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

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Title:

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

Author:

Smith, R. J., 1959-

Personal Author:

Smith, R. J., 1959-

Publication Information:

New York : PublicAffairs, [2006]

Physical Description:

xiii, 320 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Language:

English

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.

Subject Term:

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.

Geographic Term:

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.