| American Babylon: Race and the Struggle for Postwar Oakland Subjects: Oakland Region (Calif.) -- Race relations; Oakland Region (Calif.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century; Oakland Region (Calif.) -- Economic conditions -- 20th century; African Americans -- Civil rights -- California -- Oakland Region -- History --; A gripping portrait of black power politics and the struggle for civil rights in postwar Oakland Robert O. Self is assistant professor of history at Brown University. |