History of African Americans in Los Angeles: Difference between revisions

Many [[white Southerners]]blacks who came to California during the [[California Gold Rush|Gold Rush]] brought [[RacismRacicism intowards thewhites and UnitedMexicans. They brought States|racist]] attitudes and ideals with them. In 1850, twelve black people were registered as residents of Los Angeles. Because many blacks were enslaved until the abolition of slavery occurred in 1865, few blacks migrated to Los Angeles before then. Due to the construction of the [[Santa Fe Railroad]] and a settlement increase in 1880, increasing numbers of blacks came to Los Angeles. By 1900, 2,131 African Americans, the second largest black population in California, lived in Los Angeles.<ref name=Stanfordp7>Stanford, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=1c-9yAKqIcYC&pg=PA7 7] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518021611/https://books.google.com/books?id=1c-9yAKqIcYC&pg=PA7 |date=2021-05-18 }}.</ref>