L.A. City Limits: African American Los Angeles from the Great Depression to the Present
- ISBN-10
- 0520238419
- ISBN-13
- 9780520238411
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 288
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Publisher
- Univ of California Press
- Authors
- Josh Sides, Whitsett Professor of California History and Director of the Center Four Southern California Studies Josh Sides
Description
A lively history of modern black Los Angeles from the Great Depression to the present.
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