black history month

03 Feb 2023

All The Cool Stuff Coming To Netflix In February 2023

February is among other things Black History Month, and there are some cool things offered this month that celebrate Black excellence on Netflix.  There’s a portrait of the basketball legend who was also a human rights leader.  Jada Pinkett-Smith narrates a hybrid documentary series about a kickass 17th century African

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15 Feb 2022

Why Dr. Dre’s Halftime Show Nostalgia Was Exactly What America Needed

The last three years have been hard. Dr. Dre knows this. Despite the fact that he is not a licensed medical practitioner, he somehow gave us the medicine we needed: West Coast Gangsta Rap nostalgia.  The pandemic made us all long for a time when we could breathe next to

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08 Oct 2024

The November 2024 BAS Voter Guide

A Big Change to This Year’s Voter Guide We’ve been doing voter guides for a really long time. I’m pretty sure we put our first one out in like 2010 or something. And I know that thousands of you rely on our voter guides to help you make decision. But

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04 Feb 2021

A Single Mother in Oakland Shines While Creating Her Own Skincare Line

Since 1976, the United States has recognized and celebrated the outstanding achievements of extraordinary Black Women and Men during the month of February. As we approach one year of navigating the COVID-19 pandemic, I realized something: if you were fortunate enough to survive every aspect of 2020 and you identify

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27 Feb 2019

Oakland’s Black Joy Parade Was a Crowning Success

By Tonya Shipp With the end of African-American History Month closing in, Sunday was a great day for the 2nd annual Black Joy Parade and celebration in Oakland. While there was a chill in the air, it was bright and sunny! Thousands attended and cheered the short but sweet parade

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01 Mar 2018

A Beautiful, Black Panther, Thank You Letter from its Director

Director Ryan Googler’s thank-you letter to Black Panther fans is a beautiful, heart-warming, hopeful end to Black History Month

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27 Feb 2017

Most of Your Favorite Inventions Were Created by Black Inventors

How does the shortest month of the year do any justice to celebrate such a rich culture? It doesn’t, we just have to jam pack centuries of awesome people, ideas, moments, and inventions into 28 (sometimes 29) days. Speaking of inventions, many great minds are idolized during Black History Month,

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03 Feb 2017

Black Artist Censored By School District During Black History Month

San Francisco based artist Mark Harris was asked by the president of the San Jose NAACP to display his art in the administrative offices of the East Side Union High School District for Black History Month.  Mark Harris is an African American artists known for work that carries with it enormous  symbolism and graphic

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