FOR LAST NIGHT'S POSTPONED GAMED
. THERE MAKING A PUSH FOR
RACIAL JUSTICE.
THE NBA PLAYOFFS HAVE BEEN
POSTPONED FOR A SECOND DAY
ACCORDING TO REPORTS AND
PLAYERS VOTED TO RESUME GAMES
THIS WEEKEND.
THIS FOLLOWS THE WALK OFF OVER
THE SHOOTING OF JACOB LAKE.
A LOT OF CLEANUP IN
DOWNTOWN OAKLAND AFTER SOME
PROTESTERS TAKE OUT THEIR
FRUSTRATIONS ON PROPERTY.
LAST NIGHT SEVERAL DOZEN PEOPLE
GATHERED AT THE PLAZA IN
SOLIDARITY WITH THE PROTESTERS
IN WISCONSIN.
POLICE SAY THAT GROUP GREW TO
600 OR 700 PEOPLE.
KENNY CHOI IS LIVE AT CITY
COLLEGE IN SAN FRANCISCO AND
THE BAY AREA HAS REALLY BEEN AT
THE FOREFRONT IN THE FIGHT FOR
RACIAL JUSTICE WITH A LOT OF
THESE PROTEST.
Reporter: YES.
FOR DECADES IT WAS KNOWN AS THE
MINISTER OF CULTURE FOR THE
BLACK PANTHERS AND HE WENT TO
SCHOOL HERE AT CITY COLLEGE IN
SAN FRANCISCO AND TODAY HE
TALKED ABOUT THESE PROTEST BY
THESE PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES AND
HOW HIS WORK DECADES LATER
STILL RESONATES FOR MANY.
Reporter: HEADING BACK IN
THE LOCKER ROOM, PRO ATHLETES
HAVE WALKED OUT OF GAMES AND
ARE PROTESTING RACIAL
INJUSTICE.
THEY KNOW THE CONDITIONS AND
THE SITUATION OF THE COUNTRY
AND THEY KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON.
Reporter: MORE THAN 50 YEARS
AGO HE USED HIS ARTWORK TO
DEPICT WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN
PAMPHLETS AND POSTERS AND IN
THE BLACK PANTHER NEWSPAPER.
IT WAS THE END GOAL OF THE
DAY.
IT HIGHLIGHTED FOR US THE
BEAUTY OF WHO WE WERE.
AT A TIME WHEN WE WERE STILL
STRUGGLING TO BE RECOGNIZED.
THE PRIMARY FORECAST WHEN
THE ORGANIZATION INITIALLY
STARTED, THE ANTICIPATED THE
POLICE MURDERS AND THE
BURGLARIES TAKEN PLACE THE SAME
AS IT IS TODAY.
Reporter: AS PROTESTS
ERUPTED IN OAKLAND ONCE AGAIN,
IMAGES FROM THE 60s URGING HIS
BROTHERS AND SISTERS TO SEIZE
THE TIME ARE BEING BROUGHT BACK
TO LIFE THROUGH THE PROTEST AND
STRIKES BY PROFESSIONAL
ATHLETES.
THEY WILL TRY TO DEMONIZE
THOSE WHO ARE GAME CHANGERS AND
BREAKING THE MENTAL BONDAGE OF
THOSE WHO ARE HERE STUCK.
THEY DIDN'T CROSS OVER INTO
THE MAINSTREAM OF ART UNTIL I
AM BLACK AND I AM PROUD BECAME
A REALITY AND AN INSTITUTION
SOME MAY BE 15 OR 20 YEARS
LATER.
PEOPLE WANT THE DISTRACTION
FROM SHELTERING IN PLACE IN
COVID-19 SO TO BE ABLE TO BRING
THAT MESSAGE INTO THE LIVING
ROOMS OF MILLIONS OF AMERICANS,
THAT IS A POWERFUL STATEMENT ON
BEHALF OF THAT.
Reporter: MORE PEOPLE ARE
LEARNING ABOUT HIS ARTWORK FROM
THE 60s.
HE HAS BEEN FEATURED IN SPIKE
LEE'S NEW DOCUMENTARY CALLED
THE FIVE BLOODS AND TOOK PART
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