{"id":2230,"date":"2018-07-03T19:49:58","date_gmt":"2018-07-03T19:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\/cagaincarceration\/?page_id=2230"},"modified":"2024-07-03T14:41:17","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T18:41:17","slug":"black-populations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\/carceral-states\/california-conventions-protest\/black-populations\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Populations in California"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.106&#8243;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.106&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.21.1&#8243; header_font_size=&#8221;23px&#8221; z_index_tablet=&#8221;500&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h3>THE COLORED CONVENTIONS AND THE CARCERAL STATES<\/h3>\n<h1>BLACK POPULATIONS IN CALIFORNIA<\/h1>\n<p>Black communities in California counties grew slowly during the latter half of the nineteenth century. 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The chart shows that persons listed as \u201cBlack\u201d in the US Census consistently made up one percent or less of the population in the county of Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>Click below and scroll over each chart for specific numerical values.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text]<div  class=\"clearfix   et_pb_popup_builder_0  et_pb_module\"><a class=\"trigger_sb_divi_modal trigger_sb_divi_modal_6ad9d4ca2580c\" href=\"https:\/\/live.amcharts.com\/MxNmJ\/embed\/\"><span class=\"sb_pb_modal_button\">CLICK HERE<\/span><\/a><script>\n\t\t\t\t\tjQuery(document).ready(function() {\n\t\t\t\t\t    jQuery(\".trigger_sb_divi_modal_6ad9d4ca2580c\").colorbox({ maxWidth: \"90%\", maxHeight: \"90%\", iframe: true, width: \"90%%\", height: \"90%%\" });\n\t\t\t\t\t    \n\t\t\t\t\t    jQuery( window ).resize(function() {\n\t\t\t\t\t\tif (jQuery( window ).width() < 550) {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t    jQuery.colorbox.resize({width:\"90%\", height:\"70%\"});\n\t\t\t\t\t\t} else {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t    jQuery.colorbox.resize({ maxWidth: \"90%\", maxHeight: \"90%\", iframe: true, width: \"90%%\", height: \"90%%\" });\n\t\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t    });\n\t\t\t\t\t});\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/script><div style=\"display:none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t    <div class=\"sb_divi_modal\" id=\"sb_divi_modal_6ad9d4ca2580c\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-iframe\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t    \n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t    <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t    <\/div><\/div>[et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.21.1&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>\n<span style=\"color: gray\">SOURCE:\u00a0Data for this table are gathered from\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.laalmanac.com\/population\/po02.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Los Angeles Almanac<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>(based on US Federal Census) and Historical Census Browser.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In San Francisco, there were considerably more persons listed as \u201cBlack\u201d than in Los Angeles. They, nevertheless, made up a small chunk of the county\u2019s population. San Francisco\u2019s proximity to Coloma, the site where gold was first discovered, played a part in this growth. African Americans lured by the Gold Rush also sought opportunities in closer urban areas.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text]<div  class=\"clearfix   et_pb_popup_builder_1  et_pb_module\"><a class=\"trigger_sb_divi_modal trigger_sb_divi_modal_6ad9d4ca2824c\" href=\"https:\/\/live.amcharts.com\/wNjZi\/embed\/\"><span class=\"sb_pb_modal_button\">CLICK HERE<\/span><\/a><script>\n\t\t\t\t\tjQuery(document).ready(function() {\n\t\t\t\t\t    jQuery(\".trigger_sb_divi_modal_6ad9d4ca2824c\").colorbox({ maxWidth: \"90%\", maxHeight: \"90%\", iframe: true, width: \"90%%\", height: \"90%%\" });\n\t\t\t\t\t    \n\t\t\t\t\t    jQuery( window ).resize(function() {\n\t\t\t\t\t\tif (jQuery( window ).width() < 550) {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t    jQuery.colorbox.resize({width:\"90%\", height:\"70%\"});\n\t\t\t\t\t\t} else {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t    jQuery.colorbox.resize({ maxWidth: \"90%\", maxHeight: \"90%\", iframe: true, width: \"90%%\", height: \"90%%\" });\n\t\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t    });\n\t\t\t\t\t});\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/script><div style=\"display:none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t    <div class=\"sb_divi_modal\" id=\"sb_divi_modal_6ad9d4ca2824c\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-iframe\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t    \n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t    <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t    <\/div><\/div>[et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.21.1&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>\n<span style=\"color: gray\">\u00a0SOURCE: Data gathered from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bayareacensus.ca.gov\/counties\/SanFranciscoCounty40.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bay Area Census\u00a0<\/a>and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgenealogy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SF Geneology<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE COLORED CONVENTIONS AND THE CARCERAL STATES BLACK POPULATIONS IN CALIFORNIA Black communities in California counties grew slowly during the latter half of the nineteenth century. 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