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Paul Robeson, a great human being
by George and Candy Gonzalez Black Los Angeles-based photographer Howard Lee Morehead created this composite photograph of Paul Robeson bursting through the front page of the California Eagle newspaper...
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Mind food
by Starkim No sir, they don’t want another Jonathan Jackson. They want a masked man, later identified as a Black man. It’s more mysterious. Our enemy is serious. And I’ve been saying this before the...
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Bring JR back to KPFA now!
Join KPFA’s Black and other broadcasters of color and unpaid staff for a Town Hall Meeting on Thursday, April 11, 6 p.m., in Laney College Student Center Room 401, fourth floor, 900 Fallon St., Oakland...
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Enlightened
by Imara Mwasi aka De’anthony Chaney I am a 22-year-old young Black brotha currently housed in Corcoran SHU, arrived here Nov. 27, 2012, after the hunger strike. I came from Deuel Vocational...
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Living to fulfill my dream
Students Rising Above was key to my success by Tyré Ellison My life seems like a dream come true. Tyré Ellison Growing up in San Francisco’s Sunnydale public housing as a young Black man, I often...
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Black male objectification in the media wit’ visual artist Ajuan Mance
by The People’s Minister of Information JR Valrey I met Ajuan Mance at a function at the San Francisco Main Library, where she had a table displaying her sketches of the many faces of Black men. I...
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The Texas Department of Cowboy Justice: A case of lawless law enforcement
by Kevin ‘Rashid’ Johnson Introduction As I sit writing this, Lt. Deward Demoss passes my cell making segregation rounds. Further down the tier he exchanges words with another prisoner, then yells down...
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Heightened security: White Citizens Council bans popular KPFA host JR Valrey...
Editorial by Dr. Willie Ratcliff On Friday the 13th, Sept. 13, 2013, the 17th anniversary of Tupac Shakur’s assassination, Pacifica Radio Interim Executive Director Summer Reese emailed this memo to...
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‘12 Years a Slave’
Review by Wanda Sabir Africans playing African Americans? Now what will Hollywood think of next? I guess on the plus side having continental Africans in a film with African Americans could draw another...
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Life means guilt to a Black Man
by ‘Chip on My Shoulder’ aka Kyle Nathaniel Drawing by Starkim Allah (Lamar Little), 01A2318, GHCF, P.O. Box 4000, Stormville, NY 12582 Life. What does it mean? A simple question maybe you can answer....
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Jasper, Texas: Feds to investigate death of Black dad whose mutilation was...
by Richard Rowe Alfred Wright with one of his three sons Alfred Wright was a 28-year-old physical therapist, a “man of great faith,” and father of three sons. He grew up in Jasper, Texas, along with...
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The voice of a slave who is not afraid to speak out against Alabama’s...
by Ismail Shabazz After a roof caved in a year ago in another part of the prison, more beds were moved into this already overcrowded dorm. Written Jan. 5, 2015 – When I arrived at Childersburg...
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Serena Williams is today’s Muhammad Ali
As a political symbol and an athletic powerhouse, Serena Williams is ‘the greatest’ in her sport by Dave Zirin There are numerous articles – terrific articles – defending Serena Williams against the...
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‘Between Me and the World,’ M1’s new album
Review by Apollonia Jordan Journalist Apollonia Jordan and M1 of Dead Prez M1 of the revolutionary hip hop empire Dead Prez has done it again with some conscious and political lyrics to feed the soul...
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Is it illegal to be Black in America?
by Kevin Cooper Sometime in the early 19th century, former United States President Thomas Jefferson stated, “Unchecked power twisted white men’s characters.” Since he was a slave owner and an...
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We don’t heel, we kneel!
by Tim Young As a member of Generation X, as I reflect back on my youth, only one person comes to mind when it comes to laying it all on the line – and that’s Tupac Shakur! When it came to speaking...
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I Sing the Song of the Black Man
by Paradise Freejahlovesupreme I sing the song of the Black Man The Eternal Black Man The uncreated, unborn, everlasting Alpha and Omega Man The Afrikan, the Indian, the Mexican and the CaucAsian I am...
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Ronnie Goodman 1960-2020
Muralist Ronnie Goodman makes the city his studio. – Photo: Poor News Network by Art Hazelwood Ronnie Goodman passed away in early August this year. He died on the street, just after his 60th...
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A light at the end of the tunnel for Kevin Cooper
“Free Kevin Cooper” – Art: Kevin “Rashid” Johnson, 264847, Wabash Valley Correctional Facility, P.O. Box 500, Carlisle IN 47838 Kevin’s June letter to comrades and loved ones Dear Comrades in...
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Salute to Sitawa: ‘That Brotha still stands strong, unbroken!’
Sitawa Nantambu Jamaa, center, enjoys a visit from his sister, Marie Levin, left, and Nube Brown at Salinas Valley State Prison in September 2019. This was Bay View Editor Nube Brown’s first and only...
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