Conditions, the Police And Fire departments in Berkeley And Oakland have teamed up to close the road to all nonresidents. We understand people want to have fun and enjoy themselves, but the smallest of an accident, whether it be a cigarette or the smallest of the safe and sane fireworks, which we dont allow anyway, but it can create a catastrophic fire. Reporter another issue . The traffic. Firefighters say the conditions in Berkeley And Oakland hills are so dry if there was a fire, it would be hard to evacuate residents and visitors down those windy roads. So firefighters say they are putting extra staff on for the holiday weekend, but theyre asking people to just heed the warnings and please celebrate responsibly, liz . Leave it to the professionals. All right, katie, thanks. Well, expect to see beefed up patrols in the San Jose pl laslls as well. Ye in the jose alone. Thats one city. This year the Sheriffs Department will have at least ten extra deputies out looking for illegal fire
My grandmother gave me a manuscript. Written by her greatgrandfather, Jb Stratford it was a memoir that began with Jbs Father buying his own freedom from enslavement in versailles, kentucky. And continued through Jbs Life as a successful Business Owner and hotelier in tulsa, oklahoma. It was by reading this memoir that i understood a part of Family History that had only been spoken about in whisper. The Tulsa Race Massacre that had destroyed our Family Business and criminalized our patriarch, Jb Stratford. Educated at Oberlin College and Indianapolis Law School jb had a Hotel Business in tulsa, that would have been worth over 2 million dollars in todays money. His hotel the 54 Room Stratford hotel on the historic, greenwood avenue. Was sat and burned to the ground during the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921. Along with over 30 square blocks of black owned property causing him to flee to kansas and later to chicago to save his own life. He was falsely indicted for inciting the riot by an inf
Here with you when i enrolled as an undergraduate at the university of pennsylvania. My grandmother gave me a manuscript. Written by her greatgrandfather, Jb Stratford it was a memoir that began with Jbs Father buying his own freedom from enslavement in versailles, kentucky. And continued through Jbs Life as a successful Business Owner and hotelier in tulsa, oklahoma. It was by reading this memoir that i understood a part of Family History that had only been spoken about in whisper. The Tulsa Race Massacre that had destroyed our Family Business and criminalized our patriarch, Jb Stratford. Educated at Oberlin College and Indianapolis Law School jb had a Hotel Business in tulsa, that would have been worth over 2 million dollars in todays money. His hotel the 54 Room Stratford hotel on the historic, greenwood avenue. Was sat and burned to the ground during the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921. Along with over 30 square blocks of black owned property causing him to flee to kansas and later to
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Planned. To Casey Stegall ahead of the president s remarks. Yeah, neil. We expect the president s remarks within the hour. Its going to include a whole lot of stuff, specific plans and policies that he says are designed to help African American communities thrive in this country. Everything from Real Estate to businesses to education. The backdrop could not be more fitting than here in tulsa, oklahoma. The site of one of the worst if not the worst racial incidents of violence in u. S. History. 100 years ago. The Greenwood District known as black Wall Street up until 1921 when a White Mob attacked the neighborhood and burned almost everything to the ground. Almost 300 people died. A century later, theres still a handful of survivors. Were not all equal. So were all we should all be equal regardless of the color, the creed, anything. But were not. Thats a big change in my mind. Now, President Biden also met with some of those the survivors this afternoon while also touring the greenwood