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10th Annual Oscar Grant Vigil: photos and full audio

by Dave Id
Wed, Jan 9, 2019 6:42PM
Family, friends, and supporters gathered on January 1 at the Fruitvale BART station to mark ten years since Oscar Grant was murdered. (Full audio of the vigil and photos of all speakers below, as well as two video clips.)
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[Photo: Oscar Grant Committee Against Police Brutality banner, Fruitvale Station, 1/1/2019.]


Beyond expressing deep gratitude for everyone who has stood by them and demanded justice for Oscar over the last decade, the family looks forward to the unveiling of a new Oscar Grant mural at the station on March 23, as well as continuing the fight to rename the station and an adjacent street in Oscar's honor.


See also:

A Celebration of the Justice for Oscar Grant Protesters
Without Rebellions and Protests, Oscar Grant Would Have Received Little Justice
https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/01/04/18820105.php

Oscar Grant Honored at Fruitvale BART Station
Oakland Remembers Oscar Grant on Tenth Anniversary of His Murder
https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/01/08/18820170.php

Be sure to check out the most comprehensive archive of Justice for Oscar Grant Movement coverage:
For more information: http://www.indybay.org/oscargrant
§Full audio of vigil
by Dave Id
Wed, Jan 9, 2019 6:42PM
Listen now:
Copy the code below to embed this audio into a web page:
Download Audio (157.7MB) | Embed Audio
(audio 3:49:30)

Times for individual speakers and performers indicated below their photographs.
http://www.indybay.org/oscargrant
§Steven Parker, of the Steven Parker Radio Show, MC'd the first part of the vigil
by Dave Id
Wed, Jan 9, 2019 6:42PM
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§Bishop Sean Teal, New Hope Baptist Church, Oakland
by Dave Id
Wed, Jan 9, 2019 6:42PM
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(:55)
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§Venus Noble sings the Black National Anthem
by Dave Id
Wed, Jan 9, 2019 6:42PM
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(3:30)
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§Skylar Williams, Oscar Grant's cousin
by Dave Id
Wed, Jan 9, 2019 6:42PM
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(7:30)
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§Pastor Tommy Smith, Palma Ceia Baptist Church
by Dave Id
Wed, Jan 9, 2019 6:42PM
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(8:30)
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§Pastor Kim
by Dave Id
Wed, Jan 9, 2019 6:42PM
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(14:30)
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§Sandra Eve, Oscar Grant Foundation
by Dave Id
Wed, Jan 9, 2019 6:42PM
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(16:45)
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§Raquel Nicole Jeté
by Dave Id
Wed, Jan 9, 2019 6:42PM
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(23:00)
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§Black Lives Matter. Silence = More Deaths
by Dave Id
Wed, Jan 9, 2019 6:42PM
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§Lateefah Simon, BART Board of Directors / Akonadi Foundation
by Dave Id
Wed, Jan 9, 2019 6:42PM
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(28:30)
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§Sister Beatrice X
by Dave Id
Wed, Jan 9, 2019 6:42PM
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(31:15)
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§Pastor Terry Benjamin
by Dave Id
Wed, Jan 9, 2019 6:42PM
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(36:30)
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§Mustafa Muhyee, Basic Ministry
by Dave Id
Wed, Jan 9, 2019 6:42PM
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(38:30)
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§Tatiana, Oscar's 14-year-old daughter, and her grandmother Wanda Johnson
by Dave Id
Wed, Jan 9, 2019 6:42PM
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(41:45)
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§Praise Dance with Ahkea, Josh, and Nashawn
by Dave Id
Wed, Jan 9, 2019 6:42PM
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(47:00)
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§Dre T, Foreign Native, MCs the remainder of the vigil
by Dave Id
Wed, Jan 9, 2019 6:42PM
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(52:30)
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§Vejanay
by Dave Id
Wed, Jan 9, 2019 6:42PM
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(54:30)
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§Sharday Efay Adams
by Dave Id
Wed, Jan 9, 2019 6:42PM
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(1:00:30)
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§Lynette Gibson McElhaney, Oakland City Council
by Dave Id
Wed, Jan 9, 2019 6:59PM
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(1:05:30)
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§Oscar's elders: three uncles, aunt, grandmother, and mother
by Dave Id
Wed, Jan 9, 2019 6:59PM
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left to right: Cephus Johnson, Darryl Johnson, Bonnie Johnson, and Wanda Johnson

Cephus Johnson reads a letter from Rose Petolina, sister of Sophina Mesa who was Oscar's fiancee and is the mother of Tatiana, recounting Oscar on his final day and events after his murder. Oscar's grandmother Bonnie Johnson speaks with all five of her children present. Oscar's aunt and mother Wanda also speak.
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§Donna Smith, Oscar's godmother
by Dave Id
Wed, Jan 9, 2019 6:59PM
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(1:35:30)
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§Cat Brooks, Anti Police-Terror Project and 2018 Oakland mayoral candidate
by Dave Id
Wed, Jan 9, 2019 6:59PM
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(1:49:00)
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§Video of Cat Brooks
by Dave Id
Wed, Jan 9, 2019 6:59PM
Copy the code below to embed this movie into a web page:
Download Video (147.1MB) | Embed Video
(video length 9:29)
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§MC Alia Sharrief
by Dave Id
Wed, Jan 9, 2019 6:59PM
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(1:59:45)
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§Mistah F.A.B.
by Dave Id
Wed, Jan 9, 2019 6:59PM
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(2:07:45)
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§Lakita Denise Long
by Dave Id
Wed, Jan 9, 2019 6:59PM
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(2:18:45)
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§OG Ballers basketball team, including Tatiana Grant
by Dave Id
Wed, Jan 9, 2019 6:59PM
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(2:26:00)
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§Oscar's friends Nigel & Jackie Bryson, Michael Greer, Fernando "June" Anicete, and Anthony on stage
by Dave Id
Wed, Jan 9, 2019 6:59PM
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On stage with Oscar's friends are Jack Bryson, Cephus Johnson, and Tatiana. Carlos Reyes, who was with Oscar on the Fruitvale BART platform in 2009, was not present at the vigil. Oscar's friends Johntue Caldwell and Kris Rafferty were murdered in 2011 and 2016, respectively.
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§Video of Oscar Grant's friends
by Dave Id
Wed, Jan 9, 2019 6:59PM
Copy the code below to embed this movie into a web page:
Download Video (115.0MB) | Embed Video
(video length 7:24)
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§Minister Christopher Muhammad, Nation of Islam
by Dave Id
Wed, Jan 9, 2019 6:59PM
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(2:39:45)
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§Minister Keith Muhammad, Nation of Islam
by Dave Id
Wed, Jan 9, 2019 6:59PM
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(2:44:15)
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§Bishop Franzo King
by Dave Id
Wed, Jan 9, 2019 6:59PM
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(2:50:15)
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§Dr. Ameer Hasan Loggins, Colin Kaepernick Know Your Rights Foundation
by Dave Id
Wed, Jan 9, 2019 6:59PM
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(2:54:00)
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§Tongo Eisen-Martin
by Dave Id
Wed, Jan 9, 2019 6:59PM
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(3:02:15)
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§Russell Maroon Shoatz III
by Dave Id
Wed, Jan 9, 2019 6:59PM
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(3:06:45)

Russell's father, Russell Maroon Shoatz Jr., member of the Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army, has been a political prisoner since 1972: russellmaroonshoats.wordpress.com
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§Justice for All People of Color
by Dave Id
Wed, Jan 9, 2019 6:59PM
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§Kev Choice, on keyboard, performs with Soul Development and friends
by Dave Id
Wed, Jan 9, 2019 6:59PM
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(3:17:00)
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§Soul Development singer
by Dave Id
Wed, Jan 9, 2019 6:59PM
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§Soul Development
by Dave Id
Wed, Jan 9, 2019 7:06PM
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§Soul Development
by Dave Id
Wed, Jan 9, 2019 7:06PM
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§Gina Madrid
by Dave Id
Wed, Jan 9, 2019 7:06PM
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§Soul Development
by Dave Id
Wed, Jan 9, 2019 7:06PM
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§Soul Development
by Dave Id
Wed, Jan 9, 2019 7:06PM
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§Jennifer Johns
by Dave Id
Wed, Jan 9, 2019 7:06PM
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§Wanda Johnson closes the vigil with gratitude, a song, and a prayer
by Dave Id
Wed, Jan 9, 2019 7:06PM
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(3:44:30)
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§Wanda, Cephus, Kev Choice, and Soul Development
by Dave Id
Wed, Jan 9, 2019 7:06PM
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