Black Cultural Events

Eso Won Books Writes Its Closing Chapter

Eso Won Books, part of the Los Angeles book scene for more than 33 years and one of the country’s most prominent Black bookstores, will close by the end of 2022, co-owner James Fugate confirmed. Independent, Black-owned bookstore Eso Won Books, part of the Los Angeles book scene for more than 33 years, will close by the end of 2022, co-owner James Fugate told PW. Fugate said the same on Tavis Smiley’s June 7 KBLA podcast, after sharing a [Read More...]

Samella Lewis, tireless champion of African American art, dies at 99

“Art is not a luxury as many people think,” she said. “It is a necessity.” When Samella Lewis began teaching art history in the 1950s and ′60s, Black artists were often shut out of major American museums, passed over in favor of European masters and White abstract expressionists. Artists of color had few opportunities to reach a wide audience, she later recalled, and “there was no African American museum west of the [Read More...]

Actor Hill Harper launches The Black Wall Street platform aimed at empowering investors of color

The Black Wall Street app goes live on June 1 and will offer a digital wallet for peer-to-peer payment and the ability to trade cryptocurrencies. Nearly a century after Black Wall Street — a center of Black business in the Greenwood district of Tulsa, Oklahoma, that was destroyed in a racial attack — “The Good Doctor” actor Hill Harper is launching a fintech app of the same name to empower investors of color. The Black Wall Street app [Read More...]

Amber Wynn, Philanthrepreneur

Amber Wynn, “Philanthrepreneur”, helps Founders remove the guesswork of funding their nonprofits by providing a roadmap for diversifying revenue streams that lead to long-term sustainability. Because nonprofit does not mean No Profit. Amber Wynn provides Executive Directors of nonprofit organizations with solutions for the challenging and complex issues of governance, operations, planning, training management and Read more »

JWise Projects

JWiseProjects.com

JWise Projects is your secret weapon for bringing projects to completion; specializing in events, retail, and business operations – allow us to manage your initiatives so you can focus on your next big idea! Juliana Wise is a dreamer who pushes through difficult or impossible and delivers results. She has a deep desire to organize, to Read more »

Zella’s Soulfood Kitchen

499 14th St., ste. 117, Oakland CA

Monday — Friday: 7:30am—3:00pm Saturday & Sunday: Closed Zella’s Soulful Kitchen is a full service catering company and cafe that creates delicious home-cooked farm fresh foods that feed the soul. Enjoy our cafe menu or our prepared foods deli case that’s filled with an abundant selection of seasonal items that rotate and are sold by the pound for Read more »

Vegan Mob

500 Lake Park Ave, Oakland, California, USA

Our mission here at Vegan Mob is to provide nutritious and healthy food with plant-based ingredients. Our passion is to help surrounding communities by empowering them with food they love and enjoy, while also supporting a healthy life-style. 11am-7pm Tuesday-Sunday COVID-19 Update: Pickup and Delivery Available on UberEats and Caviar. Read more »

Southern Café

2000 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland, CA 94602, USA

Souley Vegan

301 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94607, USA

Don’t be fooled by the name, this cuisine is not only for vegan’s and vegetarian’s. Though our food is 100% vegan many of our daily customers are meat eaters and they LOVE the food! “Good food is good food” we are changing minds daily and invite you to come and sit at our table and Read more »