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San Francisco African American Chamber of Commerce calls for boycott of San...
by Xochitl Jackson San Francisco – After several years of advocating for African Americans to have an equal opportunity to benefit from San Francisco’s lucrative tourism and hospitality industry, the...
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San Francisco Black boycott
by Frederick Jordan, P.E. Boycott, strike, work stoppage, protests and the like are normally bad words and no one wants to endure such strife, even the purveyors of such physical protests. Protesting...
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Black and thinking of moving to San Francisco? Don’t do it!
by Allen Jones Another Black History Month with pomp, circumstance and countless hollow speeches has been taking place all over San Francisco. Does anyone notice it is only a matter of time until Black...
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San Francisco could face $32 million loss from African American tourism boycott
by Xochilt Jackson San Francisco – San Francisco’s leading Black business organization has told the San Francisco Travel Association the boycott of San Francisco’s tourism and hospitality industry is...
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Mayor Lee uses San Francisco Human Rights Commission to discriminate against...
by Allen Jones As a member of the Equity Advisory Committee (EAC) of the San Francisco Human Rights Commission, I learned a lot. It was all bad for The City’s Black community. The San Francisco Human...
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Black firms on winning team for $1.5 billion California High-Speed Rail contract
by Fred Jordan, San Francisco African American Chamber of Commerce Soon California High-Speed Rail will be streaking across the state – and Blacks will have helped build it. “The winning team, Dragados...
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Today the Fillmore went dark!
Open letter to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors by Fred Jordan, San Francisco African American Chamber of Commerce One year ago, the San Francisco African American Chamber of Commerce...
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Black San Franciscans protest growing poverty as rich San Franciscans meet...
Join the rally in front of the Warfield Theater, 982 Market St., San Francisco, Saturday, Oct. 10, 10 a.m., to protest racism toward African Americans in San Francisco by Dr. Amos C. Brown, Carletta...
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Morongo Band of Mission Indians gives over 900 Thanksgiving turkeys to needy...
by Michael Fisher, Morongo Band of Mission Indians San Francisco – Five San Francisco groups that help provide Thanksgiving dinners to the homeless and less fortunate received more than 900 free...
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DOT approves separate goals for women and African American businesses
by the San Francisco African American Chamber of Commerce On Jan. 19, 2017, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx approved a waiver of U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations to...
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Fillmore Heritage Center up for sale
by San Francisco African American Chamber of Commerce President Frederick E. Jordan The Fillmore Heritage Center, considered to be the last vestige of Black culture in the Fillmore District, once known...
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London Breed is free to be our mayor
Editorial by Dr. Willie and Mary Ratcliff The Chronicle caught the irony. “It seemed like a bizarre move for San Francisco’s progressive supervisors to remove a self-made African American woman from...
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Black is back in San Francisco! Welcome back, Mayor London Breed
London Breed claims victory in the San Francisco mayor’s race on June 13 after Mark Leno concedes. – Photo: Johnnie Burrell Editorial by Dr. Willie and Mary Ratcliff Thanking God for reparations, we...
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Fred Jordan: We can reverse the out-migration of Blacks from San Francisco
San Francisco African American Chamber of Commerce President Fred Jordan, a strong supporter of London Breed’s successful campaign for mayor, stands proudly beside soon-to-be-inaugurated Mayor London...
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Blacks awarded only 1 percent of Caltrans contracts
by Fred Jordan To: Caltrans Statewide Small Business Council Fred Jordan, president of the San Francisco African American Chamber of Commerce and a major supporter of London Breed’s winning campaign...
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A tribute to San Francisco’s first Black surgeon, Dr. Oscar Jackson
In 2019, Dr. Oscar Jackson and his wife Norma felt that the time was right to endow a scholarship at Howard University College of Medicine. “If someone does not step up to help support these future...
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Strategies to reverse the out-migration of African Americans from San Francisco
San Francisco District 10 Supervisor Shamann Walton, San Francisco African American Chamber of Commerce President Fred Jordan and Albert Johnson Jr. meet in Bayview Hunters Point to discuss how to...
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YES on Prop 16: ‘All I ask of our brethren is that they will take their feet...
Fred Jordan, president of the San Francisco African American Chamber of Commerce, has long been a force for economic justice in the Bay Area. – Photo: Johnnie Burrell by Lin Robertson Eva Paterson,...
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Don’t just survive, but thrive: The legacy of Fred Jordan
In Fred Jordan’s living room, the walls are alive with beautiful Black art and from the window he can survey the city he loves. – Photo: Johnnie Burrell by Lin Robertson An unselfish leader is one who...
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Chronicler of Black life Rochelle Metcalfe: ‘I Heard That!’
After retiring from writing newspaper columns, Rochelle in her 80s started a new career, radio DJ, hosting a three-hour show on Black-owned KPOO every Wednesday morning, from 9:00 to noon. She played...
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