Celebrating Black History: The Life & Legacy of Howard Thurman
Blog entry by Liza J. Rankow.
Last updated at Mon, 20 Feb at 11:39am.

Join us Tuesday, Feb. 21st at 7PM, for a special introduction to the life and legacy of Dr. Howard Thurman. The event is free and open to the public. (See details at end of this post.) 

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Eastside Arts Alliance’s Oakland Hip Hop Dance Institute celebrates Black History Month with Living Legend Norma Miller February 22
Article by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Sun, 19 Feb at 10:07am.

Eastside Arts Alliance’s Oakland Hip Hop Dance Institute celebrates Black History Month with Living Legend Norma Miller! At 92 years of age Ms. Miller is an original Savoy Ballroom Lindy Hop dancer from the greatest era of African American history, the Harlem Renaissance!

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Mayor Quan's Newsletter: Black History Month Events In Oakland
Blog entry by Oakland Local edi....
Last updated at Sat, 11 Feb at 5:32am.

from Mayor Quan's Newsletter:

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Civil Rights legends Zellner, O'Dell to speak in Oakland - Feb. 9

Article by Debi Mason.
Last updated at Mon, 6 Feb at 7:49am.

The next installment in the Congresswoman Barbara Lee and Elihu Harris Lecture Series will feature civil-rights activist Dr. Bob Zellner and Jack O'Dell in an evening of shared dialogue on the state of the current civil rights  and social justice movement and the lessons learned from the movement during the 1960s.

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Oakland Local's top news stories: Feb. 26 - March 4
Article by Tehea Robie.
Last updated at Thu, 10 Mar at 8:14am.

Were you so busy keeping up with Charlie Sheen’s antics that you forgot to read local news?

No worries, it’s easy to get drunk with celebrity-silliness. We forgive you. In fact, OL has the very thing to keep you from getting a #winning hangover.

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Black History Month Feb 18-28 offers LOTS to see, do right here in Oakland this weekend!
Article by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Mon, 28 Feb at 6:33am.

 What's happening for Black History Month in Oakland during the second half of this month? There's lots to see and do:

Friday, February 18, 2011
Black History Month Extravaganza
6925 International Blvd. in the Black Wall Street District
6p.m., Free Admission

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Black History Salute: David S. Johnson, 'Photographer of the Fillmore' (Community Voices)
Blog entry by Corey Olds.
Last updated at Mon, 21 Feb at 5:48pm.

Besides being “the premier chronicler of mid-century African-American life in San Francisco,” David S. Johnson (b.

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Black History Month poetry reading at Joyce Gordon Gallery Feb. 19
Blog entry by Oakland Local edi....
Last updated at Thu, 17 Feb at 10:29am.

On Saturday, Feb. 19, at the Joyce Gordon Gallery, the Journal of Pan African Studies is sponsoring a Poetry Reading with Bay Area poets who are  published in the poetry issue of the journal and members of Academy of da Corner Reader's Theatre.

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