Oakland, California, located on the west coast, has been considered as the effective center that merges and portrays the rich culture of Africans with Americans. In the early Fifties Oakland was an entertainment hub and later during the Sixties with the advent of the Black Panther Party, the blacks increased in population and fame.
At present Oakland is occupied by both blacks and whites in equal proposition along with the contributions from Asian and Latino respectively. This diverse in population has ignited a cautious mind amongst the people of Oakland origin regarding the identity of black’s revolutionary culture. There has been a decline in the black population in most of the cities like N.J. Washington, Atlanta, D.C. and Newark, which has stirred a sense of alarm in the Oakland City.
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