Bound for freedom : Black Los Angeles in Jim Crow America
Presents an account of Los Angeles' black community in the half century before World War II. This book details African American community life and political activism during the city's transformation from small town to sprawling metropolis.
Print Book, English, 2006
University of California Press, Berkeley, Calif., 2006
History
xviii, 467 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
9780520249905, 0520249909
1029379055
Acknowledgments List of Maps Where We Begin Part One. Staking a Claim in the West Arrival 1. Southern Roots, Western Dreams 2. The Conditions of Heaven 3. Claiming Central Avenue 4. Civic Engagement 5. Politics and Patriotism Part Two. Civil Rights as a Way of Life 6. Fighting Spirit in the Twenties 7. The Business of Race 8. Surging Down Central 9. Responding to the Depression 10. Race and the New Deal Liberalism Departure Appendixes and Tables Notes Bibliography Index
Originally published: 2005