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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> After the ] was built in 1954-1957, most whites and middle-class blacks left the neighborhood to avoid the noise and pollution.<ref name=er>{{cite news|url=http://urbanhabitat.org/files/1-1%20all.pdf|author=Gar Smith|title=Freeways, Community, and "Environmental Racism"|publisher=Race, Poverty, and the Environment Newsletter|date=April, 1990|accessdate=2008-02-28}}</ref> By the 1980s Cypress Village was a "drug supermarket" where ] purchased drugs.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Shadow of the Panther: Huey Newton and the Price of Black Power in America|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=BJT_n7Xl6JwC|author=Hugh Pearson|date=1994|publisher=Da Capo Press|accessdate=2008-02-25}}</ref> The neighborhood suffered further disruption in 1989 when the freeway collapsed in the ].<ref name=er/ |
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> After the ] was built in 1954-1957, most whites and middle-class blacks left the neighborhood to avoid the noise and pollution.<ref name=er>{{cite news|url=http://urbanhabitat.org/files/1-1%20all.pdf|author=Gar Smith|title=Freeways, Community, and "Environmental Racism"|publisher=Race, Poverty, and the Environment Newsletter|date=April, 1990|accessdate=2008-02-28}}</ref> By the 1980s Cypress Village was a "drug supermarket" where ] purchased drugs.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Shadow of the Panther: Huey Newton and the Price of Black Power in America|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=BJT_n7Xl6JwC|author=Hugh Pearson|date=1994|publisher=Da Capo Press|accessdate=2008-02-25}}</ref> The neighborhood suffered further disruption in 1989 when the freeway collapsed in the ].<ref name=er/> Cypress Village is the home of rapper ] of the Livewire gang.<ref>{{cite web | ||
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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. After the Cypress Freeway was built in 1954-1957, most whites and middle-class blacks left the neighborhood to avoid the noise and pollution. By the 1980s Cypress Village was a "drug supermarket" where Huey P. Newton purchased drugs. The neighborhood suffered further disruption in 1989 when the freeway collapsed in the Loma Prieta Earthquake. 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.
- ^ Gar Smith (April, 1990). "Freeways, Community, and "Environmental Racism"" (PDF). Race, Poverty, and the Environment Newsletter. Retrieved 2008-02-28.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - Hugh Pearson (1994). The Shadow of the Panther: Huey Newton and the Price of Black Power in America. Da Capo Press. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
- "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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