Black Los Angeles : American dreams and racial realities /

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Los Angeles is well-known as a temperate paradise with expansive beaches and mountain vistas, a booming luxury housing market, and the home of glamorous Hollywood. During the first half of the twentieth century, Los Angeles was also seen as a mecca for both African Americans and a steady stream of m...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Hunt, Darnell M. (Editor ), Ramón, Ana-Christina (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, ©2010.
Temas:
African Americans > California > Los Angeles.
Noirs américains > Californie > Los Angeles.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Cultural Heritage.
African Americans.
Race relations.
Los Angeles (Calif.) > Race relations.
California > Los Angeles.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Race, space, and the evolution of Black Los Angeles / Paul Robinson
  • From Central Avenue to Leimert Park: the shifting center of Black Los Angeles / Reginald Chapple
  • The decline of a Black community by the sea: demographic and political changes in Oakwood / Andrew Deener
  • "Blowing up" at Project Blowed: rap dreams and young Black men / Jooyoung Lee
  • Out of the void: street gangs in Black Los Angeles / Alex Alonso
  • Imprisoning the family: incarceration in Black Los Angeles / M. Belinda Tucker [and others]
  • Black and gay in LA: the relationships Black lesbians and gay men have to their racial and religious communities / Mignon Moore
  • Looking for the 'hood and finding community: South Central, race, and media / Dionne Bennett
  • Playing "ghetto": Black actors, stereotypes, and authenticity / Nancy Wang Yuen
  • Before and after Watts: Black art in Los Angeles / Paul Von Blum
  • SOLAR: the history of the sounds of Los Angeles records / Scot Brown
  • Killing "Killer King": The Los Angeles Times and a "troubled" hospital in the 'hood / Darnell Hunt and Ana-Christina Ramón
  • Bass to bass: relative freedom and womanist leadership in Black Los Angeles / Melina Abdullah and Regina Freer
  • Concerned citizens: environmental (in)justice in Black Los Angeles / Sonya Winton
  • A common project for a just society: Black labor in Los Angeles / Edna Bonacich [and others]
  • Reclaiming UCLA: the education crisis in Black Los Angeles / Ana-Christina Ramón and Darnell Hunt.

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