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| The '''Cypress Village''' housing projects are a series of housing complexes stretching from 10th Street to 14th Street and Kirkham Way in the ] are of ]. Cypress Village is one of the three housing projects in West Oakland, along with the ] and the ]. | The '''Cypress Village''' housing projects are a series of housing complexes stretching from 10th Street to 14th Street and Kirkham Way in the ] are of ]. Cypress Village is one of the three housing projects in West Oakland, along with the ] and the ]. | ||
| Cypress Village was built by the ] after ], when many ] began to migrate to ]. It was one of four all-black ] projects built at the time.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Second Gold Rush: Oakland and the East Bay in World War II|author=Marilynn S. Johnson|date=1996|publisher=University of California Press|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=uREM1FZHD_MC&}}</ref> Cypress Village is the home of rapper ] of the Livewire |
Cypress Village was built by the ] after ], when many ] began to migrate to ]. It was one of four all-black ] projects built at the time.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Second Gold Rush: Oakland and the East Bay in World War II|author=Marilynn S. Johnson|date=1996|publisher=University of California Press|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=uREM1FZHD_MC&}}</ref> Cypress Village is the home of rapper ] of the Livewire gang.<ref>{{cite web | ||
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| |title=Column: Ruling Party | |title=Column: Ruling Party | ||
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The Cypress Village housing projects are a series of housing complexes stretching from 10th Street to 14th Street and Kirkham Way in the Lower Bottoms are of West Oakland. Cypress Village is one of the three housing projects in West Oakland, along with the Campbell Village Court and the Acorn Projects.
Cypress Village was built by the Oakland Housing Authority after World War II, when many African-Americans began to migrate to Oakland. It was one of four all-black segregated projects built at the time. Cypress Village is the home of rapper J Stalin of the Livewire gang.
References
- Marilynn S. Johnson (1996). The Second Gold Rush: Oakland and the East Bay in World War II. University of California Press.
- "Column: Ruling Party". San Francisco Bay Guardian.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - Garrett Caples (November 21, 2007). "Out of the shadows:Shady Nate, the number two rapper of West Oakland's Livewire crew, emerges as a boss". San Francisco Bay Guardian. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
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