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
, and our new series, real america, featuring governmental and educational films from the 1930s through the 1970s. Cspan3, created by the cable tv industry. Watch as an hd. Like us on facebook. Follow us on twitter. In this recent Associated Press image, protesters are blocking a street in front of the Police Department to call attention to grand jury decisions in missouri and new york not to prosecute White Police Officers for the death of unarmed black man. Next on American History tvs real america series, the people and the police, oakland, a 1970 more 1974 documentary. From the day it was founded in 1948, the folks across the bay in San Francisco have been making jokes about oakland. There is no there there. On,e the jokes may live oakland is no longer that faceless other city across the bay. 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 p
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