Hollywatts: From the Promised Land to Purgatory
Arthur Lawrence Cribbs, Jr.
Dec 2024 · Pilgrim Press · Narrated by Salathiel Reagan
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“Madness embraces us / There is no rest / Fighting for a cause / Without reason or test.” The Great Migration of the 1910s – 1940s was both a flight and a pursuit, as African Americans moved north and west in hopes of leaving behind the South’s violence and finding the freedom of equality. Journalist and author Art Cribbs tells the story of his family’s pursuit of that dream in Los Angeles County, and the racism which undermined it.
“Madness embraces us / There is no rest / Fighting for a cause / Without reason or test.” The Great Migration of the 1910s – 1940s was both a flight and a pursuit, as African Americans moved north and west in hopes of leaving behind the South’s violence and finding the freedom of equality. Journa...
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Arthur Lawrence Cribbs, Jr. is the son of a Baptist pastor and social activist mother. He is a father and granddad.
Arthur Lawrence Cribbs, Jr. is the son of a Baptist pastor and social activist mother. He is a father and granddad.
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