To Place Our Deeds: The African American Community in Richmond, California,1910-1963

by Ann Wilson Moore Shirley and Shirley Ann Wilson Moore

Book Overview

To Place Our Deeds traces the development of the African American community in Richmond, California, a city on the San Francisco Bay. This readable, extremely well-researched social history, based on numerous oral histories, newspapers, and archival collections, is the first to examine the historical development of one black working-class community over a fifty-year period.

Offering a gritty and engaging view of daily life in Richmond,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520229207
• ISBN13: 9780520229204
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 245 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"