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Dr. King and the 1955-1956 Montgomery bus boycott
A year-long boycott begins a life of peaceful protest and service by Charlene Crowell Depicting the spirit of the Montgomery bus boycott, this cartoon by Laura Gray first appeared in The Militant on...
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Black media, Black liberation: an interview with People’s Minister of...
by Willie Ratcliff, publisher, San Francisco Bay View Several of the people who will be on stage at Black Media Appreciation Night on Nov. 26 got together this past June 16 outside San Francisco...
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Bring JR back to KPFA now!
Join KPFA’s Black and other broadcasters of color and unpaid staff for a Town Hall Meeting on Thursday, April 11, 6 p.m., in Laney College Student Center Room 401, fourth floor, 900 Fallon St., Oakland...
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KPFA, the local White Citizens Council and Jim Crow radio
by Karen Hutton On March 6, the Bay’s “Free Speech Radio” aka KPFA suspended one of the best broadcasters and shows that they had on the air because The People’s Minister of Information JR Valrey of...
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KPFA’s Townhall on Racism: General manager asked to step down
by Karen Hutton Supporters of ending the suspension of Minister of Information JR Valrey made up the majority of the crowd at KPFA’s Townhall on Racism at Laney College April 11. JR’s show, the Block...
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Celebrate Juneteenth in San Francisco June 15: New spirit, new hope!
by Genevieve Bayan Juneteenth, a day signifying freedom, has been celebrated in San Francisco for 63 years – the largest annual gathering of Blacks in Northern California. The late Wesley Johnson,...
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Four months after JR’s suspension, problems with racism persist at KPFA
by The People’s Minister of Information JR On June 23, the Block Report Radio crew presented a proposal to the management of KPFA for a three-hour special highlighting the historical and political...
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Davey D: JR’s voice is indispensable to KPFA’s conversation on race
by Davey D Ever since the George Zimmerman verdict was read finding him “not guilty” and justice for a murdered Trayvon Martin was denied, there’s been a nationwide outcry for us as a country to sit...
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Heightened security: White Citizens Council bans popular KPFA host JR Valrey...
Editorial by Dr. Willie Ratcliff On Friday the 13th, Sept. 13, 2013, the 17th anniversary of Tupac Shakur’s assassination, Pacifica Radio Interim Executive Director Summer Reese emailed this memo to...
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Pacifica board member Tracy Rosenberg weighs in on JR’s unjustifiable ban...
by The People’s Minister of Information JR My banning from the KPFA airwaves on Friday, Sept. 13, 2013, after 18 years of volunteering to produce broadcast journalism informing the listening public...
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‘The Black Arts Movement and Its Influences’ conference hits UC Merced Feb....
by The People’s Minister of Information JR Valrey On Feb. 28-March 2 at UC Merced, “The Black Arts Movement and Its Influences” conference will be going down with a host of legendary Black artists who...
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