Across the bay have been making jokes about oakland. There is no there there, as opposed to a stay. The jokes may live on, but oakland is no longer the faces other city across today. Now, californias fourth largest city is a booming center of commerce, art, industry and culture. We but oakland new glamour and prosperity are not shared equally by all of its citizens. Nearly half of the citys population is non white and many are poor. They do not patronize the symphony or the museums. They do not use to coliseum what the airport very much, nor do they hold their share of the jobs created by oaklands new industries, port and transportation facilities. Most of oaklands black and brown citizens came in from the south during world war ii, lured by recruiters for government and private industry to work in shipyards and defense plants. After the war, the shipyards closed, and many factories move to the suburbs, leaving most nonwhite workers behind. Technology put more workers on the unemployme
The weather today. Find out all the details coming up later in the details coming up later in the programme. So you say the weather was good on saturday . Yeah, ive had a lovely weekend of weather. I drove into low cloud and rain and it didnt. In the north west and it and it just didnt go away. It was there saturday and sunday as well. A bit like paul sunday as well. A bit like paul coyte. He never goes away. Hes here with the latest. Hey, always sunny. Ill have, hey, always sunny. Ill have, you know, always sunny, always sunny. And it was lovely in rome as well. And it was feisty. But europe have won back the euro , europe have won back the euro, won back the ryder cup. A won back the ryder cup. A fantastic week for europe and also liverpool are still very unhappy about saturdays disallowed goal. Disallowed goal. Okay yeah and well we may be talking to a referee about that to get an opinion on that. And speaking of opinions, wed hear yours get wed like to hear yours get involved in an
A little. Does it make a difference if you live with a family or by yourself . No it doesnt. I just want to get out of my sisters house. At approximately 7 00 p. M. They were completely out and the only thing they have now is what they have on. I need a place to stay until i can move into do you have any idea how the fire start snd. Yes. The firemen said that gasoline was all around thrown all over the furniture. I see. Mr. Wiggins were you there at the time of the fire . At the time i was attending school. But im sure i know who had that done. But im not sure who did it for us. For edwin jones, iii, the corps of youth cadets mean his first job and a responsible place on the city streets. The payoff for abder dangerfield, hes a rescue of the confines of a lonely hotel room. How long have you been living in the roosevelt . 50 years in september. Its too heavy. Im going to carry it for you. Do you want a steak . No. Not any steak today. Milk . A lot of us are going to school, still, you
Attention to grand jury decisions in missouri and new york not to prosecute White Police Officers for the deaths of unarmed black men. Next on American History tvs weekly reel america series, the people and the police, oakland, a 1974 krontv documentary about Police Brutality in the community and various strategies to reform the Police Department. Almost from the day it was founded in 1848, the folks across the bay in San Francisco have been making jokes about oakland. Theres no there, the poet tryst is supposed to have said. Oakland is no other that faceless other city across the bay. Today californias fourth large es city is a booming center of art and culture. But oaklands new glom more and prosperity are not shared equally by all of its citizens. Nearly half of the population are nonwhite and many are poor. They dont use the coliseum or the airport very much, nor do they hold their share of the jobs created by oaklands new industry, port and transportation facilities. Most of oakla
Brown citizens came here from the south during word war i irk lured by recruiters for government and private industry to work in shipyards and defense plants. After the war, the shipyards closed and many factories moved to the suburbs leaving most nonwhite workers behind. Technology put more worker tons unemployment and welfare lines where they were joined by farmers and farm workers forced off the land by the growth of agri business. During the 50s oakland became a stagnant getto surrounded by the white hills of alameda county. Oaklands all White Police Department earned a reputation for headknocking brutality that left a wellremembered legacy of bitterness in the minds and hearts of many who lived in that time and place. I was growing up in the late 30s and early 40s. At that time the Police Department was perceived as blue and for the most part there was extreme fear in the people at that time when the police came in the community. I remember one specific situation where several you