| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 537 pages) : maps |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: African Americans in California history, California in African American history / Lawrence B. De Graaf and Quintard Taylor -- The early African heritage of California / Jack D. Forbes -- African American women and community development in California, 1848-1900 / Willi Coleman -- "The greatest state for the Negro": Jefferson L. Edmonds, Black propagandist of the California dream / Lonnie G. Bunch III -- Harvest of gold: African American boosterism, agriculture, and investment in Allensworth and Little Liberia / Dolores Nason McBroome -- In search of the promised land: African American migration to San Francisco, 1900-1945 / Albert S. Broussard -- "Your life is really not just your own": African American women in twentieth century California / Shirley Ann Wilson Moore -- The evolution of Black music in Los Angeles, 1890-1955 / Bette Yarbrough Cox -- Becoming Democrats: liberal politics and the African American community in Los Angeles, 1930-1965 / Douglas Flamming -- "In the interest of all races": African Americans and interracial cooperation in Los Angeles during and after World War II / Kevin Allen Leonard -- Deindustrialization, urban poverty and African American community mobilization in Oakland, 1945 through the 1990s / Gretchen Lemke-Santangelo -- Black fire: "riot" and "revolt" in Los Angeles, 1965 and 1992 / Gerald Horne -- African American suburbanization in California, 1960 through 1990 / Lawrence B. De Graaf -- Coalition building in Los angeles: the Bradley years and beyond / Raphael J. Sonenshein. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
African Americans -- California -- History.
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African Americans. |
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California. |
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History. |
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African Americans -- California -- Social conditions.
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Social conditions. |
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California -- History.
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California -- Social conditions.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
De Graaf, Lawrence Brooks.
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Mulroy, Kevin.
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Taylor, Quintard.
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Autry Museum of Western Heritage.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Seeking El Dorado 0295980826 (DLC) 00051158 (OCoLC)45247272 |
| ISBN |
9780295805313 (electronic book) |
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0295805315 (electronic book) |
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0295980826 |
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9780295980829 |
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0295980834 |
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9780295980836 |
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