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L.A. City Limits: African American Los Angeles from the Great Depression to the Present
Josh Sides
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Paperback. In 1964, an Urban League survey ranked Los Angeles as the most desirable city for African Americans to live in. In 1965, the city burst into flames during one of the worst race riots in the nation's history. How the city came to such a pass is the story told in this history of modern black Los Angeles. Num Pages: 304 pages, 15 b/w photographs, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 68.
In 1964, an Urban League survey ranked Los Angeles as the most desirable city for African Americans to live in. In 1965, the city burst into flames during one of the worst race riots in the nation's history. How the city came to such a pass - embodying both the best and worst of what urban America offered black migrants from the South - is the story told for the first time in this history of modern black Los Angeles. A clear-eyed and compelling look at black struggles for equality in L.A.'s neighborhoods, schools, and workplaces from the Great Depression ... Read more
In 1964, an Urban League survey ranked Los Angeles as the most desirable city for African Americans to live in. In 1965, the city burst into flames during one of the worst race riots in the nation's history. How the city came to such a pass - embodying both the best and worst of what urban America offered black migrants from the South - is the story told for the first time in this history of modern black Los Angeles. A clear-eyed and compelling look at black struggles for equality in L.A.'s neighborhoods, schools, and workplaces from the Great Depression ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
303
Condition
New
Number of Pages
302
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520248304
SKU
V9780520248304
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About Josh Sides
Josh Sides is Assistant Professor of History at Cal Poly Pomona.
Reviews for L.A. City Limits: African American Los Angeles from the Great Depression to the Present
"An exceptional book....[Sides] mixes pioneering research with good writing, sharp analysis and the moving stories of everyday people. His work deserves a place on the bookshelves of all serious students of Los Angeles and the rest of urban California." - Bill Boyarsky, Los Angeles Times Book Review "source material for for planners of tomorrow's multiracial cities." "[A] counter-narrative to the ... Read more