Sources
Check out more on the history of 7th Street by exploring the articles, interviews, photos, books and other documents that we used to create "Remembering 7th Street"!
Articles
- “Lowell Fulson,” Soulwalking.co.uk
- Lowell Fulson: Influential West Coast Bluesman, Jazzhouse.org, 1999
- “Lowell Fulson, 77, Who Took Texas-Style Blues to the West Coast,” The New York Times, March 14, 1999
- “Historic 7th Street: Essay on Black Owned Commerce And Community That Was in West Oakland”
- “Raincoat Jones: Black Businessman Extraordinaire,” by Thomas C. Fleming, Mar 17, 1999
- “Raincoat Jones’ Trial Delayed by Defense Lawyer’s Absence,” Oakland Tribune, Jul. 24, 1952
- “Charles (Raincoat) Jones Pleads Innocent to Gambling Charges,” Oakland Tribune
- “Cops Again Darken Door of Raincoat,” Oakland Tribune
- “Raincoat Gets Caught in Dice Game Again,” Oakland Tribune, Jun. 11, 1960
- “Raincoat Jones Arrested in Dice Raid,” Oakland Tribune, May 28, 1960
- “Those Dominos Just Don’t Quit Bouncing at Raincoat Jones,” Oakland Tribune, Jun. 15, 1952
- “37 Arrested in Gambling Raid,” Oakland Tribune, Jun. 13, 195?
- “Raincoat Jones Ordered to Shun Gambling for Two Years,” Oakland Tribune, Aug. 5, 1952
- “24 Jailed in Raid on Seventh Street Dice Game,” Nov. 6, 1959
- “Vice Officers Quizzed at Raincoat Jones Trial,” Oakland Tribune, Jul. 29, 1952
- “Police Seize 3 Soldiers After Riot,” Oakland Tribune, Mar. 18, 1942
- “Raincoat Jones – A Man Who Outlived His Heyday,” Oakland Tribune, Jan. 16, 1968
- “Defense Makes Point and Court is Faded,” Oakland Tribune, Jul. 17, 1952
- “Raincoat Jones Sells Out; Appeals $500 Gaming Fine,” Oakland Tribune, Aug. 8, 1952
- “Raincoat Gets Fine and Jail,” Oakland Tribune, Sept. 15, 1949
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Books
- California Soul: Music of African Americans in the West
- Blues City: A Walk in Oakland by Ishmael Reed
- Black Artists in Oakland by Jerry Thompson and Duane Deterville
- American Babylon: Race and the Struggle for Postwar Oakland by Robert O. Self
- Six Gold Stars: Thirty Years of Fighting Sin and High Crime with Oakland’s Favorite Cop
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Interviews
- Ronald V. Dellums Interview
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Photos
- Tom Bowden and Aretha Franklin performing “Respect” at Esther’s Orbit Room, late 1960s
- The Lincoln Theater Photo, 1973
- The Lincoln Theater Photo
- 1987 photo of Esther’s Orbit Room
- Esther’s Orbit Room in the 1980s
- Lowell Fulson in San Francisco club
- Slim & Elsie Jenkins’ home in Oakland, CA
- Harold “Slim” Jenkins with his trademark cigar
- Harold “Slim” Jenkins in 1958
- West Oakland Bart station today
- West Oakland BART Station
- Bob Geddins in about 1959
- Bob Geddins in front of Esther’s Orbit Room in 1983
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Other
- Poster for Mary Wells Performing at Esther’s Orbit Room
- Ordinance Rezoning 1600-1642 7th Street
- Description of BSCP Union Headquarters
- Description of BSCP Union Headquarters
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