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Photos - Oscar Grant Remembered at Fruitvale BART Vigil

by Reginald James (theblackhour [at] gmail.com)
Family and friends remembered Oscar Grant during a January 1, 2013 vigil at the Fruitvale BART Station. Four years after his murder by BART police officer Johannes Mehserle, Oakland has not forgotten Grant.
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Four years after his murder at the hands of BART Police, family, friends, and activists remembered Oscar Grant III at the Fruitvale BART Station where his life was taken New Year's Day 2009. Despite BART's expectations of a small crowd, over 150 people came out in Grant's memory.

Speakers, poets, and singers spoke about the life of Oscar Grant and other victims of police terrorism as the struggle for Justice for Oscar Grant continues. Speakers included Wanda Johnson, Grant's mother, Cephus "Bobby" Johnson, Grant's uncle, Tatiana Mesa, Grant's daughter; activists: Minister Keith Muhammad, Dereca Blackmon, Tony Coleman, and artists: Malika Ubaka, Fly Benzo, Zar the Dip, and Ras Ceylon, and more. Family members of other victims of police terror spoke out, including Denika Chatman, mother of Kenneth Harding, Jr., Adam Blueford, father of Alan Blueford, and Rosemary Duenez, mother of Ernest Duenez, Jr.
§Malika Ubaka
by Reginald James
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§Wanda Johnson, Oscar Grant's mother
by Reginald James
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§Baba Sydney and Tacuma King
by Reginald James
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§Over 150 attended vigil for Oscar Grant
by Reginald James
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§Dereca Blackmon
by Reginald James
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§Minister Keith Muhammad
by Reginald James
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§Lolita a la Carte
by Reginald James
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§Donald Lacy of KPOO
by Reginald James
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§Adam Blueford, father of Alan Blueford
by Reginald James
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§Ras Ceylon
by Reginald James
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§Crowd Salute
by Reginald James
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§Fly Benzo
by Reginald James
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§Police Surveillance from Parking Garage
by Reginald James
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