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Further Information and Resources Used

 

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African American History Museum and Library at Oakland

 

Delilah Beasley

Podcast:

We were being erased: The woman who saved California’s Black history East Bay Yesterday

Book:

The Negro Trailblazers of California by Delilah Beasley

Articles:

Delilah Beasley: Oakland’s crusading journalist Oakland Public Library

The Oakland Tribune Journalist Who Highlighted Black Excellence KQED

 

Ruth Beckford

Video:

Black dance in action, Ruth Beckford dance workshop at Mills College Internet Archive

African/Haitian Dance with Ruth Beckford YouTube

Podcasts:

“I enjoyed every day” A tribute to Ruth Beckford East Bay Yesterday

Going for happiness: an oral history of Ruth Beckford California Revealed

Articles:

Ruth Beckford Museum of Performance + Design

From Guns to Butter Black Panther Movement blog

Black Panther Party

Podcast:

Tales of The Town E2: The Black Panther Party & People’s Breakfast Oakland

Articles:

Survival Pending Revolution: What the Black Panthers Can Teach the US Food Movement Food First

Black Panther Party’s Free Breakfast for Children Program Found SF

 

Oakland Black Cowboy Association

Film: 

Cowboy: The Story of Wilbert Freeman McAlister Western American

Articles:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Black Cowboys in the 19th Century West (1850-1900) BlackPast.Org

Oakland’s Black Cowboys Parade celebrates African Americans’ role in the West Oakland North

Cowgirls and Cowboys Show Off Their Finest at the Longest-Running Traveling Black Rodeo Vogue Magazine

National Park Service National Park Service

Buffalo Soldiers at the Presidio of San Francisco Presidio of San Francisco

 

Jay Payton

Videos:

The Jay Payton Show, July 18, 1976 Internet Archive

The Jay Payton Show, 1976 Internet Archive

Jay Payton: Legendary Bay Area MC YouTube

Articles:

The Jay Payton Show: Oakland’s Own Soul Train Oakland Public Library

Jay Payton, Bay Area entertainer, dies at 90 SF Gate

 

TJ Robinson's Gingerbread House

Podcast:

The Holy Trinity: From the Bayou to the Bay Southern Foodways Alliance

Articles:

The Gingerbread Dream House by Bea Julian, Ebony Jr. Magazine Aug/Sep 1981 Google Books

Oakland: New life for quirky Gingerbread House building Marin Independent Journal

T.J.'s Gingerbread House Mangione Magic

 

William T. Shorey

Podcast:

California’s only black whaling captain: William Shorey’s journey from sailor to celebrity East Bay Yesterday

Articles:

Capt. W.T. Shorey - Master of the Sea California Black Business Listings

Whaling Bark Brings Fair Catch UC Riverside Center for Bibliographical Studies and Research

Objects Made From the Whaling Industry ThoughtCo

 

Morrie Turner

Videos:

Oral History Interview with Morrie Turner YouTube

Morrie Turner Day at Children’s Fairyland YouTube

Kid Power Cartoon Museum of Uncut Funk

Articles:

The Gentle Power of “Kid Power” on Records Cartoon Research

Morrie Turner and the Kids Culture

Remembering Groundbreaking 'Wee Pals' Creator Morrie Turner GoComics

Morrie Turner The HistoryMakers

Wee Pals Retrospective at S.F. Library SF Gate

A Passing: Oakland's Morrie Turner, Creator of 'Wee Pals' Comic Strip KQED

 

West Coast Negro Baseball Association

Video:

The Fall of the West Coast Negro Baseball League

Articles:

West Coast Negro Baseball League Local Wiki

West Coast Negro Baseball Association Collection Oakland Public Library

Short stay: Black baseball briefly had West Coast home Orange County Register

Segregation Britannica Kids

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