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California/Hawaii NAACP – Dismantling Racism and Disrupting Inequality

Antonio Ray Harvey, California Black MediaDecember 21, 2023

Ida B. Wells-Barnett (1862–1931), a Black investigative journalist, women’s rights activist, and civil rights advocate, is renowned for her campaign against lynching. Wells-Barnett was instrumental in shaping public opinion against lynching through her newspaper editorials, pamphlets, clubs, and lecture tours across the northern United States. Wells held the position of secretary in the Afro-American Council, where she led its anti-lynching bureau. Her efforts paved the way for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s (NAACP) anti-lynching campaign. Following the racial violence of the 1908 Springfield massacre in Illinois, the NAACP was founded on Feb. 12, 1909. The organization

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How Four California Cities are Approaching Reparations for Black Residents

Antonio Ray Harvey, California Black MediaJune 15, 2023

The California Reparations Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans will hold its last in-person meeting on June 29, in Sacramento.

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New Black SF DA Promises Smarter Crime Fight After Fed Up Californians Reject Liberal DAs

Antonio Ray Harvey, California Black MediaJuly 21, 2022

A little over a month after San Franciscans ousted uber-liberal District Attorney Chesa Boudin in the June 7 primary, an effort to remove another progressive big city top cop, Los Angeles County D.A. George Gascon, moved one step closer to becoming a reality. Last week, the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder’s office announced that it had verified enough signatures in a random sampling of people supporting the petition to recall Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon. That number meets the threshold that authorizes the clerk’s office to move forward with the recall process, which should be completed by August 17. In

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Calif. Reparations Task Force Is Working to Repair Communications Strategy

Antonio Ray Harvey, California Black MediaApril 21, 2022

Sen. Steven Bradford (D-Gardena) summed up what he viewed as the reason for low turnout and public engagement at the ninth meeting of the California Task Force to Study and Develop Reparations Proposals for African Americans.

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Black Leaders Voice Strong Support for Gov. Newsom as Voters Return Recall Ballots

Edward Henderson, California Black MediaSeptember 2, 2021

Last week in support of the campaign to stop the recall of Gov. Gavin Newsom, Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA-13) organized a ‘Black Leaders Press Conference.’ Ninety influential Black leaders in education, the church, politics, civil rights, and more – as well as members of the California Legislative Black Caucus — attended the meeting last Tuesday via Zoom.

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California’s Reparations Effort Takes Shape as Governor Appoints Five Members to Task Force

Bo Tefu, California Black MediaMay 13, 2021

Last week, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced his allotment of five of nine representatives to the nation’s first-ever Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans. The state task force is being assembled to meet the mandate of the Assembly Bill (AB) 3121, a landmark legislation Gov. Newsom signed into law last September 2020 that aims to promote racial justice and equity.