Oakland City Hall held its first Black History celebration tonight with an African style event with dancers and djembe drummers bringing the Holy Ghost to City Hall chambers. President of the Oakland City Council, Lynette McElhaney, dressed as the African Queen she is, presided over the celebration that began with her libations to the ancestors. Marvin X, heeding his advisers, called for the United Front of all ethnic groups to fight gentrification, joblessness, homelessness, globalism and other issues, especially in the Black Arts Movement Business District wherein property owners are doubling rents resulting in evictions such as the Post News Group and the Betti Ono Gallery, along with workers and common people living in the downtown area and throughout the city suffering Oakland's "hot" property market.
at Oakland City Council Black History Celebration.
photo Adam Turner, BAMBD Media Team/Post News Group
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