Bridges of Reform : Interracial Civil Rights Activism in Twentieth-Century Los Angeles.
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TextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2011Copyright date: ©2011Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (354 pages)Content type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780199715893
- Civil rights movements -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century
- Community life -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century
- Cultural pluralism -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century
- Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
- Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- 979.4/94053
- F869.L89 -- A24 2010eb
Intro -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Illustrations and Maps -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Los Angeles, the Early Years -- Chapter 2 Shadows of War, Forces for Change -- Chapter 3 The War Comes Home -- Chapter 4 Cold Warriors of a Different Stripe -- Chapter 5 The Community Service Organization and Interracial Civil Rights Activism in the Cold War Era -- Chapter 6 Los Angeles to the Nation -- Conclusion: A Lasting Legacy -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Bridges of Reform reinterprets U.S. civil rights activism that emerged from interracial efforts among Mexican, African, Jewish, and Japanese Americans in multiracial Los Angeles during World War II and the Cold War era.
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