Black Los Angeles American dreams and racial realities (New York University Press, 2010)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Race, space, and the evolution of Black Los Angeles / Paul Robinson -- From Central Avenue to Leimert Park: the shifting center of Black Los Angeles / Reginald Chapple -- The decline of a Black community by the sea: demographic and political changes in Oakwood / Andrew Deener -- "Blowing up" at Project Blowed: rap dreams and young Black men / Jooyoung Lee -- Out of the void: street gangs in Black Los Angeles / Alex Alonso -- Imprisoning the family: incarceration in Black Los Angeles / M. Belinda Tucker ... [et al.] -- Black and gay in LA: the relationships Black lesbians and gay men have to their racial and religious communities / Mignon Moore -- Looking for the 'hood and finding community: South Central, race, and media / Dionne Bennett -- Playing "ghetto": Black actors, stereotypes, and authenticity / Nancy Wang Yuen -- Before and after Watts: Black art in Los Angeles / Paul Von Blum -- SOLAR: the history of the sounds of Los Angeles records / Scot Brown -- Killing "Killer King": The Los Angeles Times and a "troubled" hospital in the 'hood / Darnell Hunt and Ana-Christina Ramón -- Bass to bass: relative freedom and womanist leadership in Black Los Angeles / Melina Abdullah and Regina Freer -- Concerned citizens: environmental (in)justice in Black Los Angeles / Sonya Winton -- A common project for a just society: Black labor in Los Angeles / Edna Bonacich ... [et al.] -- Reclaiming UCLA: the education crisis in Black Los Angeles / Ana-Christina Ramón and Darnell Hunt