Black San Francisco: The Struggle for Racial Equality in the West, 1900-1954

By Albert S. Broussard

Book Overview

This work explores race relations in the city of San Francisco, where whites, for the most part, were outwardly civil to blacks, while denying them employment opportunities and political power. The author argues that it is essential to understand the nature of the racial caste system.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700605770
• ISBN13: 9780700605774
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 323 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Black San Francisco

The book could have taken one more spin through the editing cycle, the author seems to repeat himself often, but the information is excellent and the research is thorougy.