Seeking El Dorado African Americans in California 1st Edition by Lawrence B De Graaf, Kevin Mulroy, Quintard Taylor ISBN 0295980826 978-0295980829

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ISBN 10: 0295980826

ISBN 13: 978-0295980829 

Author: Lawrence B. De Graaf, Kevin Mulroy, Quintard Taylor 

The author of In Search of the Racial Frontier examines the African-American migration to California, documenting the institutions, organizations, and cultural contributions made by blacks in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Simultaneous.

Table of contents:

Part I. Forming the Community

1. The Early African Heritage of California
2. African American Women and Community Development in California, 1848–1900

Part II. Pursuing the Dream
3. “The Greatest State for the Negro”: Jefferson L. Edmonds, Black Propagandist of the California Dream
4. Harvests of Gold: African American Boosterism, Agriculture, and Investment in Allensworth and Little Liberia
5. In Search of the Promised Land: African American Migration to San Francisco, 1900–1945
6. “Your Life Is Really Not Just Your Own”: African American Women in Twentieth-Century California

Part III. Developments in Culture and Politics
7. The Evolution of Black Music in Los Angeles, 1890–1955
8. Becoming Democrats: Liberal Politics and the African American Community in Los Angeles, 1930–1965
9. “In the Interest of All Races”: African Americans and Interracial Cooperation in Los Angeles during and after World War II

Part IV. The Dream Deferred
10. Deindustrialization, Urban Poverty, and African American Community Mobilization in Oakland, 1945 through the 1990s
11. Black Fire: “Riot” and “Revolt” in Los Angeles, 1965 and 1992
12. African American Suburbanization in California, 1960 through 1990
13. Coalition Building in Los Angeles: The Bradley Years and Beyond

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