Some Saturday Love: “I Can’t Get Over You,” Frankie Beverly and Maze, 1989
• July 20, 2013 • Comments Off on Some Saturday Love: “I Can’t Get Over You,” Frankie Beverly and Maze, 1989Posted in African American History, American Politics, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Frankie Beverly and Maze, History, Love, Music, Obama Administration, Race, Sexuality
Tags: African Americans, Anita Baker, Barack Obama, Beverly, Black Women, Blacks, Florida, Frankie Beverly, Joe Sample, KBLX, KBLX-FM, Love, Luther Vandross, Magic Johnson, Maze, Peabo Bryson, Quiet Storm, Quiet Storm Radio Format, San Francisco Bay Area, Sex, The Eighties, The Quiet Storm
Rick Stevens and Tower of Power Reunite at Yoshi’s Oakland, Thursday, January 31, 2013
• February 2, 2013 • Comments Off on Rick Stevens and Tower of Power Reunite at Yoshi’s Oakland, Thursday, January 31, 2013Posted in Black People, Love, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Crime, Class, Health, People of Color, Tower of Power, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Protestant Denominations, Cultural History, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse
Tags: African Americans, Antioch, Blacks, California, Comeback, David Garibaldi, Drama, Drugs, Emilio Castillo, Francis "Rocco" Prestia, Funk Music, Joel Selvin, Larry Braggs, Latin Rock, Love, Michael Carabello, Murder, Music, San Francisco, San Francisco Bay Area, San Francisco Chronicle, Santana, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sheila E., Stephen Kupka, Stevens, The Seventies, Tower, Tower of Power, United States, Yoshi's Oakland
Rick Stevens, Early Tower of Power Lead Singer, Has Been Released on Parole
• August 12, 2012 • 2 CommentsPosted in African American History, Black People, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Drug Culture/Industry, Health, Murder/Manslaughter, Music, Protestant Denominations, Religion, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Tower of Power
Tags: "Sparkling in the Sand", African Americans, Blacks, California, Donald Charles Stevenson, Donald Stevenson, Double Life Sentence, Drug Dealers, Drugs, East Bay Express, East Bay Grease, Growing Up, Imprisonment, Ione CA, Lead Singer, Life Sentence, Love, Mule Creek State Prison, Murder, Parole, Parole Hearing, Peter Boldin, Prison, Release, Rick Stevens, San Francisco Bay Area, The Seventies, Tower of Power, United States
Update on Kenneth Harding, Who Was Shot Saturday in San Francisco’s Bayview-Hunters’ Point District: The Guy Was a Convicted Pimp
• July 20, 2011 • 9 CommentsPosted in African American History, Black People, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Gang Violence, Journalism and Ethics, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: Advocacy, African Americans, Bay Area, Black Girls, Black Women, Blacks, California Public Records Act, Chief of Police, Child Abuse, Child Prostitute, Child Sexual Abuse, Dolores Park, George Gascón, Kenneth Harding, Market Streets, Mesha Irizarry, Murder, Paramedics, Pimp, Pimping, Police Killings, Racism, Rape, Rodney King, San Francisco, San Francisco Bay Area, San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco Municipal Railway, San Francisco Police Department, Seattle, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Slavery, SFPD, Tanaya Gilbert, The Crime Scene, United States, Washington State, YouTube
Here We Go Again: San Francisco Cops Shoot Black Teenager Over A $2 Unpaid MUNI Bus Fare, BUT…
• July 18, 2011 • 8 CommentsPosted in Black People, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Police Misconduct/Killings, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: BART Cops, BART Police shooting of Oscar Grant, Bayview-Hunters Point San Francisco, Black Males, Black Men, Black Teens, Black Youth, Buena Vista Park, Bus Fare, Constables on Patrol, Cops, Death by Cops, KTVU, MUNI, Police, Pregnant, Racism, San Francisco, San Francisco Bay Area, San Francisco Municipal Railway, San Francisco Police Department, Seattle WA, Tanaya Gilbert, Washington, YouTube
Meet Betty Dukes, The Black Woman Who Helped Launch the Class Action Discrimination Suit Against Wal-Mart
• May 2, 2010 • 2 CommentsPosted in African American History, American History, Betty Dukes, Black People, Class, Gentrification, Love, Protestant Denominations, Race, Religion, Spirituality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Womanism, Women
Tags: "Betty versus Goliath", African Americans, American History, Bastion of White Privilege, Bay Area, Betty Dukes, Black Woman, Blacks, Brad Seligman, California, Class Action Suit, David versus Goliath, Divorced, Dukes v. Wal-Mart, East Bay, Federal Court of Appeals, Goliath, Greeter, Heather Ellis, Impact Fund, Legal, Legal Non-Profit Organization, Litigation, Manager, Married, Ms. Magazine Woman of the Year, Pittsburg CA, Racism, San Francisco Bay Area, Sex Discrimination, Sexism, Single, Single Black Woman, Small Business, The American Dream, The Middle Class, The Supreme Court, The U.S. Chambers of Commerce, Wal-Mart, Woman Minister, Woman Preacher, Women
Meanwhile, Back in Los Angeles: Pretrial Hearings Underway in the Oscar Grant Case
• January 9, 2010 • Comments Off on Meanwhile, Back in Los Angeles: Pretrial Hearings Underway in the Oscar Grant CasePosted in Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Murder/Manslaughter, People of Color, Public Television, Race, Television
Tags: "Grand Theft Auto", "The L.A. Watts Times", "The Los Angeles Times", Alameda County, Anthony Sowell, BART, BART Police, Bled to Death in Custody, C-Span, California, Changing Stories, Chuco's Justice Center, Criminal Record, DeAndre Brunston, Flight from Justice, Fruitvale Station, Gag Order, Hayward CA, Johannes Mehserle, Judge Perry, Judge Robert J. Perry, Keishia Brunston, L.A. County Sheriff's Department, L.A. County Sheriff's Deputies, Marysol Domenici, Michael Rains, Mitrice Richardson, Murder, Nevada, New Year's Day, Oakland, Oaktown, Oscar Grant, Oscar Grant III, Property Damage, Public Television, Riots, San Francisco Bay Area, Taser, Tasering, Tatiana Grant, Televising Court Cases, Tony Pirone, Wanda Johnson
Oscar Grant Update, June 4: Mehserle to Stand Trial
• June 11, 2009 • Comments Off on Oscar Grant Update, June 4: Mehserle to Stand TrialPosted in Black People, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Hate Crimes, Race
Tags: BART, BART Train, Cellphone Video, Cellphones, Channel 5, Constables on Patrol, Former Judge LaDoris Cordell, Johannes Mehserle, Judge C. Don Clay, Judge Clay, KPIX, New Year's, Oakland, Oscar Grant, Oscar Grant III, San Francisco, San Francisco Bay Area, San Francisco Chronicle, Taser
Rick Stevens is Still in Jail and is Not a Young Man
• May 31, 2009 • 24 CommentsPosted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Chicanos/Latinos, Crime, Music, People of Color, Religion, Tower of Power
Tags: "Sparkling in the Sand", "You're Still a Young Man", Aaron Neville, Bay Area, Bump City, California, Common Sense, Constables on Patrol, Donald Stevenson, Double Life Sentence, Drug Dealers, Drugs, East Bay Express, East Bay Grease, Emilio "Mimi" Castillo, Growing Up, Katy St. Clair, KPIX, Lithium, Merle Haggard, Mule Creek State Prison, Murder, Narcotics, Prince, Reality, Remorse, Rick Stevens, San Francisco, San Francisco Bay Area, The Bay Area, The Seventies, Tower of Power, Tower of Power Horn Section, United States, Young Man
Saturday Night Music, May 30 – Santana, “No One to Depend On”-
• May 30, 2009 • 1 CommentPosted in Chicanos/Latinos, Memoir, Music, People of Color, Santana
Tags: Chepito Areas, Columbia Records, David Brown, East Side San Jose, Gregg Rolie, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Journey, Linda Tillery, Memoir, Mexican American, Neal Schon, San Francisco Bay Area, San Jose, Santana, Santana II, Tower of Power Horn Section
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