Myths & origins : racial formation in Los Angeles -- Heaven ain't hard to find : the formation of the African American community -- Establishing and maintaining institutions -- The development of the underclass -- They were all filled with the Holy Ghost! : the early years of the Azusa Street revival -- Booker T. Washington goes west.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-267) and index.
Summary
Black Los Angeles started small. The first census of the newly formed Los Angeles County in 1850 recorded only 12 Americans of African descent alongside a population of more than 3,500 Anglo Americans. Over the following 70 years, however, the African American founding families of Los Angeles forged a vibrant community within the increasingly segregatedand stratified city. In this book, historian Marne L. Campbell examines the intersections of race, class, and gender to produce a social history of community formation and cultural expression in Los Angeles.
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