Russell City: The Bay Area's lost city (Part 1)
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- Опубликовано: 3 май 2024
- Some call it the Bay Area’s lost city - Russell City. What happened to the town remains an ugly chapter in Alameda County’s history. Education and reparations are something residents today are still fighting for. In part one of “Race in America: The Conversation”, Jodi Hernandez shows us a history that is rarely known or talked about.
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I was 4 years old when my family was forced to move away from Russell City. Wow. When I saw that map and the name of "Herman's Store", it had not crossed my mind for 50 plus years until then.
Russel City is 100% within the city of Hayward I don't know why they said it's part of unincorporated Alameda county
Alameda County is responsible for unincorporated Hayward. Same with Cherryland and Fairview, as well as several other areas inside Hayward.
Typical "redevelopement agency" tactics
I love learning about the history of Russel City I actually have the Images of America Russel City book right next to me
I think government taking people’s land for “economic development” is legitimate. If you want someone’s land, offer them enough money to be worth it for them.
Even for legitimate government purposes, the compensation is often deficient. I would require an offer to be made for all properties using objective criteria. If 80% of owners vote in a secret ballot to take the offers, the offers are high enough.
Obviously, that could be any number. 51%, 75%. But not 100%. There are always some who will never accept any offer.
wow! i am learning so much about racism in san leandro and now hayward
Great reporting. I would like to see follow ups on possible reparations.
Reparations for what? Lmfao it was SOLD, money was exchanged. Give it a rest, nobody cares.
@@Litvagopnik Sold against their will through redlined eminent domain.
The people that know of people implementing Urban Renewal, are still here today. They are NIMBYs that prevent density of housing, especially in rich-resourced areas (e.g. Rockridge, Piedmont, etc, Berkeley). #YIMBY
You just won’t be happy until every neighborhood is complete crap huh?
My Dad and his family grew up there!
"The governnent broke the law"-
Happyland Howard’s
~ Oakland is still there ~
Russell City isn't a real place, in the same way that Santa Clara and Cherryland in Hayward, also aren't real cities either. These are neighborhoods within cities. It's like people calling Willow Glen in San Jose its own city when it isn't and never was. If you want to talk about lost cities, there are none. California has only 1 city that is a CITY and is lost, in the way that it never grew the way it should have, California City. All others are just neighborhoods or suburban tract developments of cities.
I was wondering if Russel City was incorporated during the 60's and then demolished bc it would never be able to be brought up to code for an incorporated city but the news mistakenly said that it is currently part of unincorporated ALCO like why told them that lie?
Correction: Willow Glen in San Jose was its own city for a brief time in the late 1920s to prevent the Southern Pacific from going through it.
Perhaps other comparisons could be drawn with the Burbank, Fruitdale, Cambrian Park, and/or Robertsville districts of San Jose.
Justice for all the families, I never heard of this.
White amerikkka 🇺🇸
Skill issue
This is so sad. We should give them reparations.
Oh shut up
Enough with this race crap. My great grandmother had a little home in Daly City and they bulldozed her house to make westborough rd and serramonte shopping center. She and all the neighbors were Italian.. where is the news story and sympathy on them and their community or are only black people who had childhoods where they “played and had no cares in the world “ the only people we have to give sympathy to and give all of our attention?
Man structures. Nobody told your grandma and the Italian community to not have the balls to speak up. You over crying because black people know how to speak up against wrong doing g
how can i make this about me
Why don't you research and gather information from your great grandmother and family of those who lost their homes during that time and document it with photos and oral history and then contact the news instead of trying to take away from the actual story that's in front of you
@@philipbanks2462 because this story had nothing to do with what happened, it’s ONLY put on the news because of the race angle
I am Italian as well and I see where your coming from man. One difference I would point out is that when your great grandmother had to move, I'm pretty sure she could move to any neighborhood she could afford. Even if the neighborhood was prejudice against italians, they could learn English, cover the accent and change their name. It's very hard to tell they aren't "white" at that point. My italian ancestors did these things. Not saying it's right but our ancestors were accepted much earlier than our black brothers and sisters. Even if blacks could afford it they would not be allowed to and instead only be sold homes in certain neighborhoods. In hayward this would mainly be kelly hill which is an unincorporated hayward neighborhood (you can't vote on anything city related if you live in these areas).
came from youtube recommend after watching It's All Happening Again by @Vaush
i have 0% knowledge of Russell City before this video, showing how erased it is from history