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Black History and Oakland's Shame
BLACK HISTORY-- OAKLAND’S SHAMEPart OneThe purpose of history is to give people a memory of their past in order that they may endure the present and propel themselves into the future. When they are...
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Black Bird Press News & Review: Call for a West Coast Anthology of Poems for...
Black Bird Press News & Review: Call for a West Coast Anthology of Poems for Amiri Baraka; The coldest winter ever, a poem for AB
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Marvin X in Anthologies
Stand Our Ground: New Global Poetry Anthology Raising Funds for Justice! Title: Stand Our Ground:Poems for Trayvon Martin and Marissa AlexanderPublisher: FreedomSeed Press (Philadelphia, PA)Paperback,...
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Marvin X with Black Arts/Black Power Babies, 2.0--at 45th Anniversary of...
Check out these flix from last Thurs.Dec4th "International Revolutionary Day" in West Oakland..45yrs since the assassination of Chairman Fred Hampton Sr. & Def.Capt. Mark Clark we commemorated the...
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Jitney coming to Flight Deck, a place for artists with purpose
December Events at The Flight DeckPerformancesDecember 4-13, 2014Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm, Saturday 12/13 at 2 pmGritty City Repertory Youth Theatre presents FUGEE by Abi MorganDirected...
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Black Arts Movement co-founder, Askia Toure, In the Bay to lecture and...
Poet Askia Toure, BAM Producer Kim McMillan and Marvin X. Toure addressed students in Kim's class at University of California, Merced. He received lifetime achievement award from PEN Oakland.Toure...
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Black History is World History by Marvin X, the USA's Rumi, Plato, Saadi, Hafiz
Black History Is World History By Marvin XBefore the Earth wasI wasBefore time wasI wasyou found me not long agoand called me LucyI was four million years oldI had my tools beside meI am the first...
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Race in America--the Grand Denial!
RACE IN AMERICA: The Grand DenialBy Dr. Marvin XTuesday, September 16, 2009 Denial is quite simply the evasion of reality. Denial can be personal or communal, for sometimes an entire nation can be in...
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Photo Essay by Necola L. Adams, et al: PEN Oakland Literary Awards, 2014
On Saturday PEN Oakland’s 24th annual book awards honored eight writers for their literary excellence. The annual awards ceremony recognizes authors from across the country for their books published...
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Marvin X poem: Do not dream alone
It is fine to dreamfantastical notionsfreedom dreamsalone in a roombut what pleasureblessingburden liftedwhen there are those who share the dreamit is wonderful to knowit is my timeonly because it is...
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It's Marvin X time and the Black Arts Movement Cultural Revolution, 2015
Oakland City Councilwoman Lynette Gibson McElhaney and Black Arts Movement co-founder Marvin X at Geoffery's Inner Circle to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Oakland Post News Group. They briefly...
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Black Power Matters at Eastside Arts Alliance
 Join us for our annual Holiday Art & Book Sale!Saturday, December 13th   11-5pm  FreeThis year it will be in two spaces at EastSide:2277 and 2289 International Blvd.  Support local artisans,...
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The Revolution against Fear by Marvin X
Revolution Against Fear"The only thing to fear is fear itself."--President RooseveltNo human progress is possible while people are paralyzed by fear. Fear is the great monster of the mind that prevents...
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Marvin X recruits Black Arts Movement Dream Team at Marcus Books...
 At the benefit for Marcus Books, Saturday, Marvin X took the opportunity to recruit people for his dream team to participate in the Bay Area celebration of the Black Arts Movement's 50th Anniversary....
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Oakland Protests, led by Blacks, supported by Asians and Whites, close down...
Protesters chain themselves to Oakland police HQ; 25 arrestedOakland police arrested at least 13 demonstrators protesting killings by police in New York and Missouri, after they chained themselves to...
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Laney College President Elnora Tena Webb, Ph.D., in partnership with Black...
 Laney College President Dr. Elnora T. Webb and BAM producer Marvin XMarvin X secured a partnership agreement with President Elnora T. Webb, Ph.D., of Oakland's Laney College to produce the opening...
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THE CUBAN FIVEARE FREE!!!This morning, breaking news on all news agencies says that our three brothers, Gerardo Hernandez, Ramon Labanino, and Antonio Guerrero are free!!! According to the news, Alan...
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Black Bird Press News & Review: INDIEGOGO CROWD FUNDING UPDATE ON BAM 27 CITY...
Black Bird Press News & Review: INDIEGOGO CROWD FUNDING UPDATE ON BAM 27 CITY TOUR
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