Program

Research Programs: Fellowships for College Teachers and Independent Scholars

Period of Performance

9/1/2003 - 8/31/2004

Funding Totals

$40,000.00 (approved)
$40,000.00 (awarded)


The Community Arts Movement of African-American Los Angeles, 1950-2000

FAIN: FB-38321-03

Steven L. Isoardi
Oakwood School (North Hollywood, CA 91601)

No project description available





Associated Products

The Dark Tree: Jazz and the Community Arts in Los Angeles (Book)
Title: The Dark Tree: Jazz and the Community Arts in Los Angeles
Author: Steven L. Isoardi
Abstract: Based primarily on one hundred in-depth interviews with current and former participants, "The Dark Tree" is the first history of the important and largely overlooked community arts movement, particularly the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra and the Union of God's Musicians and Artists Ascension, of African American Los Angeles.
Year: 2006
Publisher: University of California Press
Type: Single author monograph
ISBN: 0-520-24591-1