Chapter 14: The Southwest Board Area

     In this chapter, it talks about history, immigration, cheap labor from Mexico and South America. I will talk about the early settlement and immigration issue in this chapter.
     As I mentioned earlier, Ohlone people lived in Oakland area. They conquered by spanish colonist by 1772. During the World War II, the East Bay Area was home to many war-related industries.Among these were the Kaiser Shipyards in nearby  Richmond. The medical system devised for shipyard workers became the basis for the giant Kaiser Permanente HMO, which has a large medical center at MacArthur and Broadway, the first to be established by Kaiser. Oakland's Moore Dry Dock Companyexpanded its shipbuilding capabilities and built over 100 ships.
     For population, unlike Southern board area, African-American is the main population in Oakland. From the 1960s until the early 21st century, Oakland has been known as a center of Northern California's African-American community. Between 2000 and 2010 Oakland lost nearly 25% of its African-American population.The city demographics have changed due to a combination of rapid gentrification along with the fact that many African-Americans have sought opportunities in Bay Area suburbs, or have followed the national trend of middle-class African-Americans moving to the Southern United States. But still as of the 2010 Census, African-Americans maintain their status as Oakland's single largest ethnic group