Myths & origins : racial formation in Los Angeles -- Heaven ain't hard to find : the formation of the African American community -- Establishing and maintaining institutions -- The development of the underclass -- They were all filled with the Holy Ghost! : the early years of the Azusa Street revival -- Booker T. Washington goes west
Summary
Black Los Angeles started small. The first census of the newly formed Los Angeles County in 1850 recorded only 12 Americans of African descent alongside a population of more than 3,500 Anglo Americans. Over the following 70 years, however, the African American founding families of Los Angeles forged a vibrant community within the increasingly segregatedand stratified city. In this book, historian Marne L. Campbell examines the intersections of race, class, and gender to produce a social history of community formation and cultural expression in Los Angeles
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-267) and index