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Compton
Contributor(s): Johnson, Robert Lee (Author)
ISBN: 073859539X     ISBN-13: 9780738595399
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
OUR PRICE:   $19.79  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: July 2012
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy)
- Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials)
- Travel | Pictorials (see Also Photography - Subjects & Themes - Regional)
Dewey: 979.4
LCCN: 2011942196
Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.4" W x 9.1" (0.85 lbs) 128 pages
Themes:
- Locality - Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA
- Cultural Region - Southern California
- Geographic Orientation - California
 
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Publisher Description:
Compton is a city of myth and misunderstandings. Today, it is known as the city of hip-hop dreams and gangsta fantasies. Its history, however, is not as well known. Compton was originally part of the Rancho San Pedro Spanish land grant. The area was deeded as a wedding gift, lost in foreclosure, then sold to F.P.F. Temple and F.W. Gibson at a sheriff s sale. Ultimately, it was settled in 1867 by former forty-niners from Stockton. Given its location halfway between the harbor and Los Angeles, the Hub City has seen many pivotal events: the dawn of flight at the 1910 international air meet, the 1933 earthquake, floods, white flight, factory shut-downs, decline, and now a new beginning at the start of the 21st century."

Contributor Bio(s): Johnson, Robert Lee: - Robert Lee Johnson is chairman of the projects committee of the History Council at the California African American Museum. He was co-coordinator of the Compton branch of the Black Panther Party and a founding member of the Coalition Against Police Abuse. Johnson lectures on local history and mentors a civil rights class at Otis College. His family moved from Watts to Compton in 1961.