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
The westward migration of nearly half a million Americans in the mid-nineteenth century looms large in U.S. history. Classic images of rugged Euro-Americans traversing the plains in their prairie scho
Reconstructs the history of black women’s participation in western settlement ?A stellar collection of essays by talented authors who explore fascinating topics.”?Journal of American Ethnic HistoryAfr
Grafton Tyler Brown?whose heritage was likely one-eighth African American?finessed his way through San Francisco society by passing for white. Working in an environment hostile to African American ach
