Wanda's Picks

This is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay!  1. As they push the Alameda County DA, Nancy O'Malley to reopen the case of Oscar Grant who was shot Jan.1, 2009 as he was detained and bound on the platform-- and charge Head Officer at the time, Anthony Pirone with "felony murder." Also the community is asked to call the BART Board and ask that "underlying documents from law firm Myers Nave be released to Grant's family. Uncle Bobby X, Rev. Wanda Johnson, Sis. Elaine Brown, Hon. Walter Rile