Royce McLemore and Damian Morgan are both social activists and lifelong residents of Golden Gate Village, an historical public housing complex in Marin City, California. Golden Gate Village was originally built in 1961 to house Black American shipbuilders who came to the area during World War II, because after the war, Black people found themselves redlined and unable to purchase property anywhere else in Marin County. But as a result, Golden Gate village is now a thriving multigenerational community.
0:00 – The Untold Story of Marin City
2:09 – How WWII Shipyards Changed America Forever
4:21 – Growing Up Black in a Forgotten Community
9:12 – Floods, Redlining, and the Struggle to Survive
11:35 – Teenage Motherhood Against All Odds
16:04 – The Housing Project That Was Meant to Be Paradise
20:00 – White Flight and the Fight to Save Home
30:44 – Falling Back in Love With Marin City
33:14 – When Schools Fail Black Students
35:06 – How Parents Built a Freedom School
39:32 – Growing Up With the Black Panthers Nearby
41:00 – A Charter School Torn Apart by Corruption
47:03 – The State Cracks Down on Racist Policies
52:02 – From Community Struggles to New Hope
1:00:52 – Bureaucracy vs. Community Needs
1:02:20 – Why Funding Isn’t the Real Problem
1:03:17 – The Fight Against Anti-Blackness in Education
1:04:31 – A Vision Since 1999: Building a School for the Future
1:07:32 – Granddaughters Rising: From Classrooms to Stem Cells
1:10:39 – Golden Gate Village: Racism, Resistance, and Renewal
1:18:21 – Lawsuits, Resilience, and Hope for Change
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