Meet Tonnean, Marvin X's new assistant. In a long-distance conversation, Philadelphia musician Elliot Bey told Tonnean, "Ok, Tonnean, don't let nothing happen to Marvin X on your watch!"
photo Malaika Kambon
Tonnean accompanied Marvin X at the reception for the Emory Douglas Exhibit at Oakland's Joyce Gordon Gallery, June 6, 2014.
photo Malaika Kambon
Couple enjoy a funny moment at the Joyce Gordon Gallery. Marvin X will close out the exhibit with a reading on June 28, 3pm.
Marvin and Emory, friends since they met at the Black House political/cultural center in San Francisco, co-founded by Marvin X, Eldridge Cleaver, Ed Bullins and Ethna Wyatt (Hurriyah Asar), 1967. Emory and Eldridge went on to become members of the Black Panther Party.
