CSPAN3 Key Capitol Hill Hearings June 22, 2024
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 head...