Claiming Community Walls for the Black Panther Party
“We are standing at ground zero, where the Black Panther Party started,” says Refa One, the artist behind the mural Serve The People as well as the mural in memory of Oscar Grant at Fruitvale BART.
“There’s nothing more beautiful than black people loving each other. African people taking care of each other and expressing ourselves in our most creative ways.”
From D-Boys to Dope Art
Oakland-born Timothy B. has been putting paint where it ain’t for some time now—and the center of his work is family. B’s family talks about the changes in Oakland from the ’90s to now and how they made sure to keep family strong.
Antique Naked Soul Turns Anxiety and Love Into Music
“Give me an apocalypse / And I would dance / ’Cause I gave democracy its last chance.”
Candice Antique talks about black motherhood, as she thinks about what lies ahead in raising her son. The best way to deal with these anxieties, she says, is to…
