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bellow. we are telling stories from every corner of the bay about people who have made and are continuing to make their mark on the region and beyond. we start in the east bay at the oakland aviation museum. kron four's philippe djegal gives us an inside look at how the space honors black contributions to the aviation world. >> before you reach bessie, coleman drive stretch of roadway leading up to oakland international airport named after the first african-american woman aviator. you will. and assuming passed the hangars along earhart road tucked among them, the oakland aviation museum, historical treasure. conway jones junior makes a point to visit at least once a month stopping by for a casual stroll down memory lane with the museum's current leadership. and then guiding the occasional tour of organization he founded some 40 years ago. on this day, we are fortunate to be his guests, colors in this country

have made. >> contributions to america since it lacks a certain civil war. the retired u.s. air force colonel shares a few stories about the decorated tuskegee airman. this the aircraft is that fully operational. the first african-american fighter pilots and crew in the u.s. army air corps who helped secure an allied victory in world war. 2. >> known famously for flying red tails, fighter bombers. rulings, as you know, the pitch. yes, a replica is featured in the museum. only. >> 17 bomber crews were lost. well, that here with live coverage. your pair, of course, of world war 2. and that's against a backdrop. there were 8,000 twice to stay israel and leading into the tuskegee airman exhibit plays a simulated video of the high flying aerobatics associated with the herald. a group of high fliers. >> jones says this was the first room set up when the museum moved to its current location. roscoe brown shot

down. one of the first chairman gets the red tails mean the world to him. this is the >> a replica. it the tuskegee airman. congressional gold medal. he grew up around them. well, his dad served for the u.s. army in tuskegee, alabama, the cold air and brought to military service army air corps into country. a set of values. jones pays homage to bessie coleman, the first african-american woman to hold a pilot's license. no one teacher to fly planes here. so she had to go to france together. prior training came back. the museum not only tells stories of the past, but also looks ahead to the future and how black aviation has evolved. fast forwarding. to victor glover. black astronaut. he 3 of those 4 man crew. >> we're flying the national heart of too. around the moon in november for jones history sets the path forward and provides context in

navigation. >> guidance through breaking barriers and building bridges for those following behind took office. >> it took an oath of office to. and serve the constitution, united states of america against all enemies, foreign and domestic. i think we still we need to be about as a people. blacks particular to serve our country. our country? has served this museum is a hidden gem and it is affordable for families to attend. >> it's open every wednesday through sunday, from 10 o'clock in the morning. until 4 o'clock in the afternoon. and the last ticket is sold at 3 o'clock in oakland, philippe djegal, all kron. 4 news. >> heading now to stamford where kron four's ella sogomonian tells us the story of how the son of a former slave became the university's first black administrator. >> he signed an athletic field on the stanford campus. is the street name sam macdonald

ball. if you walk by today, may know the story behind the site for manual mcdonald in the 18, 100's and lovingly known as uncle man by his family. >> sam was a black man who was a teen fled the segregated south for greener pastures in california. sam tried his hand at farming, even modeling before landing a job with stanford university in 19. 0, 3, throughout his career. he grew to be quite popular and was promoted from groundskeeper, too. athletic superintendent sam broke racial barriers and became the first african-american administrator at stanford. his great niece as his success stemmed from curiosity, a positive attitude and giving back. >> and not letting things negative. things weigh you down. and i'll come in and do that. he had he had a mission, whether it was a stated mission or not, but he wanted to give to the community of stanford. he wanted to protect the environment. and just

because he was a black man that wasn't going to stop >> stem accomplish that mission in more ways than one. he moved from the attic inside of the present-day visitor center and bought himself a sanctuary in the woods. a cabin standing 6 foot, 4 inches tall. he was a gentle giant among the redwood trees near la honda. he eventually acquired 400 acres of that land in san mateo county and donated all of it to be enjoyed by the public. it's also now named in his honor, sam macdonald, state park. i think his stories remarkable and i want to make sure that >> it is passed on to future generations as the story of resilience. tenacity. and i think. come away from the program's the i-lead about sam macdonald. really feeling connected to this person. and to what he brought to this world. and i feel like that's a beautiful thing.

>> his tenacity gave way to business investments and even law enforcement. he's great nieces, proud by the legacy he left behind when he died in his will. >> he said that he did not leave anything to his family and it was not for the lack of love, but that they would be that are provided for otherwise. and at the time, the otherwise just didn't. i know from my father, my uncle didn't make sense. it makes sense to me. it really does. what i see what he did, the legacy that he left. and for those ready read what the acreage that he's left is a state park. >> the park is now considered to be added to the national historic registry. and though he never fathered his own kids some red and played music for them at the convalescent home, which is now the lucile packard children's hospital

reporting in palo alto and ella sogomonian kron. 4 news. >> so many important stories to share tonight. still ahead, a bay area rapper breaks down how his grandfather discovered a prominent piece to the periodic table. welcome back

now for the story of the first black man who is credited. >> with contributing to not one but 2 elements on the periodic table and he did it on uc berkeley's campus. our photojournalist has his story told from the perspective of his grandson that. >> you've never heard any of i'm susan use before you've got 10 plus years with the hit song listen to, even though it takes a ton of hard work and dedication to make quality music for long. he credits a big influence to the historical legacy of his grandfather. >> it was definitely by the bigger my life. he always is playing music. always humming with sullivan. just this is a

musical just grace period. >> not only did his grandfather had a love for music. passion for science is what made him a part of american history. james andrew harris originally went to college in texas on a music scholarship, but he left when it's a green chemistry. and after graduating, he moved to california to become a nuclear chemist uc berkeley's lawrence radiation. much. and in 1969, he led the team of chemists who went on to call discover elements 1, 0, 4, 105, for the period table. formally known as with the 40 m and w this milestone may have the first black person to help discover an element on the periodic table. something that was almost unthinkable at the time. >> kim harris has been responsible making mostly the chemical phases that are as long as i can remember was a million awards million plaque slide areas. critical for honor was just from like different association is a step in just acknowledging him. but despite the praise, he received, his accomplishments were constantly overlooked and even questioned as blatant racism and discrimination still

running rampant and a team of russian scientists working simultaneously claim to have discovered them first. this battle went to the federal level. >> and took nearly 30 years to settle from also from healthy. keep who is primarily and finally in 1997. but this team is credited for the discovery development to 4 and russia team was credited for discovery found the 105. but instead of being have focus on this international spew, had a bigger goal in mind and went on to take a job in the last equal opportunity office. from then on, he worked to diversify the field of engineering and science and bring more women and people of color into you know, just just a man, are we spending binges want to follow in his footsteps and leaving a lasting impact. but not only that. >> but to empower my community as well. provide a pathway information and just be a figure for the next generation. >> and i'm says keeping his grandfather stream of diversity in stem alive with the change harris grant. the grant covers college tuition

fees for up to 492 and public school students. and with the goal being to expand over the years, hopes that his grandfather's legacy will help motivate others to become trailblazers of the well. >> i hope that it just gives opportunity to somebody is really dedicated and also bring awareness like after the first round i think is going bring awareness just to let the fear it even is. >> grab a glass. we are heading to antioch where a new wine bar is bringing black owned wine to the table.

>> 21 year-old gavin payton is a leader in the naacp youth council both locally and regionally but the road wasn't easy. kron four's philippe djegal tells us about the hurdles he overcame to get there. >> i was picked on for having seizures. i was picked on because i was and constantly

have picked on. but i decided. i wasn't going allow that. and how do you push back? but be unapologetically? gavin payton gets his point across without having to yell a quiet thunder type of leader that just gets the work that proving you can be direct lead, by example, make differences in other people's lives and give us scholarships and do so as living proof, every life has purpose. cabin stories a little bit different as his mother doctor, kimberly payton shares his life almost ended as soon as it begin born with transposition of the great arteries, a group of congenital heart defects, the blood clotting disorder, hemophilia and scoliosis. we have literally lived. >> and bay area children's hospitals, almost all of gavin's life in all today. i think he's had some 22 surgeries. so fighting and struggling is something for races bullying and the

perceived controversial curricular in balance and education pushed the now. 21 year-old payton. >> to serve as youth council president for the east county n a a c p in 7th and 9th grade. >> i experienced bullying because i was african american, but also because i was open about. >> what lies, hate and succeeded. his younger sister gianna as president is credited with reviving the civil rights organizations. youth council fighting to change the group's charter to empower youth and their voices. payton's, mother and great grandmother also volunteer for the n a a c p. we need to come together as a community and stay strong last year outside the antioch police department, payton and his mother spoke out against systemic racism and rampant homophobia after the city's top cop chief doctor steven ford abruptly stepped down and it's the prolonged local and federal probes into alleged

corruption by dozens of officers in pittsburgh and antioch, leading to indictments. i've every since bird pastor charles glasper gives payton time and space at true light missionary baptist church in pittsburgh to hold meetings and set the tone for the youth council's agenda. i'm ecstatic about his involvement in the community. >> and he's going as an activist in the community in many ways they did about peyton's mentor and antioch city council candidate dominic king says she has long known the young man could leave things that he has done. just like the know your rights campaign that he brought here to pittsburgh. >> the ones that he wants to bring antioch and all over east contra costa county is history in the aspiring movie and television director attending the academy of art university in san francisco while balancing his civic duties and medical issues. >> dayton wastes no time zeroing in on what he identifies as a cause worth

his time and surrenders himself to it. we wouldn't be where we are. if it wasn't for. >> people like malcolm x, huey p newton martin, the keen, mister le mans, reverend charles glasper. miss francis green. even though i am and i am where i am. >> i do apologize for that and i will not apologize for that always continue to use my voice and i'll always be. >> true to who i am. need to be strong in numbers and we need to stronger together. and only do that is if we stay together and stick together as one speak as one voice. >> thank believe job. all kron. 4 news. >> we had over to antioch now where a sister duo open the city's first ever winery kron four's ella sogomonian gives us a taste of the poor up wine bar. >> i'm angela and i will welcome to live so we become

because they embody a new beginning. you know it. it gives you a warm and cozy >> soon people will be able to cozy up along the antioch waterfront for wine, tastings of all kinds of arrivals and one for street sisters, angela edwards and monique griffin are the minds behind the poor up wine bar, the first of its kind in the east bay city. so the focus is back >> will also with here as well. so locker room and very own the port wanting. >> during the pandemic, the 2 decided to create their own label but found it tough to get other businesses to carry their wine. so they took matters into their own hands since we had difficulties. but getting out there like a star >> plays just to have so case for our line then other black on the that we are connected

to actually before we sign world. i never knew that there was so black online companies. i have no idea. so i just came out how people that have no idea. so we're excited to bring that here contra costa county and going to talk >> they didn't have much funding to start out with until they found the city of antioch, small business grant program through a nonprofit called working solutions. they got a loan and see if they can do it. so can you just go for >> because they can. yeah, you can. there's going to be obstacles in the way you could get you have keep pushing sure. it's possible go for apply. to those grants. just apply. >> the poor up will officially welcome customers this spring reporting on the waterfront in antioch. i'm ella sogomonian kron. 4 news. >> cheers coming up from volumes to viral. we hear the story of how a north bay

library and became well kn-wn to millions around the world for his love of reading.

>> you may not know your local library and by name, but there's one in fairfield you might have heard about or maybe you've seen him on social media. i got a chance to talk to michael 3. it's about how he's spreading a message of inclusion and mental health. >> having fun isn't hard when you've got a library card. >> every day, bright eyed and afro hair michael threet greets his more than 1 million followers on tiktok and instagram with a smile and positive attitude by you video, the could be found out. i am need not an answer. popping on tiktok during the pandemic. he soon pivoted to talking about the thing he loves most books. so beautiful day to save books. >> they would use the trends and i would turn into bookish content that i realized, hey, this is a tool for us to reach. people left mind the

mobile library and remind them he has that your library card tattooed on your right as his follower numbers grew. so did the number of people visiting local libraries. so many people message me each day on social media saying, look, i've got a library card. i need to be proud what i from people from the consensus new york city, florida. tonight. people having on people city live report from africa from germany, from from born and raised in the bay area. michael got his first library card at age 5 at the fairfield civic center library. but growing up, he never really saw himself as a librarian. and 71 in see people of color behind the front desk. >> i didn't see any behind the front does. so to me, it wasn't for been like i was like, oh, it will never happen for you. >> it is never like triggers a thought that i could one day become a library. now that same library he grew up is the one he's worked at for the last decade. a job he says has been an i love books, movies,

music, musical insurance for video games. we just launched a big reflection. >> michael simply believes no matter who you are or what you're going through, you can find comfort in your local library. library is at 3rd space. that space with our. >> no expectation that having to buy a book having to buy a membership, you can just come in just as you are. and while he's not trying to target any one group specifically do love the fact that i'm obama blackmail. brown mehlman, my black and mexican. i love that. i can be kind like a presence for kids of color. covered can see a tattoo person. they can see a giant after in-person his message doesn't stop there. he tackles literacy issues. dear dyslexic, you. >> your brain is brilliant. >> and mental health tank. michael suffers from depression and severe anxiety among other mental health issues. is it any surprise separate from those suffer from things that people coming to the library with?

>> every single is ok to not be ok, 3, 6, 9, it's okay to not be fine because i know that you will get there. >> and while those topics for once taboo and his family, just i'm so happy to be able to present that. want to show people that whoever they are of their culture said don't talk about maybe a culture to be conversation about what's michael's openness has earned him fans all over the world. michael has such a great energy. he has kind of energy that i want to make give to my community as educator, hope the future. he's embracing all the love, thrown his way and hopes wherever you live. >> we'll show your library and a little love to. i want people remember that their local library a little rain is just the school because they hide in your local library and make their day. >> while michael has loved his work at the library, he has decided it's time to take a step away for his mental

health. he does, however, plan to continue advocating for literacy and library joy through new avenues he's found through his social media presence. that wraps up our special coverage of honoring black history in the bay area. if you want to check out these stories and more you can always head to our website kron 4 dot com. >> i'm noelle bellow. thanks for watching.

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