2012-01-07

Oscar Grant Plaza




Frank H. Ogawa Plaza

Coordinates: 37°48′18″N 122°16′18″W / 37.8050°N 122.2718°W

Location and elements

History

Name of the plaza

In 1998, the Oakland City Council renamed City Hall Plaza as "Frank H. Ogawa Plaza" in honor of Frank H. Ogawa. Ogawa was a civil rights leader and the first Japanese American to serve on the Oakland City Council in which he served from 1966 until his death in 1994. The plaza displays a bronze bust of Ogawa.

Members of Occupy Oakland began using Ogawa plaza as a main protest encampment starting on on October 10, 2011. Their presence has been criticize for potential health and safety concerns. The protestors symbolically renamed Frank H. Ogawa Plaza as "Oscar Grant Plaza". Oscar Grant was a young Hayward man who was shot in the back by a Bay Area Rapid Transit police officer in 2009.

References

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  4. "Jack London, who is known as the boy socialist of Oakland, is holding forth nightly to the crowds that throng City Hall Park. There are other speakers in plenty, but London always gets the biggest crowd and the most respectful attention. the young man is a pleasant speaker, more earnest than eloquent, and while he is a broad socialist in every way, he is not an anarchist" [1]
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  8. Resolution on Plaza Art
  9. SF Gate - 2001-02-16 Oakland Sculptor Beasley Selected / Panel picks art for City Hall Plaza
  10. ^ "Oakland History Timeline". City of Oakland, Oakland History Room of the Oakland Public Library. http://oaklandnet.com/celebrate/Historytimeline.htm. Retrieved 2011-11-08. "1998 Named in honor of late Oakland City Councilmember Frank H. Ogawa, City Hall Plaza re-opens after a $124 million rebuilding."
  11. Eshoo, Anna (1994-07-21). "TRIBUTE TO FRANK H. OGAWA". Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 96. United States House of Representatives. http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CREC-1994-07-21/html/CREC-1994-07-21-pt1-PgE6.htm. Retrieved 2011-10-31. "Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Frank Ogawa--a dedicated public servant, outstanding civil rights leader, and loving husband and father--who passed away earlier this month in Oakland, California."
  12. Allen, Annalee; Lee, Sam. Oakland City Center: Frank H. Ogawa Statue (video). EzineMark.com. http://video.ezinemark.com/exploring-the-oakland-city-center-oakland-city-center-frank-h.-ogawa-statue-44bf4d7e134.html. Retrieved 2011-10-31.
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  14. Abraham, Zennie (2011-10-30). "Occupy Oakland: The Oscar Grant / Frank Ogawa Plaza Issue". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on 2011-11-11. http://blog.sfgate.com/abraham/2011/10/30/occupy-oakland-the-oscar-grant-frank-ogawa-plaza-issue/. Retrieved 2011-11-11.

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