California
Home where Black Panther Party founded flipped
The Black Panther party preached “power to the people,” but in the San Francisco Bay area’s thriving real estate market, the power is in the property. Realtors expected to close a deal Friday on the Oakland home where the militant black power group was founded in 1966. Panther co-founder Bobby Seale’s family sold the house [...]
30 students in racial brawl at Calif. high school
Dozens of students battled each other at a California high school Wednesday in a racially motivated brawl between black and Latino students that left four injured and two under arrest, authorities said. At least 30 students traded punches and kicks in a series of fights that erupted in a Carson High School courtyard during the [...]
Court hears challenge to CA affirmative action ban
Backers of affirmative action asked a federal appeals court Monday to overturn California’s 15-year-old ban on considering race in public college admissions, citing a steep drop in black, Latino and Native American students at the state’s elite campuses. A three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeal heard arguments in the latest legal [...]
Legendary blues singer Etta James dies in Calif.
Etta James’ performance of the enduring classic “At Last” was the embodiment of refined soul: Angelic-sounding strings harkened the arrival of her passionate yet measured vocals as she sang tenderly about a love finally realized after a long and patient wait. In real life, little about James was as genteel as that song. The platinum [...]
Black Entrepreneurs Gain a Foothold in Silicon Valley
When Chris Bennett moved to Silicon Valley from Miami in 2010 to jump-start his Web business, his first goal was to join a community of fellow black entrepreneurs. “Then I realized there was no community,” said Bennett, the CEO of website builder Central.ly. Bennett is now a leader of the group Black Founders, which works [...]
