Members of the East Bay Dragons, a motorcycle club, gather in front of the clubhouse in Oakland on Saturday, April 2, 2005. [2], The team was established under the agreement of the Hong Kong Basketball Association and Chun Yu Basketball Club. Nate Gartrell covers crime, politics, and corruption in Contra Costa County. Kory Graffs Wall of ShameTake us to work with you and help us pass the time. IRS delays tax deadline for Bay Area, but California hasnt followed: What should you do? More than 50 made the trip to Fresno, including Levingston. A strong message about friendship to the community from Oakland, CA Legends, Toby Gene Levingston (East Bay Dragons MC President) and Sonny Barger (Hells Ang. (Pendarvis Harshaw) A ll summer, the thought of moving away has been a subtle buzz in the background of the memories I've been creating. EXCLUSIVE: Rockmond Dunbar, the director-producer of the feature film Pastor Brown, has optioned Tobie Gene Levingston's autobiographical book Soul On Bikes: The East Bay Dragons MC And The . [10], The Bay Area Dragons reached the 202223 PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals, becoming the fourth guest team to reach the last stage of a PBA competition. Bill Hayes, Jim Quattlebaum, Dave Nichols. VALLEJO, CA The East Bay Dragons, the first all-Black motorcycle club to exist in the Bay Area, has filed a federal lawsuit against Solano County alleging that a county employee concocted a reason to cancel a planned club event at the fairgrounds after hearing that one of its members had associations with the Black Panthers. Levingston built the East Bay Dragons Motorcycle Club on the values of community, family, and the tight bonds of brotherhood. 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He has worked as an online coordinator and, before that, a copy editor and page designer for Bay Area-based newspapers and magazines. Photo Credit: U.S. Department of Justice UPDATE: The former national president of the Pagans was sentenced Thursday to a plea-bargained 33 months in federal prison for having a gun while returning home through New Jersey from a party in Pennsylvania. Levingston and the Dragons made the switch from cars to bikes in 1959. On Wednesday, the club shared newsof Levingstons passing and asked well-wishers to keep Levingstons wife and children and club members in their prayers, saying: Rest in Heaven, Pres.. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group), OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA AUGUST 29: East Bay Dragons Motorcycle Club members pose for a group photo before their meeting at the East Bay Dragons Motorcycle Club in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019. He looks back fondly on the early days of the Dragons: going to dances in the '50s, and partying with hippies, Hells Angels and Black Panthers in the '60s. A lot, to be honest. OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA - AUGUST 29: Memorabilia of the East Bay Dragons decorate the walls at the East Bay Dragons Motorcycle Club in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019. The bottom patches displaying their territory are rectangular, not curved. 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Newton went to jail for the 1967 shootout between the Oakland cops and the Panthers, many members of the Dragons attended Free Huey rallies at De Fremery Park. LocalWiki is a grassroots effort to collect, share and open the worlds local knowledge. In fact, everyone in the club had a job and skills they could bring to the table. packs - $99.00 The Black Panthers and The East Bay Dragons Motorcycle Club were sometimes mistaken for each other by law enforcement. United Bikers Clubhouse. Thanks for Staying Tight & Livingston Right!!! Three Bay Area men, including justice reform activist, plead guilty in Norteo RICO murder case, Californias hardest to book campground isnt in a famous park. The Dragons' other business manager goes by the name "Tug Boat." They include riding for breast cancer, AIDS awareness, and violence awareness. VALLEJO, CA The East Bay Dragons, the first all-Black motorcycle club to exist in the Bay Area, has filed a federal lawsuit against Solano County alleging that a county employee concocted a reason to cancel a planned club event at the fairgrounds after hearing that one of its members had associations with the Black Panthers. packs - $29.00 (8) 10 oz. Levingston and his four brothers were born in Louisiana to a sharecropper father who made the migration West, along with thousands of other black American families, in the 1950s. Crime and Public Safety | Unlike many outlaw motorcycle clubs, the East Bay Dragons do not claim a state as territory by wearing a bottom "rocker". . The club regularly participates in charity rides, holds block parties and donates supplies to schools. Chosen Few Motorcycle Club- Photography by Gold Mustache Photography, Elliot M. Gold. Hong Kong was made as the home venue of the Phoenixes. Though industrial jobs were plentiful, young black men could still quickly find themselves getting into trouble if they didnt stay busy, Harper said. He will be interred immediately after at Rolling Hills Memorial Park, 4100 Hilltop Drive, in Richmond. I wasn't a BeyHive member. According to the lawsuit, the trouble for the planned August 2019 event started when a county employee learned that a member of the Dragons owned Its All Good Bakery in Oakland, located at 5622 Martin Luther King Way, the Black Panthers first headquarters. George Kelly is a breaking news reporter for the Bay Area News Group's East Bay Times and Mercury News. The reason for this is for their manageable size and very tame, personable dispositions. I love the East Bay Dragons Part of Parnells character is rooted in her fathers life. Terms of Use | Ripper Magazine Vol.15 Old School Chopper Motorcycle Japan Book East Bay Dragons. Octavia Spencer in Truth Be Told, now streaming on Apple TV+. In 1959, and even well into the sixties, although there were two Harley Davidson dealerships in Oakland, no dealership in the Bay Area would sell bikes to black customers. Enough to shut down every resort. In a series of social-media posts Wednesday night, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf praised Levingstons legacy. . Based in Hong Kong, the team is meant to represent the Greater China region. Wheels of Soul MC Book Soul On Bikes The East Bay Dragons and the Black Biker Set Read More: Every Labor Day Weekend they host annual block parties in September at their clubhouse using proceeds to donate school supplies and gift certificates to families of East Oakland to purchase children's school clothes and supplies. That was 1964. While Rosa Parks took her historic bus ride, before Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X and Huey P. Newton and the Black Panthers stood bravely for equal rights, the East Bay Dragons MC risked life and limb during the days when it was a revolutionary act for a black man . Now the club is suing to recoup those funds, which includes cash to pay for the planned list of featured rappers, singers, and comedian:Whodini, Too Short, Doug E Fresh, Richie Rich, Dru Down, Tony Tone Toni, and Mark Curry, according to the civil complaint. Parnell is a fictional journalist who begins questioning her role in the incarceration of Warren Cave (Aaron Paul). If you came out here and talked to folks, no one is going to say anything negative about the East Bay Dragons, Reid said. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group), OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA AUGUST 29: Memorabilia of the East Bay Dragons decorate the walls at the East Bay Dragons Motorcycle Club in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019. Founders Huey Newton and Bobby Seale and chief of staff David Hilliard often came in and ate in Joes restaurant. Opens in a new window or tab. He is survived by his wife Ernestine, his three brothers Jonas, Joe Louis and Vic, and his three daughters Billie Simmons, Debrah Giles and Angela Killingsworth. Unlike most motorcycle clubs, the East Bay Dragons do not have a "prospect" or "probation" period for prospective members. The East Bay Dragons are a motorcycle club in Oakland. The East Bay Dragons motorcycling club was founded by Tobie Gene Levingston in the sixties, when a black man riding a Harley Davidson was unheard of. Everyone has something to offer., The book is a real good read.Like their style. After World War II, his family moved to Oakland. 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After following the recommendation of Barger, The East Bay Dragons officially became a motorcycle club in 1959. Mr. It is considered a one-percenter motorcycle club with close ties to the Hells Angels. The bakerys website says its founder, Kim Cloud, is proud of that fact because his family benefited from the Panthers free breakfast program as kids. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group). He passed in July 2020. Nelson grew up idolizing the Dragons, he said, watching them roll en mass to his grandmothers house, popping wheelies and burning rubber down the street. And Tobie Gene Levingston thought he and his brothers needed a hobby. He aspires to visit all 30 Major League Baseball stadiums. The East Bay Dragons - an all-Black motorcycle club -- has been proudly riding along since 1959 and will roll right into the next decade as strong as ever. Starting in the East Bay Dragons early years from the 1950s, before the black revolution had begun, this book takes you on a journey following the forming of the outlaw black biker culture . He says bikes were cheaper, and they didnt get hassled by cops as much on two wheels. Its why Nelson knows the club will endure for another 60 years. The #1 Biker Radio show Motorcycle Madhouse Motorcycle Mayhem hosted by James Hollywood Macecari is on all major platforms, The East Bay Dragons are an incredible organization, Reid said. Bay Area Dragons Hold Charity Event in Manila in Collaboration with Chinese Embassy of the Philippines. Tobie Gene Levingston, who founded the East Bay Dragons as the Bay Area's first all-Black motorcycle club and one of the nation's first, died early Tuesday of natural causes. The club is turning 60 years this weekend at the same and only location it was founded in East Oakland. 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But through all the changes, the Dragons stuck with the same man as president: Tobie Gene Levingston. https://teechip.com/stores/insanethrottlebikernews*** Subscribe to Hollywood \u0026 China Dolls Channel (It's Free )https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXJgel_T8vy6dKmx6vPp2uA Now in its 60th year of existence, the East Bay Dragons are one of America's first-ever all-black motorcycle clubs. In Fresno, the Dragons team up with two L.A. clubs to rent out a Days Inn. East Asia Super League outfit Bay Area Dragons will become the first guest team competing for a PBA championship in 19 years when they participate in the upcoming 2022-23 Commissioner's Cup. pic.twitter.com/hDBvuGieca, Jay Leno's Garage (@LenosGarage) July 1, 2020. If you have a group and need a player please post it here. By 1959, the East Bay Dragons had developed a reputation among Oakland Police Department for their numerous melees and brawls with local street gangs from East and West Oakland. LLH&R." An undated photo of the East Bay Dragons. So we played with that, visually. Soak in the retro soil & oil biker shots from the Chosen Few, and East Bay Dragons motorcycle clubs In 1959, the Chosen Few MC officially formed out in LA on the cusp of the chaotic 60s. Many of the riders here are affiliated with clubs, like Los Angeles Divided Time and Chosen Few, Sacramentos Aftermath and Fresnos Unknown Riders. Both the Phoenixes and the P. League+ champions of Taiwan were designated by the EASL as Greater China's representatives.. Is the vulgar anti-Tesla sign on my neighbors truck illegal? There would be black bikers from all over the country that would drive all the way to the East Coast. !huge lineup of merchandise. Californias black clubs descend on Fresno each October, convening to celebrate motorcycles. The Dragons adopted their own uniform. Levingston grew up in rural Louisiana, the son of a sharecropper. The club was initially . Click To See Our Other Locations Below: Location Address; 1: Double Dragon Chinese Restaurant: East Bay Street (close to Paradise Island Bridge) 2: Theyd often find them in peoples garages or under houses, Harper said. 5.0 out of 5 stars. Because the East Bay Dragons were founded as a car club, they adopted the square shaped patch which stood with the club even after they switched and became a motorcycle club. I remember staying up late making hamburgers and hot dogs for these cats into the wee hours of the morning to feed these guys after they would come from the club.". Their friendship with the Black Panthers may have caused confusion for law enforcement, oftentimes putting the bikers in contention with police, but that bond placed the crew in the spotlight which energized members of the East Bay community. He is part of East Bay Dragons, an all-black and all-male Harley Davidson riding motorcycle club in Oakland, California. As they tell it "The 60s was a hell of a time.With the Civil Rights Movement, The Viet Nam War, Flower Power . Crime and Public Safety | For Double Dragon Chinese Restaurant, East Bay Street, it is only a 15 min walk over the bridge from Atlantis. [3] The Phoenixes are the only franchise team in the EASL, with other participating teams seeded from domestic leagues from Japan, Taiwan, South Korea and the Philippines. 2,657 were here. An East Bay Dragons motorcycle club member known as "Slow Motion" arrives at the East Bay Dragons Motorcycle Club in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019. The suit, filed last June, claims that the Dragons planned a 60th anniversary event at the Solano County Fairgrounds in Vallejo that was to be attended by at least 3,800 people and would have featured an impressive lineup of music and comedy. 1 product rating - Ripper Magazine Vol.15 Old School Chopper Motorcycle Japan Book East Bay Dragons. What we're about. And, while Truth Be Told examines the impact of media on public opinion and the ripple effect true crime leaves in its wake, the showrunner delves deeper, using the character of Poppy Parnell (played by Oscar-winner Octavia Spencer) as an in-road to pay homage to her real-life hometown, Oakland. The East Bay Dragons Motorcycle Club has gunned its Harleys through the meanest streets of Oakland, California, since the 1950s. After constant harassment and profiling from the local police, Levingston had considered disbanding the car club. RELATED:Oakland from 1900 to now: See how the city has changed, "I remember them fondly as a little girl because they used to have this black family day picnic every year up in Nolan Park, and that was huge," Spellman explained. The East Bay Dragons formed in 1959, during a time when the image of a black man riding a motorcycle could provoke a strong reaction. Outside of journalism, he doesn't do much. In suit against Solano County, East Bay Dragons, Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window), Alameda County DAs new policy will reduce prison sentences through widespread elimination of sentencing enhancements, In suit against Solano County, East Bay Dragons motorcycle club allege racism was behind canceled fairgrounds event, Letters: Plethora of problems | Creating AL | Provenance of woke | Teen girls | Public bank. Before Rosa Parks took her historic bus ride and before Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and Huey P. Newton and the Black Panthers stood bravely for equal rights, the East Bay Dragons MC risked life and limb during the days when it was a revolutionary act for a . (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group), OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA AUGUST 29: A special and designed booth for East Bay Dragons Motorcycle Club members is featured at the East Bay Dragons Motorcycle Club in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019. They arent called The East Bay Dragons in the show, but the group inspired by the real-life MC deeply anchors the plot. If you are a player and are looking for a new group post it here. This was far more affordable as new bikes cost around $500 yet a used Harley Davidson could be bought for as little as $30. Biker Angle Weekly News Wrap Up Season 1 Episode 9, They were all sharp, real clean looking, Harper remembers. Select Organic Boneless Skinless Chicken Thighs Option to Add to Your Cart (4) 10 oz. Born June 30, 1934, in Lillie, Louisiana, Levingston was one of 10 children raised by sharecropper parents who moved to the Bay Area in the early 1950s, settling in East Oaklands Brookfield Village neighborhood. They called themselves the East Bay Dragons and even stuck plates with their logo in the rear windows. So I started a car club to work on old cars and get their mind occupied working on cars.. The team was established under the agreement of the Hong Kong . via East Bay Dragons/Flickr. The East Bay Dragons Motorcycle Club has gunned its Harleys through the meanest streets of Oakland, Calif., since the 1950s. Besides rap, his passions include motorcycles as well. Wheels of Soul MC Book - Soul on Bikes: The East Bay Dragons MC and the Black Biker Set by Tobie Levingston, Keith Zimmerman, Kent Zimmerman and forward by Ralph "Sonny" Barger. So it's just like, you know, money Marin and then you go over [the Bay Bridge] and it's funkier, more bluesy Oakland. The Hells Angels Motorcycle Club and seven members have failed to have the attempt to seize three of their clubhouses thrown out of court. I seen a lot of good men, I mean a whole bunch of them, get hooked on that s---" Levingston recalls. It worked, and the club began attracting other kids from the neighborhood. showrunner Nichelle Tramble Spellman (The Good Wife, Justified) explained during Apple TV+'s press junket for Truth Be Told, the newest drama to hit the fledgling streamer's lineup. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group), OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA AUGUST 29: East Bay Dragons motorcycle club member Ray Nelson points out at a wall with nicknames of late club members at the East Bay Dragons Motorcycle Club in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019. As Levingston recalled in his 2004 autobiography, Soul on Bikes, most families in the '50s couldn't afford the luxury of having more than one vehicle. Jones has been a member for 40 years and the club is turning 60 years this weekend at the same and only location it was founded in East Oakland. New report shows thousands of workers have left downtown San Francisco, California high schooler fatally stabbed in classroom fight, Nostalgic Bay Area chain Caspers Hot Dogs closing Walnut Creek restaurant. Brothers Motorcycle Club. Hes a solidly built man with a shaved head. The county has not responded in court. Bill Hayes. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group), OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA AUGUST 29: East Bay Dragons motorcycle club member Ernest Big E13 Brown is photographed in a motorcycles mirror at the East Bay Dragons Motorcycle Club in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019. Reid said the Dragons have held events at the Oakland Zoo and never faced complaints except about the noise of their motorcycles. California and motorcycles go way back: from Marlon Brandos star turn as an outlaw biker in 1953s "The Wild One" to the current TV hit "Sons of Anarchy," set in the fictional town of Charming, California. The East Bay Dragons had already established a strong presence within communities in East Oakland. New episodes of Truth Be Told drop every Friday on Apple TV+. We are a group of east bay area D&D adventurers looking to start or join groups of Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition. h. Theyd only talk about the good things they do and how they are positive role models for our children.. The fairgrounds CFO, Mike Ioakimedes, said he has not yet reviewed the suit with his attorney and declined to comment. A hardtail Honda CB750 with a home-made springer front end and a crude, coffin-shaped tank, it was festooned with a hand-painted mural of a nude woman, resplendent in giant Afro and gold hoop earrings, picking . Wilson has been a . The East Bay Dragons formed in 1959, during a time when the image of a black man riding a motorcycle could provoke a strong reaction. Donate. VALLEJO The East Bay Dragons, the first all-Black motorcycle club to exist in the Bay Area, has filed a federal lawsuit against Solano County alleging that a county employee concocted a reason . Our brothers, the East Bay Dragons, would be honored and enshrined forever in the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC as one of the 1st all Black Biker Clubs in American history; photographed in front of another Oakland BBQ restaurant. Other makes of motorcycles are not allowed. He joined the Bay Area News Group in 2014. Bikers at the Halfway Run all give their own reasons for riding motorcycles. (Aaron Mendelson/KQED) In front of his hotel room, Ali Ar Rasheed takes in the scene. The club is turning 60 this . The East Bay Dragons were founded by Tobie Gene Levingston in 1959. all that is interesting Hells Angels' old ladies (girlfriends) sit during a rest stop on the group's ride from San Bernardino to Bakersfield, California. 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