In search of the California dream
Subtitle: from Houston, Texas to Richmond, California, 1943
By: interview conducted by Judith K. Dunning, introduction by Jim Quay ; Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
Contributors: Dunning, Judith.; Quay, James.; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.; Online Archive of California.
Publisher: University of California
Published: 1990
Place of publication: Berkeley, Calif
Subjects: Kaiser Shipyards (Richmond, Calif.); African Americans -- California -- Richmond.; African Americans -- Housing -- California -- Richmond .; Discrimination in housing -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area.; African American athletes.; Golf -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; World War, 1939-1945 -- War work -- California -- Richmond.; Richmond (Calif.) -- History.
Other titles: On the waterfront : an oral history of Richmond, California.
Description: Discusses growing up in Houston, Texas, blacks in golf, life in Richmond, California since 1943, the Painters' Union, work in Kaiser shipyard, social life (including blues clubs and churches), move to an all white neighborhood in 1956, and opportunities for black people.