The Great Black Way : L.A. in the 1940s and the lost African-American Renaissance
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
The Great Black Way : L.A. in the 1940s and the lost African-American Renaissance
AUTHOR:
Smith, R. J., 1959-
ISBN:
9781586485214
PUBLICATION_INFO:
New York : PublicAffairs, c2006.
PHYSICAL_DESC:
xiii, 320 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm
ABSTRACT:
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.
SUBJECT_TERM:
SUBJECT:
| African Americans -- California -- Los Angeles -- Intellectual life -- 20th century. |
| African American arts -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century. |
| African American neighborhoods -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century. |
| Community life -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century. |
| African Americans -- California -- Los Angeles -- Interviews. |
| Interviews -- California -- Los Angeles. |
| Central Avenue (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- History -- 20th century. |
| Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century. |
| Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Biography. |
| Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century. |
BIBSUMMARY:
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.