By JR Valrey The Continental Club located at 1658 12th Street, in West Oakland, is one of the first places where Blues and Jazz bands, and later Soul bands got a chance to hone their craft, in front of an audience, in the Town. Musicians … Continue readingRapper DB the General Now Owns the Legendary Continental Club in West Oakland
by JR Valrey, the People’s Minister of Information The corporate media would tell us to put our faith in Biden and Harris to save the Black community from the perennial social ills that we constantly face, the Black Panther Party has taught us to put … Continue readingNew Activity Book Celebrates the Rank and File Women of the Black Panther Party
By JR Valrey With the Oakland Education Association (the teachers union) battling the Oakland Unified School District, over what defines a safe environment for the students and teachers to return to school, as well as the proposed mandatory covid vaccinations for students, teachers, and staff … Continue readingWest Oakland Non-profit Boost! Is Hosting Virtual Fundraiser to Fund Shelter in Place Academic Assistance for Much Needed Student Services in Oakland
By JR Valrey Most of the United States’ population is tired of the corporate puppet show aka US Elections, and is beginning to realize that no matter who is in office, the government has, and had for centuries, an agenda to oppress low income Black … Continue readingIntimate Life With Huey P. Newton: His Widow Fredrika Newton Speaks (Part 3)
By JR Valrey Known mostly for being a celebrity barber, the East Oakland raised Brownie Blendz has began to make noise in the streets, during Corona, with his music-making hobby, in particular with his political songs “Times Up” and the “Times Up remix” featuring Oakland … Continue readingBrownie Blendz Brings East Oakland Back to Its Political Hip Hop roots with “Times Up remix” featuring V-White, Mr. Ill, and Ant Diddley Dogg
By JR Valrey Born from the mud of West Oakland, California’s Black working class community, the Black Panther Party has transformed the world’s thinking about the pragmatic concept of a Black led revolution in the United States, and nearly 60 years after its founding, it … Continue readingThe West Oakland Mural Project Celebrates the Work of Rank-in- File Women in the Black Panther Party
By JR Valrey, Black New World Media Life in 2020 has taken the nation, if not the whole planet, into warp speed because we, the people, are forced to be more independent in solving some of the problems in the world. Some see that as … Continue readingWest Oakland’s Essential Food and Medicine is Nourishing the homeless, the seniors, and the impoverished, body and soul