Favianna Rodriguez was born on September 26, 1978. Favianna Rodriguez is a self-identified queer Latina with Afro-Peruvian roots who currently resides in East ...
Jerold Dwight Ellis III, a.k.a. Yukmouth, was born on October 18, 1974 in Oakland, CA. Yukmouth is an American Grammy-nominated rapper, documentarian, and foun...
Daniel Clowes is a cartoonist, illustrator, graphic novelist, and screenwriter. Recently in interviews Clowes has said that he has lived in Oakland for nearly ...
Raymond “Boots” Riley was born on April 1, 1971 and is a founding member and lead vocalist for the Coup, a radical, edgy, Oakland-based underground hip-hop gro...
Oree Originol was born on September 11, 1984 in Glendale, CA. Oree was inspired by gang culture in his neighborhood by writing also known as graffiti. He began...
Karen Seneferu was born on August 6, 1960 in Oakland, California. As a child in Oakland, she took part in the Black Panther’s free breakfast program. Having be...
Roman Martinez, alternatively spelled Ramon Martinez, was born on December 3, 1904 and died on June 8, 1950. He was born in Winslow, AZ but moved to Oakland, C...
William Wong is an author and journalist with a focus on justice for the Asian-American community, immigration, and the history of Oakland Chinatown. Observati...
Delilah Leontium Beasley, born on September 9, 1867 in Cincinnati, Ohio, was a scholar, pioneer, and powerhouse. She was a devout Roman Catholic with a strong ...
Ina Donna Coolbrith was born on March 10, 1841 in Nauvoo, Illinois. Ina was a writer, poet, teacher, and librarian in the SF Bay Area in the 19th and early 20t...
Harold Padeo, a.k.a. Harold Padio, Harold Patio, and Albert Paddio, was a pioneering jazz valve trombonist during the Ragtime era. Jelly Roll Morton was record...
