84 relations: African Americans, Alameda County, California, Annexation, Blues, Bobby Brackins, Brookfield Village, Oakland, California, California, Cambodia, Chevrolet, Chinatown, Oakland, Crocker Highlands, Oakland, California, D'wayne Wiggins, Digital Underground, Dimond District, Oakland, California, Dru Down, Eastmont Town Center, Eastmont, Oakland, California, Egyptian hieroglyphs, Food desert, Fruitvale, Oakland, California, Funk, Gentrification, Ghost Town, Oakland, California, Glenview, Oakland, California, Grass Valley, Oakland, California, Han Chinese, Havenscourt, Oakland, California, Hayward, California, Hip hop, Holy Names University, International Boulevard (Oakland, California), Interstate 580 (California), Interstate 880, Jingletown, Keak da Sneak, Key System, Keyshia Cole, Kreayshawn, Lake Merritt, Lao people, Lateef the Truthspeaker, Latino, Laurel, Oakland, California, Lil B, Lincoln Highway, Lockwood Gardens, Oakland, California, Los Angeles, Luniz, Mark Curry (actor), Maxwell Park, Oakland, California, ..., MC Hammer, Mills College, Millsmont, Oakland, California, Murders of Alison Parker and Adam Ward, North Oakland, Oakland, California, Northern California, Oakland International Airport, Oakland Tribune, Oakland Zoo, Oakland, California, Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum, Oracle Arena, Philthy Rich, Raphael Saadiq, Redwood Heights, Oakland, California, Ridgemont, Oakland, California, San Antonio, Oakland, California, San Francisco Bay Area, San Leandro, California, Seminary, Oakland, California, Sequoyah Heights, Oakland, California, Shady Nate, Sheila E., Sobrante Park, Oakland, California, Southern Pacific Transportation Company, Too Short, Union Pacific Railroad, United States Census, V-Nasty, Walnut Creek, California, West Coast hip hop, West Oakland, Oakland, California, White flight, World War II. Expand index (34 more) »
African Americans
African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans or Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group of Americans with total or partial ancestry from any of the black racial groups of Africa.
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Alameda County, California
Alameda County is a county in the state of California in the United States.
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Annexation
Annexation (Latin ad, to, and nexus, joining) is the administrative action and concept in international law relating to the forcible transition of one state's territory by another state.
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Blues
Blues is a music genre and musical form originated by African Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the end of the 19th century.
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Bobby Brackins
Robert Clifton Brackins III (born September 14, 1988), better known by his stage name Bobby Brackins, is an American rapper, producer, and songwriter.
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Brookfield Village, Oakland, California
Brookfield Village is an Oakland, California neighborhood located in East Oakland near Oakland International Airport.
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California
California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States.
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Cambodia
Cambodia (កម្ពុជា, or Kampuchea:, Cambodge), officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia (ព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា, prĕəh riəciənaacak kampuciə,; Royaume du Cambodge), is a sovereign state located in the southern portion of the Indochina peninsula in Southeast Asia.
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Chevrolet
Chevrolet, colloquially referred to as Chevy and formally the Chevrolet Division of General Motors Company, is an American automobile division of the American manufacturer General Motors (GM).
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Chinatown, Oakland
The Chinatown neighborhood in Oakland, California(), is a pan-Asian neighborhood which reflects Oakland's diverse Asian American community. It is frequently referred to as "Oakland Chinatown" in order to distinguish it from nearby San Francisco's Chinatown. It lies at an elevation of 39 feet (12 m). Chinese were the first Asians to arrive in Oakland in the 1850s, followed by Japanese in the 1890s, Koreans in the 1900s, and Filipinos in the 1930s and 1940s. Southeast Asians began arriving in the 1970s during the Vietnam War. Many Asian languages and dialects can be heard in Chinatown due to its diverse population. Chinatown is located in downtown Oakland, with its center at 8th Street and Webster Street. Its northern edge is 12th Street, and its southern edge is Interstate 880 (located approximately at 6th Street). It stretches from Broadway on the west to the southern tip of Lake Merritt in the east.
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Crocker Highlands, Oakland, California
Crocker Highlands, an affluent neighborhood of Oakland, California, overflows with an abundance of character and charm, described as having "the genteel ambiance of an old Hollywood movie set," is one of several distinct neighborhoods comprising a larger area collectively known as the "Lower Hills" that lies in between the 580 and 13 freeways.
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D'wayne Wiggins
D'wayne Wiggins (born February 14, 1961) is an American musician, blues guitarist, producer, composer and community activist, best known as the founding member of the 1990s soul/R&B group Tony! Toni! Toné!.
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Digital Underground
Digital Underground was an alternative hip hop group from Oakland, California.
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Dimond District, Oakland, California
The Dimond District (pronounced like "diamond") is a neighborhood centered on the intersection of MacArthur Boulevard and Fruitvale Avenue in East Oakland, Oakland, California, in the United States.
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Dru Down
Danyel Robinson (born September 14, 1969), better known by his stage name Dru Down is an American rapper and actor from Oakland, California.
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Eastmont Town Center
Eastmont Town Center is a shopping mall and social services hub located on bounded by Foothill Boulevard, Bancroft and 73rd Avenues, and Church Street, in the Frick neighborhood of East Oakland.
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Eastmont, Oakland, California
Eastmont is a neighborhood in Oakland, the county seat of Alameda County, California.
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Egyptian hieroglyphs
Egyptian hieroglyphs were the formal writing system used in Ancient Egypt.
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Food desert
A food desert is an area, especially one with low-income residents, that has limited access to affordable and nutritious food.
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Fruitvale, Oakland, California
Fruitvale (originally Fruit Vale and formerly Brays) is a neighborhood in Oakland, California, United States.
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Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in African American communities in the mid-1960s when African American musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of soul music, jazz, and rhythm and blues (R&B).
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Gentrification
Gentrification is a process of renovation of deteriorated urban neighborhoods by means of the influx of more affluent residents.
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Ghost Town, Oakland, California
Ghost Town (sometimes spelled Ghosttown) is the informal name of the Foster Hoover Historic District neighborhood in West Oakland, Oakland, California.
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Glenview, Oakland, California
Glenview is a neighborhood in Oakland, California developed in the early decades of the 20th century, mostly with mid-sized 2 and 3-bedroom craftsman bungalows.
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Grass Valley, Oakland, California
Grass Valley is a neighborhood in Oakland, California.
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Han Chinese
The Han Chinese,.
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Havenscourt, Oakland, California
Havenscourt is a neighborhood of Oakland in Alameda County, California.
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Hayward, California
Hayward (formerly, Haywards, Haywards Station, and Haywood) is a city located in Alameda County, California in the East Bay subregion of the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Hip hop
Hip hop, or hip-hop, is a subculture and art movement developed in the Bronx in New York City during the late 1970s.
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Holy Names University
Holy Names University is a private, Roman Catholic university in Oakland, California.
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International Boulevard (Oakland, California)
International Boulevard (in Oakland), East 14th Street (in San Leandro), and Mission Boulevard (in Hayward, Union City, and Fremont) are a major road in Alameda County, California.
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Interstate 580 (California)
Interstate 580 (I-580) is an 80-mile (129 km) east–west Interstate Highway in Northern California.
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Interstate 880
Interstate 880 (I-880) is an Interstate Highway in the San Francisco Bay Area connecting San Jose and Oakland, running parallel to the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay.
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Jingletown
Jingletown is a pocket arts community in Oakland, California, adjacent to the Oakland Estuary, and about two miles southeast of Lake Merritt.
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Keak da Sneak
Charles Kente Williams (Bowens) (born October 21, 1977), commonly known by his stage name Keak da Sneak, is a rapper from Oakland, California; He is known for his scratchy, gruff voice and for coining the term hyphy in 1994.
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Key System
The Key System (or Key Route) was a privately owned company that provided mass transit in the cities of Oakland, Berkeley, Alameda, Emeryville, Piedmont, San Leandro, Richmond, Albany, and El Cerrito in the eastern San Francisco Bay Area from 1903 until 1960, when it was sold to a newly formed public agency, AC Transit.
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Keyshia Cole
Keyshia Myesha Cole (born October 15, 1981) is an American singer/songwriter, record producer, business woman, and television personality.
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Kreayshawn
Natassia Gail Zolot (born September 24, 1989), better known by her stage name Kreayshawn, is an American rapper, singer, creative director of OK 1984 and music video director from Oakland, California.
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Lake Merritt
Lake Merritt is a large tidal lagoon in the center of Oakland, California, just east of Downtown.
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Lao people
The Lao are a Tai ethnic group native to Southeast Asia, who speak the eponymous language of the Tai–Kadai group.
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Lateef the Truthspeaker
Lateef Daumont, better known by his stage name Lateef the Truthspeaker, or mononymously as Lateef, is a hip hop artist from Oakland, California.
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Latino
Latino is a term often used in the United States to refer to people with cultural ties to Latin America, in contrast to Hispanic which is a demonym that includes Spaniards and other speakers of the Spanish language.
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Laurel, Oakland, California
The Laurel District is one of the many culturally diverse neighborhoods in Oakland, California.
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Lil B
Brandon Christopher McCartney (born August 17, 1989), professionally known as Lil B and as his alter ego The BasedGod, is an American rapper from Berkeley, California.
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Lincoln Highway
The Lincoln Highway was one of the earliest transcontinental highways for automobiles across the United States of America.
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Lockwood Gardens, Oakland, California
Lockwood Gardens, is a neighborhood and housing project located in East Oakland, California, on 65th and International Boulevard.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles (Spanish for "The Angels";; officially: the City of Los Angeles; colloquially: by its initials L.A.) is the second-most populous city in the United States, after New York City.
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Luniz
Luniz (formerly the LuniTunes) is a duo from Oakland, California, formed by Yukmouth and Numskull.
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Mark Curry (actor)
Marcus G. Curry (born June 1, 1961), known professionally as Mark Curry is an American actor, comedian, and host.
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Maxwell Park, Oakland, California
Maxwell Park is a neighborhood in Oakland, California located in the foothills of the city.
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MC Hammer
Stanley Kirk Burrell (born March 30, 1962), better known by his stage name MC Hammer (or simply Hammer), is an American hip hop recording artist, dancer, record producer and entrepreneur.
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Mills College
Mills College is a liberal arts and sciences college located in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Millsmont, Oakland, California
The Millsmont neighborhood located in the foothills of Oakland, California encompasses the area of East Oakland to the south and east of Mills College.
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Murders of Alison Parker and Adam Ward
News reporter Alison Parker and photojournalist Adam Ward, employees of CBS affiliate WDBJ in Roanoke, Virginia, United States, were fatally shot on August 26, 2015, while conducting a live television interview near Smith Mountain Lake in Moneta.
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North Oakland, Oakland, California
North Oakland is a region in Oakland, California, United States, bordered by Downtown Oakland, Oakland Hills, and the adjacent cities of Berkeley, Emeryville and Piedmont.
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Northern California
Northern California (colloquially known as NorCal or "The Northstate" for the northern interior counties north of Sacramento to the Oregon stateline) is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California.
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Oakland International Airport
Oakland International Airport is an international airport in Oakland, California, United States.
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Oakland Tribune
The Oakland Tribune was a daily newspaper published in Oakland, California, by the Bay Area News Group (BANG), a subsidiary of MediaNews Group.
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Oakland Zoo
Oakland Zoo was established in 1922 in Oakland, California, United States and is managed by the Conservation Society of California, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation of wildlife both locally and globally.
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Oakland, California
Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States.
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Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum
The Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum, often referred to as the Oakland Coliseum, is a multi-purpose stadium in Oakland, California, United States, which is home to both the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League (NFL).
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Oracle Arena
Oracle Arena is an indoor arena located in Oakland, California, United States, and is the home of the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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Philthy Rich
Philip "Philthy Rich" Beasley (born 1983) is an American rapper signed to SCMMLLC / EMPIRE.
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Raphael Saadiq
Raphael Saadiq (born May 14, 1966) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer.
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Redwood Heights, Oakland, California
Redwood Heights is a mostly middle-class and highly diverse residential neighborhood in the hills of Oakland, California.
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Ridgemont, Oakland, California
Ridgemont is a neighborhood in Oakland, California, next to Merritt College along Campus Drive.
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San Antonio, Oakland, California
San Antonio is a large district in Oakland, California, encompassing the land east of Lake Merritt to Sausal Creek.
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San Francisco Bay Area
The San Francisco Bay Area (popularly referred to as the Bay Area) is a populous region surrounding the San Francisco, San Pablo and Suisun estuaries in the northern part of the U.S. state of California.
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San Leandro, California
San Leandro is a large suburban town in Alameda County, California, United States.
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Seminary, Oakland, California
Seminary is a neighborhood in the East Oakland section of Oakland, California.
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Sequoyah Heights, Oakland, California
Sequoyah Heights is a smaller part of the Oak Knoll neighborhood that runs alongside the southeastern part of the Oakland hills.
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Shady Nate
Shady Nate, is an American rapper from Oakland.
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Sheila E.
Sheila Cecelia Escovedo (born December 12, 1957) better known under the stage name Sheila E., is an American percussionist, singer, author, and actress.
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Sobrante Park, Oakland, California
Sobrante Park is a neighborhood located in East Oakland, California, which is partially separated from the rest of the city by two railroad tracks and San Leandro Creek.
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Southern Pacific Transportation Company
The Southern Pacific (or Espee from the railroad initials- SP) was an American Class I railroad network that existed from 1865 to 1998 that operated in the Western United States.
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Too Short
Todd Anthony Shaw (born April 28, 1966) better known by the stage name Too Short (stylized as Too $hort), is an American rapper, record producer, and actor.
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Union Pacific Railroad
The Union Pacific Railroad (or Union Pacific Railroad Company and simply Union Pacific) is a freight hauling railroad that operates 8,500 locomotives over 32,100 route-miles in 23 states west of Chicago and New Orleans.
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United States Census
The United States Census is a decennial census mandated by Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution, which states: "Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States...
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V-Nasty
Vanessa Renee Reece (born November 11, 1990), better known by her stage name V-Nasty, is an American rapper from Oakland, California.
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Walnut Creek, California
Walnut Creek is a city in Contra Costa County, California, United States, located in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, about east of the city of Oakland.
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West Coast hip hop
West Coast hip hop is a hip hop music regional genre that encompasses any artists or music that originate in the West Coast region of the United States.
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West Oakland, Oakland, California
West Oakland is a neighborhood situated in the northwestern corner of Oakland, California, United States, situated west of Downtown Oakland, south of Emeryville, and north of Alameda.
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White flight
White flight is a term that originated in the United States, starting in the 1950s and 1960s, and applied to the large-scale migration of people of various European ancestries from racially mixed urban regions to more racially homogeneous suburban or exurban regions.
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World War II
World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Oakland,_Oakland,_California