A bit of history of AC Transits Holiday Bus. Nickolas P. Alevizos played Santa Claus for more than 40 years.
Reign of Terror
Mrs. George D. Greenwood, Oakland society leader, was murdered by a bomb explosion in the yard of her home at 1899 Jackson Street after threatening were received letters.
Edson Plaza and Conservatory
Mr. Edson F. Adams, son of one of the city founders, purchased the conservatory and had it moved to a two-acre park he had created at the head of Lake Merritt, known as Edson Plaza. The new park was called Edson Plaza and Conservatory or Adams Park.
Oakland: The Mellow City
Oakland: The Mellow City was written and illustrated by Eighth Grade Students 1967-1968 of Herbert Hoover Junior High School, Oakland California
Walsh’s Flatiron
Oakland's oldest flatiron building resides at the juncture of Peralta, Center, and 17th Streets in West Oakland.
African American Women’s Clubs
During the later part of the 19th Century and the beginning of the 20th black women in Oakland established clubs and institutions to address the growing demands of the black community.
Oakland’s First African American Cab Driver
Phillip Richard Springer (1874-1952) was the first black man in Oakland to own a taxicab.
Lydia Flood Jackson (1862-1963)
She was the daughter of a freed slave, the first Negro to attend an integrated Oakland public school in 1872, and became a leader of the women’s suffrage movement in 1918.
Fountain of Serenity
Fountain of Serenity and the Latham Mansion.
Slim Jenkins Supper Club – Market
Harold "Slim" Jenkins was an African American entrepreneur and owner of the renowned Slim Jenkins Supper Club on 7th Street in West Oakland. Exterior entrance of Slim Jenkins nightclub and coffee shop. E. F. Joseph Photograph Collection Liquor Store and Market SF Examiner Slim Jenkins saw the economic opportunity in the business district and opened a liquor store... Continue Reading →