
Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
African Americans in Vallejo
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9781531664657
ISBN13:
9781531664657
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African Americans in Vallejo
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African Americans have been part of the Vallejo mosaic since 1850, the year of the North Bay city's birth. John Grider, a Tennessee native and former slave who arrived in Vallejo in 1850, was one of the city's earliest residents and a veteran of the California Bear Flag Revolt of 1846. While many 19th-century black pioneers established homes, businesses, and schools, it was during the Great Migration period of 1910-1970s that the bulk of Vallejo's black community took firm root. During this period, black folks from throughout the South--tiny towns and big cities alike, from places like Itasca, Texas; Heidelberg, Mississippi; Little Rock, Arkansas; and Lake Wales, Florida--made their way west searching for war-industry jobs at Mare Island Naval Shipyard and lives relatively free of unrelenting racial discord. African Americans in Vallejo chronicles this proud and oftentimes complicated journey.
Author: Sharon McGriff-Payne |
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions |
Publication Date: Dec 17, 2012 |
Number of Pages: 130 pages |
Binding: Hardback or Cased Book |
ISBN-10: 1531664652 |
ISBN-13: 9781531664657 |