L.A. City Limits
Subtitle: African American Los Angeles from the Great Depression to the Present (George Gund Foundation Imprint in African American Studies)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: June 12, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 303
ISBN-13: 9780520248304
Subjects: American history: from c 1900 -; Black studies; History of specific racial & ethnic groups; United States - State & Local - General; History - U.S.; History; History: American; California; United States - State & Local - West; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; Sociology - Urban; History / General; History - General History; 20th century; African Americans; Economic conditions; Los Angeles; Los Angeles (Calif.); Social conditions
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.