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“Respect the patch”: How Oakland’s oldest Black motorcycle club survived more than 60 years

East Bay Yesterday by East Bay Yesterday

Jun 20, 202500:35:36Society & Culture

Tobie Gene Levingston left behind his life as a Louisiana sharecropper in the mid-1950s to work at an Oakland metal foundry. Within a few years, he started the East Bay Dragons, which grew to be one of the most legendary...

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“Respect the patch”: How Oakland’s oldest Black motorcycle club survived more than 60 years is an episode from East Bay Yesterday by East Bay Yesterday. Tobie Gene Levingston left behind his life as a Louisiana sharecropper in the mid-1950s...

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Published Jun 20, 2025, 00:35:36 long, audio available.

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