Trayvon & Oscar: A Parallel Tale
Watching Fruitvale Station in Oakland was more like watching a memory than watching a movie. When the film showed people…
Oscar Grant
Coming Of Age In The Era Of Oscar Grant And Trayvon Martin
I was the same age as Trayvon Martin when he was killed. It was the first shooting case that got national attention where I felt connected — like I could relate.
Grant Station: A Killing And The Aftermath
As the nation debates the verdict in the Trayvon Martin killing, young people in Oakland, California are reminded of the…
Fruitvale The Movie: Will The World Feel It Like We Do In Oakland?
OAKLAND, Calif. — The crowd let out a monstrous applause just before the private screening of Fruitvale Station began inside Oakland’s Grand Lake Theatre. The majority of the audience then turned away from the screen, toward the back left corner of the room to honor Oscar Grant’s mother. I saw her acknowledge the crowd with a wave of her hand.
Oscar Grant: Eyewitness Karina Vargas
The shooting of 22-year-old Oscar Grant by former Bay Area Rapid Transit officer Johannes Mehserle on New Year’s Day of 2009…