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Oakland Black Cowboy Association
The Oakland Black Cowboy Association is a nonprofit organization based in the West Oakland, Oakland, California, West Oakland neighborhood of Oakland with the goal of honoring the history of Black cowboys. It holds the annual Oakland Black Cowboy Parade and Festival. History In the 1960s and 70s, before the association formally organized, Booker Emery rode his horse around Oakland and gathered friends who rode with him, drawing positive attention from people on the street. OBCA gives its inception date as 1974. The first Oakland Black Cowboy Parade was held in 1975 as part of Oakland Museum of California, Oakland Museum's exhibit "Blacks in the West." In 1976, OBCA was officially founded under the parent organization Blacks Unified to Motivate Progress to help plan for the next parade, along with business group Oakland Traders. OBCA's first grand marshal was former cowboy Lonnie Scoggins, who is sometimes noted as the group's founder in place of Booker Emery. The OBCA has funde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oakland, California
Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States. A major West Coast of the United States, West Coast port, Oakland is the largest city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, the third largest city overall in the Bay Area and the List of largest California cities by population, eighth most populated city in California. With a population of 440,646 in 2020, it serves as the Bay Area's trade center and economic engine: the Port of Oakland is the busiest port in Northern California, and the fifth busiest in the United States of America. An act to municipal corporation, incorporate the city was passed on May 4, 1852, and incorporation was later approved on March 25, 1854. Oakland is a charter city. Oakland's territory covers what was once a mosaic of California coastal prairie, California coastal terrace prairie, oak woodland, and north coastal scrub. In the late 18th century, it became part of a large ''rancho'' grant in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
