After a chilly start, we had perfect weather for the walk celebrating Black History Month, sponsored by Oakland Urban Paths and the city of Oakland Walking Tours program. The walk was based on the “New Era, New Politics” tour, but with more time, we were able to talk about more people and more subjects. We had 4 speakers (plus comments and questions from the group), so there was a lot of information shared in a short amount of time.

Check out some great photos from the walk by John Prince. Several are displayed below, but there are more in his gallery.

Below are some of people, places and subjects we talked about, organized by where we stopped. Most of them are links to more information on the Oakland Wiki.

• Other Black History Month events for 2017
• Black History in Oakland bibliography

African American Museum and Library of Oakland

• Eugene and Ruth Lasartemay
• Jesse and Dr. Marcella Ford
• East Bay Negro Historical Society
• Dr. Lawrence Crouchett
• AAMLO

Ronald Dellums Federal Building

• Judge Donald McCullum
• C. L. Dellums
• Ron Dellums
• Barbara Lee
• Kamala Harris
• Byron Rumford
• redlining

Elihu Harris State Building

• Elihu Harris
• Capt. William Shorey
• Shorey House
• Cultural Heritage Survey

Oakland City Hall

• Jenny Prentiss
• Henry Gardner
• Lionel Wilson

City Center

• John B. Williams
• John B. Willams Plaza
• Thomas Berkley
• Robert Maynard
• Delilah Beasley
• Geoffrey Pete
• Joyce Gordon

Alice Street Mural

• Alice Street Mural
• Community Rejuvanation Project
• Malonga Casquelourd
• Ruth Beckford
• Destiny Muhammad
• Khalil Shaheed
• Chauncey Bailey
• Jerri Lange

Kaiser Convention Center

• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Calvin Simmons
• Marcus Foster
• Ida Louise Jackson
• Elizabeth Flood
• James Vann
• Measure DD

Alameda County Courthouse

• Black Panther Party
• Huey Newton
• Bobby Seale
• Angela Davis
• Bobby Hutton
• Elaine Brown
• Emory Douglas
• Ericka Huggins

Quite a list! We didn’t have time to include people from sports, music, church history, etc. That’s what we could fit in 2.5 hours.

Thanks to the speakers, Annalee Allen, Cathy Leonard, Liam O’Donaghue, and Gene Anderson. And thanks to our speaker carrier, Rollie! Special thanks to OUPer Charlie Lenk for bringing up the rear and keeping us together (and the top photo), and to John Prince for the use of his photos.