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the program is a product of the cultural and ethnic affairs guild of the Oakland Museum and included in the presentation are items of memorabilia from families in the Bay Area who date back for generations. But the key is the recorded accounts of the old timers which

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will become a part of a permanent historical file. 60 such tape recordings have been completed and more are in the works. I feel that the black spoken history is one of our culture and it dates back to the African culture was always a spoken folklore. This

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is how history was handed down from generation to generation. And we feel that it is reverent to the culture today to have spoken remembrances from the people who live these uh experiences from day to day. And we have all categories of life. How far back are

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we going? We're going back into the Middle 1800s. We have a native daughter 95 years old who gave her experiences in her category was folklore. Were there many blacks in the Bay Area during that period? I feel that there were many blacks in the Bay Area

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that were not recognized and this history is one that will bring them to phone and give them the recognition that we feel they deserve. What's in the exhibits in the exhibits. We have categories, barbers, beauticians, dancers, doctors, lawyers, dentists, literature, literature, people. We have every aspect

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of life. There's something in there for everyone is this exhibit primarily for blacks in this area? No, this is an education for the entire Bay Area. It will be relevant to blacks. Black Children will find a new pride, but it is open as an educational tool

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for everyone in the Bay Area. We hope they all come out to see it. It's a matter of recording history, as well as a matter of pride. The blacks have been very much a part of the Bay Area's past, and these documentations will provide a fund

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of information for the future. This is Ed Arnold for Eyewitness News at the Oakland Museum.