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Third Street Stroll …
by Rochelle Metcalfe HOW SWEET IT WAS! DR. WILLIE RATCLIFF, our beloved Publisher, a VIRGO MAN, celebrated his 82nd birthday surrounded by his lovely wife MARY RATCLIFF, charming in a blue dress, staff...
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The meaning of Black Media Appreciation Night 2014
by The People’s Minister of Information JR On Sept. 13, 2014, the most progressive of the Bay Area’s Black and pro-Black journalists came together to celebrate one another and to give awards to a well...
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Thespian Donald Lacy talks Gary Webb, cocaine and the play, ‘Superheroes’
‘Superheroes,’ which Donald Lacy calls ‘the most important play written in the last 25 years,’ runs Nov. 21-Dec. 21 at the Cutting Ball Theater, 277 Taylor St., San Francisco by The People’s Minister...
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Donald Lacy’s historic interview: Gary Webb tells how the government flooded...
‘Superheroes,’ which Donald Lacy calls ‘the most important play written in the last 25 years,’ was inspired by Gary Webb; it runs through Dec. 21 at the Cutting Ball Theater, 277 Taylor St., San...
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Remembering Yogi
by The People’s Minister of Information JR Valrey Many members of Yogi’s family spoke of their love for him. His daughter Allegra brought the house to tears with her message. – Photo: JR Valrey, Block...
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Love life, don’t take life: First Love Life billboard is up at 24th &...
This is the first of 25 Love Life billboards slated to be erected in Oakland. “Love Life” was adopted as Oakland’s official motto after a long, strong campaign by Donald Lacy and countless supporters....
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Oakland comedian Mario Hodge has a starring role in the upcoming film,...
Mario Hodge by JR Valrey, The People’s Minister of Information Mario Hodge is one of the funniest comedians coming from Oakland, California, on the scene today. He has a very blunt style of comedy,...
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Oakland says Johannes Mehserle is guilty
by Wanda Sabir It looked like what Louisiana must have looked like when the category 5 hurricane was confirmed and folks packed their stuff in their cars and got on the road headed away from New...
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Black media, Black liberation: an interview with People’s Minister of...
by Willie Ratcliff, publisher, San Francisco Bay View The fiery writing of JR Valrey, then about 22, began appearing in the Bay View a dozen years ago. Introduced to us by our long time columnist Kevin...
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Terry Collins and Willie Ratcliff, the OGs of KPOO and the Bay View, discuss...
Terry Collins, co-founder of KPOO 89.5FM, and Willie Ratcliff, publisher of the San Francisco Bay View, blessed the airwaves last Tuesday afternoon with a warm and revealing discussion of life and...
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Black Media Appreciation Night was a dream come true – thank you all!
by Mary Ratcliff We got to Yoshi’s early Monday night, Nov. 26, to set up for Black Media Appreciation Night, and there on the stage for the sound check was a magnificent African band. I’d expected a...
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‘The River’: an interview wit’ thespian Donald Lacy
by The People’s Minister of Information JR One of our best known Black broadcasters in the Bay Area is also one of the most well known Black thespians from these parts. After decades of honing his...
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KPFA’s Townhall on Racism: General manager asked to step down
by Karen Hutton On April 11, a large number of people affiliated with KPFA radio station convened at Laney College in Oakland to discuss a number of issues that have been plaguing the station for...
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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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Rev. Dr. Frederick Douglas Haynes III: No. 1 for me is economic equality
Interview by Donald E. Lacy Jr. Donald E. Lacy Jr.: Joining me right now, and it’s a pleasure, and I do mean a pleasure to welcome to my program for the very first time a man I’ve been hearing great...
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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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Dr. Willie Ratcliff on Black San Francisco
by Michael Chase and Ragina Johnson San Francisco’s African American population is shrinking – and fast. As a consequence of high unemployment among the Black population and gentrification and the...
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From KPFA to Block Report Radio Station
by The People’s Minister of Information JR On Sept. 13 of 2013, Pacifica Radio Executive Director Summer Reece signed a directive saying that I was banned from KPFA and all Pacifica radio stations...
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Go Baby Productions comedy shows bring smiles to Bay Area faces: an interview...
by The People’s Minister of Information JR Leroy Stansfield’s Go Baby Productions has been organizing some of the biggest local comedy shows in the Bay Area over the last few years. I met this local...
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‘Color Struck’: an interview wit’ thespian and comedian Donald Lacy
by The People’s Minister of Information JR Thespian, comedian, humanitarian, radio broadcaster and father would all be words to describe this Bay Area renaissance man who has been putting his stamp on...
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