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Podcast: The Bay
Episode: Displaced Russell City Residents Set to Receive Reparations
Description: In the 1960s, Alameda County and the city of Hayward forcibly displaced more than 1,000 mostly Black and Latino residents living in a 12-block unincorporated area called Russell City to make way for an industrial park. Now, the city and county have approved reparations for former residents whose homes were seized by the government.
Links:
Decades After 'Cultural Genocide,' Residents of a Bulldozed Community Get Apology from Hayward
Alameda County Set to Approve Reparations Fund for Displaced Russell City Residents
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