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Marvin X and Empress Diamond attend 90th Birthday Celebration for Bay Area...
Marvin X and Empress Diamond show their love for Queen Mother Jerri LangeI want to be like Jerrilive to 90proud strongdancing at my b day partychampagne glass in handwith my children around meshowing...
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The Black Arts Movement needs 100 People to donate $100.00 to $500.00 so we...
Marvin Xphoto Kamau Amen RaIf you are willing to donate any amount, please call Marvin X, 510-200-4164. BAM must be a community supported project. The original Black Arts Repertory Theatre failed in...
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The Black Arts Movement attends City of Oakland's Inauguration Ceremony
Black Arts Movement Wellness Director, Empress Diamond, Oakland Mayor Libby Shaaf and BAM co-founder Marvin X, aka the Chancellor West Oakland Councilwoman, Lynette Gibson McElhaney, Empress Diamond,...
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Parable of the A Students
Muhammida El Muhajir and Samantha Akwei in Ghana, West Africa. Muhammida is the daughter of Nisa Ra and Marvin X. Samantha met Marvin X at his Academy of da Corner, 14th and Broadway, downtown Oakland....
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Black Arts/Black Power Babies 2.0: Muhammida El Muhajir
Muhammida El Muhajir, producer of Black Arts/Black Power Babies Discussion; filmmaker: Hip Hop--the New World OrderFrom producing major events in both the US and internationally, filming a world-wide...
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Fantastic Negrito at Laney College Black Arts Movement Festival
“We are Soldiers in the same tribe, because we carry this Flag of Musical Truth. Fantastic Negrito is a deity contained in a human capsule. When he sings, he can’t quite be contained and the only way...
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John Santos in the Black Arts Movement Poet's Choir & Arkestra at Laney...
We are honored the great John Santos has agreed to participate in the 50th anniversary celebration of the Black Arts Movement. He will perform with the BAM Arkestra & Poet's Choir--Marvin X John...
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Val Serrant at BAM Celebration
Van Serrant has performed with Marvin X for decades. We are honored to have him in the BAM Poet's Choir and Arkestra at Laney College.
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Photo of Black Party Party members in front of the Alameda County Court House
The Black Arts Movement District may extend to the Alameda County Courthouse, site of the Huey Newton trial and the trial of those who assassinated Post Newspaper Editor Chancey Bailey.photo Kamau Amen Ra
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Blowback: King Leopold and Genocide in the Congo
King Leopold II: Hidden Holocaust in the Congo As reported by the UK Guardian, "The hidden holocaust: Was Belgium's King Leopold II a mass murderer on a par with Hitler or a greedy despot who turned a...
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The Cell and the Sanctuary: Art and Incarceration
Note: The Black Arts Movement 50th Anniversary Celebration at Laney College will exhibit the work of San Quentin inmate art, February 7, 2015. The BAM celebration is from 10am to 10 pm. Call...
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The William James Association Prison Arts Project
Prison Arts ProjectWhat is the Prison Arts Project?The major program of the William James Association is the Prison Arts Project (PAP), created through the vision and efforts of Eloise Smith. A pilot...
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The Black Arts Movement declares Last Saturdays in Oakland's Black Arts District
The Black Arts Movement has declared February 27 as the first Last Saturday along Oakland's 14th Street, downtown, between Martin Luther King, Jr. Way and Alice Street. In anticipation of Mayor Libby...
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Coming Soon: Black Arts Movement co-founder Marvin X in Concert at San...
As part of the Black Arts Movement 50th Anniversary Celebration, Marvin X is proposing An Evening with Marvin X at San Francisco State University. Marvin X graduated in English/Creative Writing at...
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On the death of AB
One year agomy friend departedmy friend to the enda true friendwho helped melike no one elsehis last words I gotta gig faya at NYUwanna do itYes, but guess whatI gotta gig fa youUC Merced then he was...
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Black Art by Amiri Baraka
Black ArtBy Amiri Baraka Poems are bullshit unless they areteeth or trees or lemons piledon a step. Or black ladies dyingof men leaving nickel heartsbeating them down. Fuck poemsand they are useful, wd...
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On behalf of Wadiya Jamal and Mumia Abu Jamal: A Contribution Request
On Behalf of Wadiya Jamal and Mumia Abu-Jamal,A Contribution Request Wadiya Jamal, Samiya (1978-2014) and DollySamiya “Goldii” Abdullah, a daughter of Wadiya Jamal and Mumia Abu-Jamal died on...
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Black Arts Movement Program
Working Program10:00 AM--Black Arts Movement Physical Wellness Boot Camp, facilitated by Michael Bennett's Wellness Team from the YMCA, HP/Bayview 11:00AM-- Peer Group on Mental Wellness: How to...
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Black Bird Press News & Review: See Dr. Ayodele Nzinga's production of Jitney...
Black Bird Press News & Review: See Dr. Ayodele Nzinga's production of Jitney by August Wilson at the Flight Deck, downtown Oakland
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