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Language: en
Pages: 450
Pages: 450
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999-05-17 - Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
"An enthralling work that will be essential reading for years to come." —David Nicholson, Washington Post A landmark history of African Americans in the West,
Language: en
Pages: 557
Pages: 557
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-07-01 - Publisher: University of Washington Press
From the 18th century, African Americans, like many others, have migrated to California to seek fortunes or, often, the more modest goals of being able to find
Language: en
Pages: 310
Pages: 310
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004-01-27 - Publisher: Univ of California Press
In 1964 an Urban League survey ranked Los Angeles as the most desirable city for African Americans to live in. In 1965 the city burst into flames during one of
Language: en
Pages: 450
Pages: 450
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999-05-17 - Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
The American West is mistakenly known as a region with few African Americans and virtually no black history. This work challenges that view in a chronicle that
Language: en
Pages: 427
Pages: 427
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-06-07 - Publisher: University of Washington Press
Seattle's first black resident was a sailor named Manuel Lopes who arrived in 1858 and became the small community's first barber. He left in the early 1870s to