L.A. City Limits
Subtitle: African American Los Angeles from the Great Depression to the Present (George Gund Foundation Book in African American Studies)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: January 27, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9780520238411
Subjects: American history: from c 1900 -; American studies; Black studies; History of specific racial & ethnic groups; Race relations; History - General History; Sociology - Urban; Economic conditions; History; History - U.S.; Los Angeles (Calif.); History: World; California; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; United States - State & Local - General; History / General; Social conditions; 20th century; African Americans; Los Angeles
First sentence: W. E. B. Du Bois's statement, penned in New York shortly after a visit to Los Angeles, exemplified a common perception among many black Angelenos that Los Angeles was a kind of racial paradise for African Americans.