Community Foods Market is one of few grocery stores in West Oakland. It’s a great place to stop for some refreshments whether you’re finishing part 1 or starting part 2 of the Black Liberation Tour. If you’re doing both parts today, this is where they connect. Click here to continue with part 2 of the …
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Vada Pinson
Vada Pinson
Soltree Alchemy
Soltree Alchemy Of interest nearby: Oakland College of Medicine and Surgery (demolished)
Annette Miller
Annette Miller was born in 1966, the same year that the Black Panther Party was started not far from here. Just like the founders of the Black Panthers, Annette can also trace her roots to the Deep South. Her grandparents met while migrating to California and brought many of their rural traditions with them to …
Smash Patriarchy Mural
Smash Patriarchy Mural
North Oakland Missionary Baptist Church
North Oakland Missionary Baptist Church is a few years older than St. Augustine’s, organized in 1904-1905 as Richard Clark Memorial Church. By 1922, they had moved a few blocks north to 32nd Street, but the old building constructed around 1913 remains. One of the longest-serving pastors of the church was Rev. Dr. G.C. Coleman. “I …
Union Pacific Laundry
WWII brought labor shortages and drew thousands of people from all over the country to the Bay Area. Despite these shortages, discrimination still reigned, both in the war-critical shipyards and in everyday businesses. Black people were directed to less skilled, lower paying jobs, given second tier union representation, and as in Port Chicago, often given …
St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church
Note: St. Augustine’s dates back to 1910; the building at 27th and West was constructed in 1920. St. Augustine’s later merged with Trinity Episcopal Church. Today the combined congregation meets at the red church building at Telegraph Avenue and 29th St. with the St. Augustine’s name. Father Earl Neil was no stranger to conflict when …