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Vol. 63 No. 24 |
Thursday, June 15, 2023
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Serving San Diego County’s African & African American Communities 63 Years
DIEGO COUNTY JUNETEENTH SAN Raises The 2023: Juneteenth
CALIFORNIA Flag CELEBRATES BLACK FREEDOM By Edward Henderson CALIFORNIA BLACK MEDIA Juneteenth officially became a federal holiday in 2021 when President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law. Even before that national proclamation, Juneteenth had been recognized as a holiday in California. California Black Media spoke with Ronald Preston Clark, a writer and educator in San Diego. He shared his perspective on the hol-
A ceremonial raising of the Juneteenth flag took place the morning of June 13, 2023, at 7:30 a.m. outside the San Diego County Administration Center. Supervisor Joel Anderson sponsored the event, in partnership with the African American Association of County Employees (AAACE), and others. In 2021, June 19th was designated as a federal holiday in observance of Juneteenth. PHOTO: Amara N. Beaty/Voice & Viewpoint
iday and how, even though he grew up in a family connected to Black culture, he did not really appreciate the full significance of the Juneteenth until he was a student at Hampton University, an Historically Black College and University (HBCU) in Virginia. See JUNETEENTH page 2
Remembering Gerri Warren 1946–2009
PUBLISHER, WIFE, MOTHER, DAUGHTER, SISTER, PASTOR, FRIEND
SEE PAGE 9
BLACK inGENIUS STUDENTS CELEBRATED SEE PAGE 10
JUNTEENTH CROSSWORD PUZZLE! SEE PAGE 18
Pictured here: The Texas African American History Memorial, located in Austin, Texas, is an outdoor monument commemorating the impact of African Americans installed on the State Capitol grounds/Moab Republic. PHOTO: CBM
Covid-19 cases in southeast SOURCE: County of San Diego [Data through 6/3/2023, Updated 6/8/2023]
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DIEGO “THE ARTISTS SAN BLACK ARTS + WILL LEAD THIS” CULTURE DISTRICT
CELEBRATES ITS ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY
Contributing Writer, Malachi Kudura AND VOICE & VIEWPOINT STAFF
Gaidi Finnie, Executive Director of the San Diego African American Museum of Fine Arts at Second Chance on Friday, June 9, 2023. PHOTO: Malachi Kudura
It was one short year ago that City Council President Pro Tem Monica Montgomery Steppe led the San Diego City Council’s unanimous and historic vote to approve the new San Diego Black Arts and Culture District, now located along nine blocks of the Imperial Avenue Corridor between 61st and 69th Streets. On Friday, June 9, 2023, the San Diego African American Museum of Fine Art (SDAAMFA) hosted the San Diego Black Arts and Culture District’s One Year Anniversary celebration at the Second Chance Headquarters on Imperial Avenue. See ARTISTS page 4
HOW FOUR CALIFORNIA CITIES
ARE APPROACHING REPARATIONS FOR BLACK RESIDENTS By Antonio Ray Harvey CALIFORNIA BLACK MEDIA
Dr. Michael Stoll, director of UCLA Ralph Bunche Center's Black Policy Project, testifies before the California Reparations Task Force in Los Angeles about a study, research, and data concerning the Black experience across the state. Right of Stoll are UCLA graduates and scholars Jendayln Coulter, Chinyere Nwonye, and Elliot Wood. Sept.23, 2022. PHOTO: CBM
The California Reparations Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans will hold its last in-person meeting on June 29 in Sacramento. The meeting will take place in the First Floor Auditorium of the March Fong Eu Secretary of State Building, located at 1500 11th Street.
DR. CORNEL WEST COMES TO ECC IN SAN DIEGO SEE PAGE 9
Left to right: Laila Aziz of Pillars of the Community and scholar Cornel West at the Educational Cultural Center on June 10, 2023. PHOTO: Mike Norris
See REPARATIONS page 2
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