a little known peanut farmer from Plains, Georgia who had just finished his term as governor and was seeking the Democratic…
Read MoreBudget cuts cut court interpreters
After the Contra Costa Superior Court decided last month to adopt a plan that cuts $7 million from its annual budget, it will no longer pay for interpreters in domestic violence cases beyond this fall.
Read MoreA North Richmond tribute to the man, the ‘Fred Jackson Way’
As one of the dozens of buoyant well-wishers put it Thursday night, these services didn’t have the feel of a funeral – there was too much joy in the room.
Read MoreFred Jackson, North Richmond leader, dead at 73
As odes from well-wishers flow from Washington D.C. to the Bay Area, North Richmond mourns one of its greatest products. Fred Jackson was born in rural Mississippi and came to the Bay Area in 1950. Over the next 61 years, he would establish a reputation as one of the region’s most consistent humanitarians and community leaders, amassing an innumerable collection of accolades and commendations along the way.
Read MoreDavid Gray: Intrepid intern makes mark at City Hall
City Council office intern David Gray has used his small opportunity to make a big impact in Richmond.
Read MorePart 2: North Richmond’s inauspicious beginnings
The North Richmond of today emerges from a history marked by bad reputation, bad luck and, often, bad intentions.
Read MoreFreedom Bus rolls into Kennedy High
John F. Kennedy High School students, parents and teachers got a first-person history of the Freedom Rides when Alameda Contra Costa Transit District’s Freedom Bus rolled up at the school Thursday. The presentation took place at an open house for Kennedy High parents.
Read MoreRichmond icon recounts a past of trials and triumphs
George Livingston, the city’s first elected black mayor.
Read MoreRichmond honors first African American police sergeant
When Douglas Ellison made his mark on Richmond history, Martin Luther King Jr. was just 17 years old. Harry Truman had not yet desegregated America’s armed forces, and Rosa Parks hadn’t refused to concede her seat.
Read MoreLocal icon reminisces on his march with history
Former Mayor George Livingston spent a lifetime on the front lines of progress. Meeting with Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr., becoming one of the city’s first black elected officials, and now sharing his wisdom with the next generation.
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