Air date: January 26, 2010

Eric Smith interviews Al Williams - Director of the African American Historical and Cultural Society, Peter Fitzsimmons - Executive Director of the Fillmore Jazz Heritage Center, Fred Blackwell - Executive Director of the SF Redevelopment Agency, Lashawn Walker - Vice President of the Bayview Merchants Association, John Templeton - Historian and Dr. Fannie Preston - Educator, on the History of Economic Empowerment in San Francisco’s Black Community and the February 5, 2010 kick off to Black History Month from 12 to 1pm at City Hall.

Audio produced, edited and posted by Roland Washington.

Website:

http://www.sfblackhistory.org/
http://www.jazzheritagecenter.org/
http://www.bayviewmerchantsassociation.com/
http://www.rencenter.org/

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