Industry, and culture. Oaklands new glamour and prosperity are not shared equally by all of its citizens. Nearly half of the citys population is nonwhite and many are poor. They do not patronize the symphony or the museums. 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. [singing] most of oaklands black and brown citizens came here 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 moved to the suburbs, leaving most nonwhite workers behind. Technology put still more workers on the unemployment and welfare lines, where they were joined by newly dispossessed farmers and farm workers forced off the land by the growth of agribusiness. During the 1950s, oakland became a stagnant, seating ghetto of impoverished black intercon notes surrounded
Californias fourth largest city is a booming center of art, industry, and culture. Oaklands new glamour and prosperity are not shared equally by all of its citizens. Nearly half of the citys population is nonwhite and many are poor. They do not patronize the symphony or the museums. They dont use the coliseum or airport very much, nor do they hold their share of the jobs created by oaklands new industry, port and transportation facilities. Most of oaklands black and brown citizens came here 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 moved to the suburbs, leaving most nonwhite workers behind. Technology put more workers on the unemployment and welfare lines, where they were joined by newly dispossessed farmers and farm workers forced off the land. During the 1950s, oakland became a stagnant, seating ghetto surrounded by oaklands allwhite Police
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
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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