BAM Book Fair at Laney College, Sat., February 7
There will be a book fair at Laney College as part of the Black Arts Movement's 50th Anniversary, We are especially interested in authors with writings that express Black consciousness or radical...
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Marvin X at his Academy of da Corner, 14th and Broadway, downtown Oakland--the most dangerous classroom in the world: the Oscar Grant rebellion, Occupy Oakland and protests against police murders under...
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Our rapper in Havana: USAID hijacked Cuban hip-hop scene trying to undermine govtDecember 11, 2014- rt.com from Black Anti-War Los Aldeanos rap group (AFP Photo)Young Cuban hip-hop musicians have been...
View ArticleDeadline to submit material for Black Arts Movement edition of Journal of Pan...
Hello everyone, If you are interested in having your work in a special Black Arts Movement edition of the Journal of PAN African Studies, please send your article, poem, photos to me by January 3,...
View ArticleNote to visual artists participating in the 50th Anniversary celebration of...
drstradford@yahoo.com Dec 21, 2014From: Dr. Leslee StradfordTo: Marvin X and all visual artists wishing to participate in the Black Arts Movement 50th Anniversary celebration at Laney College Art...
View ArticleBobby Seale Speaks, co-founder of the Black Panther Party
Would you like to have Bobby Seale speak at your university, college..Dec 10, 2014Would you like to have Bobby Seale speak at your university, college, service group, community gathering or event?...
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Reading a Poem by Rudolph Lewis at Winter SolsticeGood readings are sometimes governed by iconoclasm, the smashing of established gestures of decoding. A reader just walks out of the prison built by...
View ArticleNow Available for booking: Blues Man Augusta Lee Collins
Available contact Augusta @ 510.695.9339 Thank You Augusta Lee Collinswww.augustaleecollins.blogspot.com
View ArticleChicago Artists: Black Lives Matter
As Black Lives Matter protests have captivated the nation over the past month, artists in Chicago used a different kind of medium to shed light on America’s racial divide. And they took over a whole...
View ArticleThe Brothers' Network Art in This Cultural Moment
"The voice of the intelligence...is drowned out by the roar of fear. It is ignored by the voice of desire. It is contradicted by the voice of shame. It is biased by hate and extinguished by anger....
View ArticleBlack Bird Press News & Review: Deadline to submit material for Black Arts...
Black Bird Press News & Review: Deadline to submit material for Black Arts Movement edition of Journal of Pan African Studies
View ArticleMarvin X letter to the Oak'Town Passions
My dear brothers, and most especially my brother Mack (Fresno projects with me, ringing chickens heads in backyard), I refuse to perform at Laney without your participation. Enough said. You must be...
View ArticleBlack Bird Press News & Review: Marvin X letter to the Oak'Town Passions
Black Bird Press News & Review: Marvin X letter to the Oak'Town Passions
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View ArticleKareem Abdul-Jabbar: The Police aren't under attack--institutionalized racism...
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: The Police Aren’t Under Attack. Institutionalized Racism Is. Kareem Abdul-JabbarDecember 21, 2014Time“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose.” This is the...
View ArticleSave Harlem's Renaissance Theatre from Demolition
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View ArticleQueen Mother of the Black Arts Movement, Mrs. Amina Baraka speaks on the 50th...
Mrs. Amina Baraka and Amiri Baraka Nisa Ra, Amina Baraka, Muhammida El Muhajir Marvin X and Sun RaIn my conversation with widow of BAM chief architect, Ancestor Amiri Baraka, as per her participation...
View ArticleNorth American Africans in the Bay cannot afford to miss Ayodele's production...
Marvin X associate Hopie, MX and his chief student, Dr. Ayodele Nzinga, director/producer of the Lower Bottom Playazphoto Adam TurnerFrom SF GateWith little fanfare, Oakland theater company the Lower...
View ArticleLetter from Assata Shakur, Black Liberation Army Warrior Woman
Assata Shakur : An Open Letter To The Media - My name is Assata Shakur, and I am a 20th century escaped slave.Because of government persecution, I was left with no other choice thanto flee from the...
View ArticleMarvin X now available for booking--catch him at Laney College, February 7,...
Catch Marvin X at Oakland's Laney College, February 7, 50th Anniversary of the Black Arts Movement--focus will be on Black Arts West--the Bay Area contribution to the Black Arts Movement.12 Noon--Book...
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