Seeking El Dorado : African Americans in California /
edited by Lawrence B. de Graaf, Kevin Mulroy, and Quintard Taylor.
- Los Angeles : Autry Museum of Western Heritage ; 2001. Seattle : University of Seattle Press, (c)2001.
- 1 online resource (xiii, 537 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction: African Americans in California history, California in African American history / The early African heritage of California / African American women and community development in California, 1848-1900 / "The greatest state for the Negro": Jefferson L. Edmonds, Black propagandist of the California dream / Harvest of gold: African American boosterism, agriculture, and investment in Allensworth and Little Liberia / In search of the promised land: African American migration to San Francisco, 1900-1945 / "Your life is really not just your own": African American women in twentieth century California / The evolution of Black music in Los Angeles, 1890-1955 / Becoming Democrats: liberal politics and the African American community in Los Angeles, 1930-1965 / "In the interest of all races": African Americans and interracial cooperation in Los Angeles during and after World War II / Deindustrialization, urban poverty and African American community mobilization in Oakland, 1945 through the 1990s / Black fire: "riot" and "revolt" in Los Angeles, 1965 and 1992 / African American suburbanization in California, 1960 through 1990 / Coalition building in Los angeles: the Bradley years and beyond / Lawrence B. De Graaf and Quintard Taylor -- Jack D. Forbes -- Willi Coleman -- Lonnie G. Bunch III -- Dolores Nason McBroome -- Albert S. Broussard -- Shirley Ann Wilson Moore -- Bette Yarbrough Cox -- Douglas Flamming -- Kevin Allen Leonard -- Gretchen Lemke-Santangelo -- Gerald Horne -- Lawrence B. De Graaf -- Raphael J. Sonenshein.