This powerful audio piece captures the raw emotion and collective outrage following the fatal police shooting of Oscar Grant III by a BART officer on January 1, 2009. Through a mix of protest chants, speeches, and reflections from community members, we hear the voices that rose up in the streets demanding justice. The audio also includes moments from a solemn vigil held in Oscar Grant’s memory—honoring his life and the movement his death helped spark. Together, these sounds document a pivotal moment in Oakland’s history and a key spark in the fight against police brutality that would later help fuel the Black Lives Matter movement.


