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L.A. city limits : African American Los Angeles from the Great Depression to the present /

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sides, Josh, 1972-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2003.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Notas:"The George Gund Foundation imprint in African American studies."
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiv, 288 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-277) and index.
ISBN:9780520939868
0520939867
1417525525
9781417525522
1597346969
9781597346962