Ilka Hartmann – Images of Oakland & Events – Black Panther Party

Fifty-seven years ago in Oakland, the Black Panther Party was established. Photographer Ilka Hartmann was there, documenting many of the events in Oakland and the Bay Area of “The Sixties” social unrest.

ACLL has on loan from the photographer some of her historical images of these turbulent times when interest across the country and the world was focused here, including this photo of the Alameda County Courthouse during the 1968 Bobby Hutton Memorial rally.

You can view the display of these images during ACLL’s normal business hours. M-F  9:00am to 4:00pm.  We are located at 125 12th Street in Oakland.

For more information about Ms. Hartmann and her work –
http://ilkahartmann.com/

Oakland Art Association Presents – Post Pandemic

Come check out our latest art show presented by the Oakland Art Association! We are super excited to add Post Pandemic to our rotating art work. It will be on display from March 28 until June 6, 2023. We love having local and current art work to brighten up our walls. Come check it out!

Alameda County Superior Court – Temporary Access To Public Filings

Public access to filings at Alameda County Superior Court

The Alameda County Superior Court provides full text public access to complaints filed with the court during the week the document is filed.  You can find listings with links to many complaints by date under the “Public Reports (Filings)” link under DomainWeb.

For example – below is a copy of the employment complaint filed against the City of Oakland and Oakland Councilwoman Desley Brooks headlined in the October 24 San Francisco Chronicle. https://www.sfchronicle.com/…/Farmers-market-money-went-dir…

The complaint is available here at  complaint employment Desley Brooks City of Oakland

New Exhibit At Alameda County Law Library – Paintings by S. Newman

New Exhibit – Photographs From The Oakland Art Association

Photographs from the Oakland Art Association are now on display at Alameda County Law Library.

 

 

Chalk It Up – New Show @ ACLL Presented By The Oakland Art Association

Dorothea Lange Show At OMCA – Public Defender Images

Anyone interested in Alameda County legal history may want to consider a visit to the Oakland Museum of California’s show – “Dorothea Lange: Politics of Seeing.”

The show (extended through August 27) includes some of the images Lange took in the Alameda County courts in the 1950’s for an assignment from Life magazine.  The series purpose was to document the actions of the Alameda County Public Defender’s office.    Life never published the photos.

Image – Dorothea Lange, Defender, Mother with Baby, 1957, OMCA, Gift of Paul S. Taylor

Public Art Installations – Promoting Conversations Around Immigration

 Centro Legal de La Raza, an East Bay legal aid organization, has collaborated with renowned artist Micah Bazant, NASP, Forward Together and City Lights Booksellers and Publishers, to create public art installations to promote conversations around immigration, and what migrating really means for individuals and families.  The art features women and children who have sought refuge in this country, and who form part of the community that Centro Legal serves.

The exhibit will be open at Centro Legal’s offices (3400 E.12th Street) starting July 6th, and is currently displayed at City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco (261 Columbus Avenue).

The pieces will also be available for download at centrolegal.org, www.newamericanstoryproject.org, and forwardtogether.org beginning on Thursday, June 29.

This week’s image accompanies this post.

Three Genres – Art At The Alameda County Law Library – June 7th To 30th

New exhibit now at the Alameda County Law Library   ACLL is opened Monday through Friday, 8:30 to 4:30.  We are located at 125 12th Street in Oakland.

Exhibit – Photos by Gene Dominique – ACLL – May 1st ~ May 31st