Black resistance in Bay Area lives on through art

State of play: Public murals, such as the ones painted in Clarion Alley and on 12th Street in Oakland, have become powerful symbols of solidarity and protest.

• The African-American Shakespeare Company in San Francisco continues to serve as a space for performers of color with reinterpretations of classic works of theater through a Black lens.
• The Museum of the African Diaspora in Oakland plays a crucial role in promoting Black artists and their stories with exhibitions, educational panels and community events.
• The Zaccho Dance Theater in San Francisco has been instrumental in elevating dancers of color with unique performances touching on themes of racial justice and displacement, as has ODC in offering a range of African diasporic dance classes.

The bottom line: "We make social justice known through our work and we have black narratives and voices because we're in a space now where we are being erased," Sherri Young, the founder and executive director of African-American Shakespeare Company, told Axios.