who founded the East Bay Dragons as the Bay Area’s first all-Black motorcycle club and one of the nation’s first, died Tuesday of natural causes. He was 86. Born June 30, 1934, in Lillie ...

OAKLAND — Willie Harper still remembers the first time he saw the East Bay Dragons — then an emerging motorcycle club — roll through the streets of West Oakland. It was around 1960.

Spellman found this locale to be perfect for reminiscing on her childhood, in effect highlighting the profound influence a long-running regional African American motorcycle club, the East Bay ...

That includes dozens of African-American groups, like Oakland’s East Bay Dragons. This year marks the Dragons’ 55th year as a motorcycle club, and they enjoy elder statesman status among the black ...

The East Bay Dragons were founded by Tobie Gene Levingston in 1959. The son of sharecroppers moved from Louisiana to Oakland and wanted something to keep his siblings busy. The club was initially ...

OAKLAND — Willie Harper still remembers the first time he saw the East Bay Dragons — then an emerging motorcycle club — roll through the streets of West Oakland. It was around 1960.