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Loading... Seeking El Dorado: African Americans in Californiaby Lawrence B. De Graaf
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. This book is a very valuable book of essays written on the history of African Americans and also other people of color and even the Jewish Community as well in California. the last essay in particular highlights possible action items, especially coalition building among minority groups as crucial. Highly recommended reading. #publicdomaininfrastructure ShiraDest no reviews | add a review
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 work, own a home, and raise a family relatively free of discrimination. Not only their search but also its outcome is covered in Seeking El Dorado. Whether they settled in major cities or smaller towns, African Americans created institutions and organizations—churches, social clubs, literary societies, fraternal orders, civil rights organizations—that embodied the legacy of their past and the values they shared. Blacks came in search of the same jobs as other Americans, but the search often proved frustrating. Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, African American leadership in the state consistently focused on achieving racial justice. The essays in this book speak of triumph and hardship, success, discrimination, and disappointment. Seeking El Dorado is a major contribution to black history and the history of the American West and will be of interest to both scholars and general readers. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)979.4History and Geography North America Great Basin and West Coast U.S. CaliforniaLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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