October 29, 2025
"What do train porters, boomboxes, Lincoln Continentals, barbecues, nightclubs and crowded intersections have in common?
As author Alex Werth illustrates in his new book, On Loop: Black Sonic Politics in Oakland (UC Press), all have been targeted by police and lawmakers throughout decades of sound containment in Oakland. Part history of Black expression, part dissertation on the squelching thereof, On Loop disassembles and analyzes the longstanding infrastructure that serves to keep Oakland’s creative and dynamic Black youth from reaching their full potential."
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