BARRACK HUSSEIN OBAMA - IS COMING TO OAKLAND IN FEBRUARY - HOPEFULLY THE BUTTE FIRE SMOKE AND HAZE WILL CLEAR - THOSE ATTENDING THE WORKSHOPS - ADDRESS THE ALREADY - DIMINISHING BLACK POPULATION.

Talk is cheap - good actions count - the Black population in the Bay Area has diminished - spiraling down to 2% of the population of San Francisco.

At one time 25% of San Francisco - were Black and most held good jobs. Now, no more - we have had a Black Mayor before in Willie L.Brown Jr. and saw NO real progress in the lives of Black folks.

We saw - the erosion of the Middle Class continuing and and increasing in speed - during his sordid - regime.

Today we have another - Mayor in London Breed and Blacks folks are suffering - more our Elders - more in the Fillmore and the Bayview Hunters Point Area.

More Blacks are slowly dying on the streets of San Francisco than ever more.

The President of the SF Board of Supervisor is Malia Cohen - another Black who has failed - San Francisco. We do not have a sound shelter - with beds and a place to store one's belongings - yet in the Bayview Hunters Point.

We have 12,000 homeless - in San Francisco. The more we delve into this issues - we realize Blacks - suffer the most - more, our Elders who have to fend for themselves. I have been writing about this for the last 15 years.

There is talk about affordable housing - but no one can define affordable housing - for those that make less than $40,000  a year - many Blacks - the Elders - make less than $20,000 a year.

Thank God Malia Cohen term is ending soon - and she will working for the State - Board of Equalization - good riddance of very bad rubbish - Sacramento can have her - she has NO respect among the decent tax payers of San Francisco.

Both London Breed and Malia Cohen - are caught in the web of  " dark money " - and those that are associated with these two women - are tainted and will stay - tainted. 

That is all I will say - we speak Truth to Power.

Frederick Douglas (1818-1895)

Stellar Blacks have in the past - contributed to the City and County of San Francisco from its inception. Most of them did it on their own accord - they did not fall into the trap - begging corrupt politicians for help.

At about the same time Frederick Douglas was contributing his talents and making changes - on the East Coast - we had stellar and astute Blacks than called Negros - making contributions to the betterment of San Francisco.

We had over 25 newspapers, several washhouses where the elite visited to be clean up and dressed up.

Blacks,  had large warehouse, businesses of all types, schools, churches - Mary Ellen Pleasant ran a boarding house and owned thousands of acres of land - so many other Blacks who did us all proud - plaques placed all over San Francisco - point to the obvious.

Blacks lived on Pine Street and Bush Street and the surrounding areas - in good homes and lived well - most middle class. 

We have a Black Church - First Baptist Church by Market Street and the Central Freeway - some years ago - that celebrated its 150 years.

Much as the Ferry Building celebrated its 150 years - and some of us took the opportunity to have a Buffalo Soldiers exhibit - created by Anthony Powell - to showcase another stellar contribution - of Blacks here in San Francisco - at the Ferry Building.

We saw NO politician initiate and complete some of our accomplishments on many levels. Politicians use others - jump on the bandwagon to take credit - never, ever initiating anything for the betterment of the community at large.

Begging money from politicians is our tax payers money - and if some of them are political whores and pimps - it is best to stay away from them. People who deal with " dark money " are not to be trusted - that is my subjective opinion.

When we brought to the attention of those working to celebrate the 150 years anniversary - of the SF Port Authority - and brought to their notice the work and contribution of the famous Pullman Porter - that in their 80s and 90s still admire their demeanor and first class service - on the then railways that traversed the length and breath of the Nation.

Read more about the Pullman Porter :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pullman_porter

The Buffalo Soldiers 

the 9th and 10 Calvary -

the 24th and 25th Infantry Regiments -

were stationed at the Presidio of San Francisco -

in the 1900s

November 11, 2018 - the Veterans were honored -

at the SF Presidio Officers' Club -

 so was Ranger Rik Penn retiring from

the National Park Service after 25 years of service -

he helped arrange - Buffalo Soldiers tours.

The Buffalo Soldiers' Motorcycle Club -

from Oakland - graced the Nov 11, 2018

event held at the SF Presidio Club -

they all stand in unity to do the right thing 

so will David Wilkins and Anthony Powell who can

and will make a difference - we will respect and honor 

the Buffalo Soldiers and worked that to honor their legacy.

In the year 2018 - strongholds of Blacks  all over California are eroding - from San Diego, to Los Angeles, to San Francisco, to Sacramento and beyond.

 Some of us first realized this in the year 2000 - with the empirical data available - when The National Summit on Africa was held - February 16-20 - at Washington, D.C.

The National Summit on Africa - attended by thousands of attendees - from all over -  the United States and abroad.

While each delegation addressed some pressing issues dealing with the continent of Africa.

All the delegation present - representing all the States in our Nation - also dealt with the pressing issues of Blacks in the United States. 

California sent a large delegation the Chair Ramona Tascoe and the Vice-Chair Francisco Da Costa.

It is a crying shame in San Francisco - two document both available on line - the Unfinished Agenda from the 1960s and the latest one - initiated some years ago - The Out Migration - both documents worked upon by Blacks - talk the talk but have failed to walk the walk.

Here is the Out-Migration Document that speaks for itself :

https://sf-hrc.org/sites/default/files/Documents/Policy_Division/African_American_Leadership_Council/African_American_Out_Migration_2009.pdf

Brothers and Sisters my fight for the Buffalo Soldiers to keep their legacy is well documented. There is no doubt in the mind who will WIN in the end.

Right now we must NOT compromise our efforts without empirical data, with the infusion of the best minds and character - with a well know historian and curator - Anthony Powell - with some like Colonel David Wilkins who understand all that I am saying - we have been there - before.

Without the support of thousands to admire the Buffalo Soldiers - the many clubs formed and named after the Buffalo Soldiers - the Buffalo Soldiers' Motorcycle Club and more.

The Buffalo Soldiers Motorcycle Club -

they have supported the cause -

for a long time - and stand ready to deliver.

I remember when Major Sargent Ulysses Moore a Buffalo Soldier passed away - I remember the ceremony held at the Chapel of Chimes in Oakland - and who was present - Rik Penn, the Buffalo Soldiers from Oakland, Rik Penn differed and asked me to speak - I was hesitant - but I had to represent the Buffalo Soldiers.

We had to send his coffin to a City in Texas - and from there send the coffin to a small town - and arrangements were made to honor the last wishes of a Buffalo Soldier - Ulysses Moore.

Ulysses Moore owned a hotel in the Fillmore - where Black could stay - when Black could not stay - in other hotels and motels - right here in San Francisco.

Buffalo Soldier Sargent Ulysses Moore owned taxi cabs - and helped thousands - he made it a point - to place the United States flag - on each and every grave site - at the SF Presidio Veterans' Administration - others have carried his mission on.

I also remember attending the funeral of Ralph Hobson - who retired from the Naval Air Station - Alameda - a profession air-craft mechanic. He was my very good friend - and we gave him a - great farewell.

Ralph Hobson lived  in Vallejo and some of us visited him at home - he had his own Buffalo Soldiers Museum - one large room set aside to honor the legacy of the Buffalo Soldiers - we have video footage of the Museum - and will access it at the appropriate time.

Right now we have contacted Anthony Powell - who has done so much and has over million dollars worth of photographs, memorabilia, artifacts, uniforms - and is capable of leasing a large First Class Buffalo Soldiers Exhibit - we are asking for 5000 square feet at the SF Presidio of San Francisco to make this happen.

We do not want to get caught in some vague Request of Proposal - four entities have been chosen - none of them speak of embracing cultural competency and diversity.

I know some of the entities - who want to focus on state of art engineering, all sorts of futuristic concepts - Property Managers who want to build housing - and speak of non-profit and accomplishing art programs - but not a word about a museum. We are open to working with anyone - but we must be in the cockpit when it comes to the Buffalo Soldiers Museum - with Anthony Powell in charge.

This journey has been a long one - with burst and starts - and those interested saying one thing and doing another.

The Buffalo Soldiers have left a legacy - and we say let us honor them - and do justice to their legacy - and those that surround the accomplishment of this legacy - must NOT be tainted - have half-baked ideas - we will deliver a First Class Museum - and do justice to the Buffalo Soldiers and those that love them.

Our heart has to be in the right place - for us to take others to a good place. Aho.