#Oakland history

[yusefbeyproject]

Welcome to the Yusef Bey Project, where we are dedicated to empowering youth through education and community development. Our project is named after Yusef Bey, a visionary leader who was passionate about creating opportunities for young people to succeed.

[tygerland]

Jenny Kroik Marcus Bookstore. 2022.

[atlasandacamera]

Christie Road near Oakland, CA

[20th-century-railroading]

Taking it to the Streets

A Southern Pacific freight led by a Tunnel Motor rolls through Jack London Square in Oakland CA. The UP/SP merger has taken place and it's actually the Union Pacific now. September 1997.

[ghost-37]

Angela Davis - Seize The Time (2023) Oakland Museum of California

[rabbitcruiser]

The San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opened to traffic on November 12, 1936.

[aryburn-trains]

A Southern Pacific promo shot of the steam-powered San Joaquin Daylight near Bakersfield in the 1940s

[vandaliatraveler]

I was looking forward to visiting the B&O Railroad Museum in Oakland, MD yesterday, but unfortunately it was closed.  Note to me: plan ahead.  Like so many of Central Appalachia’s lovely little mountain towns, Oakland’s history and culture are inextricably bound to the Baltimore and Ohio railroad line that hauled coal and timber out of the mountains starting in mid to late 1800′s. Railroad buffs will love this museum, and the town offers various offbeat shops, an awesome farmers market, and other local institutions, including Englanders’ throwback soda shop and lunch counter cum collectables shop. The blueberry pancakes are bomb. 

[dailyhistoryposts]

On This Day In History

October 15th, 1966: The Black Panther Party is created by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale. A Marxist-Leninist and Black power political organization originally founded in Oakland, California, the Black Panthers were active in multiple countries, and it remains a controversial group today.

[8-rock]

Happy Black History Month 🖤

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Saundra Brown first black woman police force in Oakland California. 1970-77. ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[baddawg94]

Bo Jackson

Los Angeles Raiders

(1987-1990)

[atlasandacamera]

Christie Road near Oakland, CA

[20th-century-railroading]

Southern Pacific had more than 200 Cab-Forward steam locomotives (to keep smoke in tunnels away from crews). AC-10-class 4-8-8-2 4231 is at Oakland, Calif., in 1954. Linn Westcott photo

[rabbitcruiser]

On February 20, 1931 the U.S. Congress approved the construction of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge by the state of California.