Uninvited Neighbors: African Americans in Silicon Valley, 1769–1990 (Volume 7) (Race and Culture in the American West Series)

Uninvited Neighbors is the first book to explore fully the history of African Americans in Santa Clara Valley. Herbert G. Ruffin examines black life and political thought in the valley from its earliest days as part of Spanish California (when the black population approached 25 percent) to the complexities of race relations in the valley's current incarnation as a suburban, tech-oriented business center.

• | Author: Herbert G. Ruffin II
• | Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• | Publication Date: November 19, 2019
• | Number of Pages: 354 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0806154179
• | ISBN-13: 9780806154176