Archive for January, 2009
Photos from the Inauguration
Oakland Post photographer Adam Turner took some great photos from the historic event.
More photos from the road
Trip update: Family Reunions and gumbo
We’re getting close! After we left Tennessee last night after driving though Oklahoma, Santa Rosa NM and Arizona. Here’s whats been going down-
More views from the road
On the road-lost wallets, luggage and New Zealand
So far the trip is amazing and love is in the air.
Everyone on board is definitely excited about going to witness history but the reasons for traveling by bus vary from person to person. We’ve had our first “casualty.”
Mr Johnson’s lady friend got on board and sat in her seat and said “no way”. [...]
“Get on the Bus With Us”
Inspired by the success of the grassroots campaign of the Obama committee, and a dream to get to DC and witness history, The Bay Area Inaugural Team (B.A.I.T) was formed and recently hosted a meet and greet mixer before the holidays at Santa’s Crib in the Fruitvale District of Oakland.
The turn out was great. Reporters [...]
Barack and Michaëlle: Governing North America
By Paul Cobb
When both of the heads of state of Canada and the United States happen to be Black, it is a rare convergence of leadership for the North American Continent.
Michaelle Jean, became the first Black Canadian Governnor General in 2005 and Barack Obama, President-elect of the United States of Amerca will become first Black [...]
Morrie Turner’s Tribute to Barack Obama
Morrie Turner, an Oakland native, created the Wee Pals comic strip in 1965. The Wee Pals comic strip characters portray a world without prejudice, a world in which people’s differences — race, religion, gender, and physical and mental ability– are cherished, not scorned.
We’re Getting on the Bus to D.C.
Bay Area residents and businesses are organizing the Obama Presidential Inauguration “Get On The Bus Trip to Washington, D.C.,” hosted by Everett & Jones Barbeque in conjunction with MacArthur Tours and Transportation, Judicial Self-Help Center and Financial Freedom Security Services, Inc.
The Oakland Post and the Post Newsgroup are exclusively providing Media coverage of this entire [...]
