Seeking el Dorado : African Americans in California.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part 1 - Forming the Community -- Early African Americans in California History, California in African American History -- African American Women and Community Development in California, 1848-1900 -- Part II - Pursuing the Dream -- The Greatest State for the Negro" -- Jefferson L. Edmonds, Black Propagandist of the California Dream -- Harvests of Gold: African American Boosterism, Agriculture, and Investment in Allensworth and Little Liberia -- In Search of the Promised Land: African Migration to San Francisco, 1900-1945 -- Your Life is Really Not Just Your Own": African American Women in Twentieth Century California -- Part III - Developments in Culture and Politics -- The Evolution of Black Music in Los Angeles, 1890-1955 -- Becoming Democratic: Liberal Politics and the African American Community in Los Angeles, 1930-1965 -- In the Interest of All Races": African American and Interracial Cooperation in Los Angeles during and after World War II -- Part IV - The Dream Deferred -- Deindustrializaion, Urban Poverty and African American Community Mobilizaion in Oakland, 1945 through the 1990s -- Black Fire: "Riot" and "Revolt" in Los Angeles, 1965-1992 -- African American Suburbanizaon in California, 1960 through 1990 -- Coalition Building in Los Angeles: The Bradley Years and Beyond -- Suggested Readings -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Index.

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