Making Black Los Angeles: Class, Gender, and Community, 1850-1917

Black Los Angeles started small. The first census of the newly formed Los Angeles County in 1850 recorded only 12 Americans of African descent alongside a population of more than 3,500 Anglo Americans. Over the following 70 years, however, the African American founding families of Los Angeles forged a vibrant community within the increasingly segregatedand stratified city. In this book, historian Marne L. Campbell examines the intersections of race, class, and gender to produce a social history of community formation and cultural expression in Los Angeles

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Myths and Origins: Racial Formation in Los Angeles -- 2. Heaven Ain't Hard to Find: The Formation of the African American Community -- 3. Establishing and Maintaining Institutions -- 4. The Development of the Underclass -- 5. They Were All Filled with the Holy Ghost! The Early Years of the Azusa Street Revival -- 6. Booker T. Washington Goes West -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z

Myths & origins : racial formation in Los Angeles -- Heaven ain't hard to find : the formation of the African American community -- Establishing and maintaining institutions -- The development of the underclass -- They were all filled with the Holy Ghost! : the early years of the Azusa Street revival -- Booker T. Washington goes west