The Community Spot on Ocean View

04/23/2023

Here I am picture by myself with a very history photograph on the front of my t-shirt from the 19th Olympics games in 1968. In the other 2 photographs pictured separately is my good friend Wesley Williams who is standing with both the man John Carlos who happens to be one of the men on my t-shirt in this famous photo. The other photo of Wesley and the rather handsome young man is Biko Esisen-Martin who plays John Carlos in the World Premiere play call "XIXTH" showing for a limited time here in San Diego, CA. at the Old Globe theater in Balboa Park!

07/15/2022

Virtually attend the memorial services in celebration of the life of Dr. Willie Morrow.

07/04/2022

"He counts the number of the stars and calls them each by name". --Psalms 147:4

Dr. Willie L. Morrow: Celebration of a Life Well Lived
July 15th, 11 AM PST
Bayview Baptist Church
Streaming on preferred cremations.org

06/23/2022

Dr. Willie Morrow passed away yesterday. Join us in sending our deepest sympathies to his family and rejoice in the legacy he left for black health, beauty and aesthetics.




https://youtu.be/lK4rDAndwhc

Dr. Morrow started as a San Diego barber in 1959 to owning California Curl Company which created the “Jheri Curl” and the Afro pick before it was made popular.

02/26/2022

Music and the performing arts have not only entertained the masses; they have also served to document history ― from early American music like ragtime and jazz to R&B and hip-hop and several genres in between.

Time and time again, Black musicians mirror what's going on in the world through their music and through providing music for others to perform. Sidney Madden is a co-host of NPR's podcast "Louder Than a Riot," which focuses on the intersections of music and culture. Her expertise as a music journalist gives a glance into how Black culture has influenced the music and entertainment industry as whole.

"Every genre that is born from America has Black roots," says music journalist and podcast host Sidney Madden.

02/26/2022

The Underground Railroad—the resistance to enslavement through escape and flight, through the end of the Civil War—refers to the efforts of enslaved African Americans to gain their freedom by escaping bo***ge. Wherever slavery existed, there were efforts to escape. At first to maroon communities in remote or rugged terrain on the edge of settled areas and eventually across state and international borders. These acts of self-emancipation labeled slaves as "fugitives," "escapees," or "runaways," but in retrospect "freedom seeker" is a more accurate description. Many freedom seekers began their journey unaided and many completed their self-emancipation without assistance, but each subsequent decade in which slavery was legal in the United States, there was an increase in active efforts to assist escape.

NPS subject site for the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program containing historical information.

02/20/2022

Black comic book creators and artists show off their work at the fourth annual Black Com!x Day, a two-day Black History Month event.

02/19/2022

According to the official website of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL), the flag was developed in the 1920’s by the UNIA and with the support of Marcus Garvey, as a response to a racially derogatory song.

Its Origin and the UNIA According to the official website of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL), the

02/12/2022

Often referred to as "The Black National Anthem," Lift Every Voice and Sing was a hymn written as a poem by NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson in 1900. His brother, John Rosamond Johnson (1873-1954), composed the music for the lyrics. A choir of 500 schoolchildren at the segregated Stanton School, where James Weldon Johnson was principal, first performed the song in public in Jacksonville, Florida to celebrate President Abraham Lincoln's birthday.

Lift Evry Voice and Sing is known as the Black National Anthem. Written by James Wheldon Johnson in 1900, it became popular during the Civil Rights Movement.

02/07/2022

As we celebrate Black History Month, which takes place every February, RespectAbility recognizes the contributions made and the important presence of African Americans to the United States. It is important to note this includes more than 5.6 million African Americans living with a disability in the U.S., 3.4 million of which are working-age African Americans with disabilities. Therefore, we would like to reflect on the realities and challenges that continue to shape the lives of African Americans with disabilities.

Black History Month recognizes the contributions made and the important presence of African Americans to the United States; includes more than 5.6 million African Americans living with a disability in the U.S.

02/05/2022

The Civil Rights Movement of the 1950’s and 1960’s came about out of the need and desire for equality and freedom for African Americans and other people of color. Nearly one hundred years after slavery was abolished, there was widespread segregation, discrimination, disenfranchisement and racially motivated violence that permeated all personal and structural aspects of life for black people. “Jim Crow” laws at the local and state levels barred African Americans from classrooms and bathrooms, from theaters and train cars, from juries and legislatures.

The Civil Rights Movement of the 1950’s and 1960’s came about out of the need and desire for equality and freedom for African Americans and other people of color. Nearly one…

06/02/2021

"In this 4-day artistic expedition, gaining a deeper understanding of historical context of the African Diaspora’s connection to the motherland herself, every participant will take the necessary steps to go from replicating a ritual, regimen, or routine into applying it in their lived experience by being the breath (roots+spirit) for others that they seek within themselves."

June 7 - 14, 2021

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04/15/2021

No-appointment Pfizer vaccine opportunity today from 9:30am-3:30pm at Border View YMCA and at Mountain View Educational Cultural Complex. Must be 16 years of age or older. First-come, first-served.

Border View YMCA, 3601 Arey Dr., San Diego

Mountain View, Educational Cultural Complex, 4343 Ocean View Blvd. , San Diego

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03/05/2021

03/03/2021

From a report on sundown towns to interviews with Angela Davis and Emmett Till’s mother, here are highlights from the American Archive of Public Broadcasting.

03/02/2021

"We appreciate all of the outpouring of love and affection," his daughter, Vickee Jordan, said in a statement.