Who heads the memorial in kansas city. Watch tonight, beginning at 8 00 eastern, and enjoy American History tv every weekend on cspan3. Next on American History tvs weekly reel america series, the people and the police, oakland, a 1974 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 has been making jokes about oakland. Theres no therethere, poet stein was supposed to have said. The jokes move on, but oakland is no longer the faceless city across the bay. Today californias fourth largest city is a booming commerce of art and culture. But oaklands new glamour and prosperity are not shared equally by all of its citizens. Many are nonwhite and many are poor. They dont use the museum, 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. Hey you how com
I dont care what they say. I dont have a job anymore anyway. Ive been waiting to do this. Come on, come on. Save our jobs. Save our jobs. Save our jobs. Stop management greed. Save our jobs. Stop management greed. 610, ive got four demonstrators with signs at the south entrance. Im going out to see if i can disperse them. 104. Keep me informed. Save our jobs. Stop management greed. Folks, folks, my name is officer bryson. Can you all quiet down so we can talk about this . Save our jobs. You cant gather in this area. There are other areas for you to demonstrate. You just cant do it here. Listen, youre blocking access to the building. Youre creating a safety hazard. Save our jobs. Youre breaking the law. Leave the area now. Save our jobs. Stop management greed. 610, im at the south entrance. The demonstrators refuse to disperse. Im going to need some assistance down here. An impending confrontation, a potential threat. Every day all over the country, Law Enforcement officers are placed i
Theres no therethere, poet stein was supposed to have said. The jokes may live on, but oakland is no longer the fairless city across the bay. Today californias fourth largest city is a booming commerce of art and culture. But 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 museum, they dont use the coliseum or airport very much, nor do they hold their share of the jobs created by the port and transportation facilities. Hey you how come youre such a cold and brutal city aint got no shame most of all aint got no pity 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 th
Shots of Police Beating students, and negotiations with campus authorities. Modern university is the cradle of the nations future. Today it not only preserves and transmits knowledge and values, it serves more and more as the center of research and innovation. It has been called the chief energizing and Creative Force in our entire social system. The modern university is the cradle of the nations future. This be so, let us not under estimate the task we face. Meanwhile, the explosive growth increases the demands upon us. Undeveloped people look to us for training and guidance, our own governments, local governments, state governments, National Governments look increasingly to the universities for expert counsel and for scholars with high responsibility. However much the personality is with the Administration May have exacerbated the situation, the situation would have been there no matter who was president of columbia. So that other, you know, he came out with this thing he is going to
Shocked. This is the story of the riot which left 43 dead, thousands injured and the city in flames. These films tell a part of that story. Keep moving. What do you think about all of this . I think its kind of awful. All the stores are closed and the restaurants. Do you blame anybody for all of this . Really, i dont know who to blame. Its really awful. Do you think that makes it right . No, it isnt right. Are you angry, are you mad at anybody . Well, no, not exactly. Get over here. What are they shooting at . Ah, baby boy. Climb over everybody. Climb over everybody. Climb over everybody. Climb over everybody. If they didnt get here shortly theyll try. Hopefully theyll succeed. Next to this block of buildings burning is a gasoline station. Will the department get a truck here . Hopefully because that block of buildings is gone. And next to it a gas station, and behind it homes, people. Its 20 minutes after 5 00. What are you doing up tonight . Nothing. Im about to go to my aunties hous