This is the first comprehensive and contemporary history of the largest and most diverse public system of higher education in the United States. Serving over 2

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2020 Miriam Matthews Ethnic History Award from the Los Angeles City Historical Society Alison Rose Jefferson examines how African Americans pioneered America’

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