Living the California dream : African American leisure sites during the Jim Crow era /

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"Alison Rose Jefferson examines how African Americans pioneered America's "frontier of leisure" by creating communities and business projects in conjunction with their growing population in Southern California during the nation's Jim Crow era"--

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Jefferson, Alison R. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2020]
Subjects:
1900-1999
African Americans > Recreation > California, Southern > History > 20th century.
Leisure > Social aspects > California, Southern > History > 20th century.
Resorts > Social aspects > California, Southern > History > 20th century.
African American neighborhoods > California, Southern > History > 20th century.
Discrimination in public accommodations > California, Southern > History > 20th century.
African Americans > California, Southern > Social conditions > 20th century.
Noirs américains > Loisirs > Californie (Sud) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Loisirs > Aspect social > Californie (Sud) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Lieux de villégiature > Aspect social > Californie (Sud) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Quartiers noirs américains > Californie (Sud) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Discrimination dans les lieux publics > Californie (Sud) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Noirs américains > Californie (Sud) > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
African American neighborhoods
African Americans > Recreation
African Americans > Social conditions
Discrimination in public accommodations
Leisure > Social aspects
Race relations
California, Southern > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Californie (Sud) > Relations raciales > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Southern California
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Historical context of leisure, the California dream, and the African American experience during the Jim Crow era
  • The politics of remembering African American leisure and removal at Bruce's Beach
  • Race, real estate, and remembrance in Santa Monica's Ocean Park neighborhood
  • A resort town Mecca for African American pleasure seekers at Lake Elsinore
  • African Americans and exurban adventures in the Parkridge Country Club and subdivision development
  • Race, leisure, subdivisions, promoters, and gambling on the California Dream at Eureka Villa.

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