Sacramento Observer
SACRAMENTO – Minnijean Brown-Trickey, one of the Little Rock Nine students who desegregated Little Rock Arkansas’ Central High School in the 1950s, said she and her young civil rights counterparts indeed went through a tumultuous time. But she also expressed the vile and unpleasant harassment their parents had to suffer too in some aspects of [...]
On a quiet Sunday afternoon two days before the November Election, Allen Warren was sitting in his campaign headquarters moving his fork through exquisite, fragrant cuisine from the several cultures of his supporters. Spicy southern chicken dishes, Mexican delicacies and the unique dishes of Hmong volunteers made up yet another campaign meal in his headquarters [...]
NORTH SACRAMENTO – The Roberts Family Development Center in partnership with Mt. Olive Baptist Church is excited to present a parent empowerment workshop entitled “Promoting Parent Leadership for Student Success” featuring Dr. Darlene Willis & Marsha Dobson. This Workshop will be held Saturday, February 23rd and will be held a Mt. Olive Baptist Church located [...]
SACRAMENTO – The Black History Month documentary, “The Time is Now: The Civic Life of Sacramento’s Nathaniel S. Colley” will air at 7:00 p.m., Feb. 20, on KVIE. The documentary examines the life of Sacramento’s first practicing African American attorney, who spent 50 years shaping the course of American history. Colley’s pursuit of civil rights [...]
SACRAMENTO – Every year during Black History Month, George Wyatt Porter would visit schools and participate at events around Sacramento to tell the story of the Tuskegee Airmen. The Tuskegee Airmen are African American soldiers who overcame segregation and prejudice to become one of the most highly respected fighter groups during World War II. It [...]
SACRAMENTO – Many of the state’s leading educators will gather in Sacramento Feb. 20-22 as the California Association of African American Superintendents and Administrators (CAAASA) convenes its annual conference, with an agenda to develop strategies for tackling some of the most difficult challenges facing Black students across California. With President Obama’s executive order — the [...]
LOS ANGELES – A Superior Court judge has reduced sentences of five three-strikes inmates as a first step in carrying out a voter-approved initiative to soften the state’s tough sentencing law. Proposition 36 was overwhelmingly approved by voters. It provides for reducing sentences for relatively minor crimes under a law that sent inmates to prison [...]
SACRAMENTO – The California Black Chamber of Commerce and its President Aubry Stone host the 2013 Welcome Back Reception for new members and leaders of the California Legislature from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at the Sheraton Grand Hotel, 1230 J Street. The annual Legislative reception is attended by a wide [...]
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Jerry Brown has begun aggressively challenging federal court oversight of California’s prison system by highlighting what he says is a costly conflict of interest: The private law firms representing inmates and the judges’ own hand-picked authorities benefit financially by keeping the cases alive. How much are they making? A tally by The [...]
SACRAMENTO – She may not have seen many faces that looked like hers, but Tylerann Farley saw a future in ice skating and went for it. Today the Sacramento native is inspiring other little girls to “Dare To Dream,” as an ensemble cast member in Disney On Ice’s lastest show. Farley returns this week to [...]
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