Black History Month

Gabrielle “Gaby” Dolphin &nbsp&nbsp Rasheed Shabazz speaks to a group of some 30 local residents who learned about Alameda’s early black families on a walking tour last Saturday.

Learning Alameda Black History

Feb 13,2018

Writer Rasheed Shabazz led a Black History Month home tour last Saturday titled: “Early Black Pioneers of Alameda.” More than 30 local residents gathered at Lincoln Avenue and Grand Street for the two-hour walking tour of Alameda’s north shore, where the first pioneering Black Alamedans built the

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Black History Month

Mar 21,2019

Does Alameda Still Have a ‘Black Community’?

I am often asked questions like, “What does the Black community think about [insert some random issue]?” I usually respond, “I am not Alameda’s Negro spokesman.” And, I don’t know if Alameda still has a Black community. 

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