Black History Month has come to a close, but Black history is important every day of the year, and it continues to be written in real time. 

In the Bay Area, a region teeming with Black history, stories of diaspora, the exploits, struggles and the successes alike, February was full of events to remind us why it matters. 

KCBS Radio’s Mallory Somera sat down with Fredrika Newton--widow of Huey P. Newton, President of the Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation and former Black Panther Party member--and Dr. Xavier Buck--Executive Director of the foundation and manager of the Dr. Huey P. Newton Center for Research & Action--to talk about the significance of the center’s location and what Black history has to do with the future.

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