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Author:

Smith, R. J., 1959-

Title:

The Great Black Way : L.A. in the 1940s and the lost African-American Renaissance / R.J. Smith.

Publisher:

PublicAffairs,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

xiii, 320 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

African Americans--Los Angeles--Los Angeles--Intellectual life--20th century.
African American arts--Los Angeles--Los Angeles--History--20th century.
African American neighborhoods--Los Angeles--Los Angeles--History--20th century.
Community life--Los Angeles--Los Angeles--History--20th century.
African Americans--Los Angeles--Los Angeles--Interviews.
Interviews--Los Angeles.--Los Angeles.
Central Avenue (Los Angeles, Calif.)--History--20th century.
Los Angeles (Calif.)--Intellectual life--20th century.
Los Angeles (Calif.)--Biography.
Los Angeles (Calif.)--History--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-306) and index.

Contents:

Introduction -- Prologue: The great black way -- A Brand new suit of clothes -- Tearing up the double V -- Flying home -- Changelings -- Iron and steel -- Black Noir -- Sweet papa pigmeat -- Bronzeville balls -- Tongues -- Honk -- A Reluctant volunteer -- Exotica -- Children of chaos -- Ringside -- Coda: Gorgeous George versus the Black Panther -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

ISBN:

9781586482954
9781586482954 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1586482955 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)67727683

LCCN:

2006011968

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)