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photograph Angela Pancrazio, Oakland Tribune Aug. 23, 1989 Photograph of site of all-night vigil where former Black Panther Party founder and member Huey Newton was killed. Candles burn on sidewalk where he was killed at night. A photo of him from many...	Song of the South Protest M.L. Cohen 2-Apr-47 A mixed group of African Americans and whites in front of the Paramount Theater in Oakland protest the Walt Disney film "Song of the South". They are carrying signs that read "We...
A Curse on the Men in Washington, Pentagon; Some Time This Summer Gary Snyder \| Steve Tyler 7-Jun-67 This sheet is printed on two side. First side is "A Curse on the Men in Washington, Pentagon" by Gary Snyder is a poem speaking out against the war in Vietnam and for a return to nature (living...	rock music poster David Singer ~ artist Mar. 5-7, 1971
pamphlet 1893 30 specialized cookbook, mostly from various food products companies, All are small pamphlets. Inez Brooks-Myers, March 12, 2009: Item H4631.284A is called "Culinary Wrinkles: Or How to...	TAP: Investigation of Memory Mildred Howard 1989 This is a mixed media installation constructed with metal shoe taps, an antique three-seat shoe-shine stand, assorted pairs of shoes that are spray-painted white, and delayed playback of ambient...
Singing Saints Sargent Johnson 1940 APPROXIMATE DATE: 1940 NOTES: Handbook selection, 1984. ARTIST BIRTH: 1888 ARTIST DEATH: 1967	Lest We Forget, The Strength of Tears, of Those Who Toiled Betye Saar 1998 This work is composed of three vintage washboards upon which historical photographs of African American female slaves have been placed. The ladder-like structure of the piece, which culminates...
Couple Dancing at Shalimar Club in Oakland Michelle Vignes 1983\|2002 From a series on the Blues of Oakland	My Next Door Neighbors, West Oakland Joanne Leonard 1965 Taken on Lewis Street This photograph is part of an archive the artist has donated of 2,000 negatives and 500 prints documenting her West Oakland neighborhood in the 1960s....
Stan (Shadow of Hand) Imogen Cunningham 1958	Untitled (Richmond Woman) Dorothea Lange 1942
Untitled (Two Women at Table) (#2448) Carrie Mae Weems 1990 edition 2/5	My Shadow Robert Colescott 1977 This is an acrylic painting on canvas of two figures dancing in a child's bedroom. A girl in a pink nightie and a boy in yellow pajamas, both wearing top hats, dance in syncopation at upper...
#15 Jonathan Parker 1993	Untitled ((Woman and Child at Balustrade)) unknown n.d. NOTES: Photos from local black family, Julia Campbell, who came to California in 1897.
The Blues in the Night Elsie Palmer Payne 1941	Big Teel Wagon-Plate E (Black Driver) John W. Winkler 1950
3rd and Alice George Post 1949 Exhibition Label: "Scene in Oakland", Oakland Museum of California March 9 - August 25, 2002 39. George Post (1906-1997) 3rd and Alice, 1949 Watercolor on...	Mississippi Johnny Waters at Home in Oakland Michelle Vignes 1983\|2002 From a series on The Blues in Oakland
Kenny Playing Sax at the De Luxe Inn in Oakland Michelle Vignes 1983\|2002 From a series on the Blues of Oakland	Beverly Playing the Blues at Eli Mile High club in Oakland Michelle Vignes 1982\|2002 From a series on the Blues of Oakland
Having a Good Time at Eli Mile High Club in Oakland Michelle Vignes 1983\|2002 From a series on the Blues of Oakland	Feeling the Blues at Shalimar in Oakland 1982 Michelle Vignes 1982\|2002 From a series on the Blues of IOakland