African Americans of Monterey county
By: Jan Batiste Adkins
Series: Images of America; Images of America
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 127
ISBN-13: 9781467132602
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Social life and customs; African Americans; Pictorial works; History
Description: "People of African heritage have traveled to Monterey since the 1770s, when African Spaniard Alexo Nino, a ship’s caulker, traveled with Fr. Junipero Serra to Monterey via the San Antonio. For centuries since Nino, black men and women migrated to the Monterey Bay area in search of a new life. In the 20th century, some African Americans established businesses, bought homes, and encouraged family members and friends to settle in Monterey County. Others pursued military careers. Out of these communities came churches, schools, service organizations, and social groups. For the next century, the history of Monterey County’s African American communities have mirrored the nation’s slow progress toward integration with triumphs and setbacks that have been captured in images of employment opportunities, churches, business successes, and political struggles"--
Notes: Place of publication from publisher's website.
Table of contents: title: LIfe in early Monterey for African Americans; title: African American pioneers of Monterey county; title: The establishment of African American churches; title: On the winds of war, new leadership, and new opportunites; title: The next generation of success.