This story originally aired in September of 2019 and it aired again most recently in the February 6, 2024 episode of Crosscurrents.
This Hey Area question comes from three members of the East Oakland Collective, a group working for positive change in deep East Oakland. They wanted to know: What is the impact of the history of the Black Panthers in East Oakland?
Hey Area is an audience engagement project where you ask the questions and our reporters find the answers. This one was made in collaboration with Oakland Voices, an award-winning community journalism project that trains East Bay residents to tell stories about their neighborhoods.
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