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Originally Posted by Eliza Hodgkins 1812
Reading a pretty nifty historical fiction right now called Southland, that links a bunch of characters in the past and present, who all came from the same L.A. neighborhood, Angeles Mesa (what is now the Crenshaw district). Completely fascinating to read about how Crenshaw was once a spacious, rural paradise, where Japanese and black families lived happily together...until WWII...internment camps...eventually the Watts riots, etc. It's almost a study in how a city was on the right path to becoming very integrated (at least amongst the minorities) and how it became increasingly segregated as time past.
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I'm going to have to find that book and see if I can fit it into my reading schedule.
