Description
Book SynopsisTraces the development of the African American community in Richmond, California, a city on the San Francisco Bay. This book examines the process and effect of migration, the rise of a black urban industrial workforce, and the dynamics of community development.
Trade Review"A fascinating study... It truly comes alive in its expert use of African American oral histories." - Waldo E. Martin, University of California, Berkeley"
Table of ContentsLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
LIST OF TABLES
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Introduction
I.
Richmond before the War: A "Slow, Gradual andComforting" Change
2.
Shipyards and Shipbuilders
3.
Boomtown
4.
Demobilization, Rising Expectations, and Postwar Realities
5.
Traditions from Home
6.
Epilogue: Community, Success, and Unfulfilled Promise
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
