Archive for the ‘People’ Category
Oakland Police Didn’t Expect a Priest
Archive Entry Date: 2016
Importance of Father Earl Neil's actions in protecting the Black Panthers and helping the Black Panthers reach into the community.
40 Years Later, Jodi Mitchell Reflects on Her Time on the Streets
Archive Entry Date: 12/25/2012
"I felt myself receding, disappearing behind a veil, ...fearing I may never find my way back"
Nacio Jan Brown at Berkeley’s Journalism School
Archive Entry Date: 9/2012
The photographer speaks about his career and Rag Theater
Father Earl Neil
Archive Entry Date: 2006
History of Father Earl Neil and his journey from priesthood to activism.
Jodi Mitchell’s Book Proposal
Archive Entry Date: 2002
A "physical on-the-road journey" and "deeply heartfelt, spiritual and philosophical awakening"
“In Which Jodi Gets Kidnapped”
Archive Entry Date: 1999
Jodi Mitchell describes scuffling on the street — and the "guardian angels" who saved her
The Rainbow Sign Can Use Some Help
Archive Entry Date: 4/18/1975
With Nina Simone's help, Mary Ann Pollar clarified the Rainbow Sign's educational mission
A Rooftop View
Archive Entry Date: c. 1973
In the aftermath of a Telegraph Ave protest, the crowd disperses
Memo to You from Mary Ann Pollar
Archive Entry Date: August 1972
Pollar posed the question: "If Black people got together, what songs would they sing?"
Hallelujah! The People’s Revolutionary Gospel
Archive Entry Date: 12/18/1971
Father Earl Neil dilated on his time in the trenches of the Civil Rights Movement and his path to joining up with the Black Panthers
A Troubling Smile
Archive Entry Date: c. 1971
An older man lifting up a woman's shirt, in a jumbled-up moment on the Ave
Bill Smallwood on Mary Ann Pollar
Archive Entry Date: 11/4/1971
Mary Ann Pollar made an Oakland Post columnist want to "run up a flag signifying, Right On!"
Photograph of Mary Ann Pollar, Henry Pollar and Mary Jane Johnson
Archive Entry Date: August 1971
Kinship and camaraderie
Three Card Molly on Telegraph Ave
Archive Entry Date: c. 1971
In a card game, street hustle and performance art
The Role of the Church and the Survival Program
Archive Entry Date: 5/15/1971
Father Earl Neil delineated how the Black Panthers could tap into the historic power of the Black church
Jodi’s Third Journal
Archive Entry Date: 1971
"Thru understanding, patience, silence, hope, and kindness I must share and spread the love, goodness, truth, and purity of Mother Nature, of God"
A Moment Stolen from Reading Together
Archive Entry Date: c. 1971
Looking up from an underground comic
Jodi’s Second Journal
Archive Entry Date: 1970-1971
"I kind of live on the outside of life. I'll take a taste of everything but never completely give myself to anything."
