<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[subject results for "African Americans — California — San Francisco — Social life and customs — 20th century."]]></title><description><![CDATA[subject results for "African Americans — California — San Francisco — Social life and customs — 20th century."]]></description><link>https://gateway.bibliocommons.com/v2/libraries/sfpl/rss/search?query=%22African%20Americans%20%E2%80%94%20California%20%E2%80%94%20San%20Francisco%20%E2%80%94%20Social%20life%20and%20customs%20%E2%80%94%2020th%20century.%22&amp;searchType=subject&amp;origin=core-catalog-explore&amp;view=grouped</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 07:28:58 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Harlem of the West]]></title><description><![CDATA["The Fillmore was one of the few neighborhoods in the Bay area where peple of color could go for entertainment in the 1940s and 50s, and so many legendary African American musicians performed there for friends and family that the neighborhood was known as the Harlem of the West. The entire neighborhood was a giant multicultural party pulsing with excitement and music: Billie Holiday sang at the Champagne Supper Club; Chet Baker and Dexter Gordon jammed with the house band at Bop City; and T-Bone Walker rubbed soulders with the locals at the bar of the Texas Playhouse. Over a dozen clubs dotted the twenty-block radius. Filling out the streets were restaurants, pool halls, theaters, and stores, many of them owned and run by African Americans, Japanese Americans, and Filipino Americans. In 220 lovingly restored images and oral accounts from residents and musicians, Harlem of the West captures a joyful, exciting time in San Francisco, taking readers through an all-but-forgotten multicultural neighborhood and revealing a momentous part of the country's African American musical heritage"--Back cover.]]></description><link>https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S93C3927987</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S93C3927987</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pepin, Elizabeth]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3927987093</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The San Francisco Fillmore Jazz Era</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781597144926/MC.GIF&amp;client=sfpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1080276942</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Harlem of the West]]></title><description><![CDATA["In 2006, Chronicle Books published the first version of the book, 'Harlem of the West: The San Francisco Fillmore Jazz Era.' A tiny website was launched and an exhibit was created from the materials gathered for that early book. Unfortunately, after two pressings, the book was put out of print. Responding to an ongoing demand, Pepin Silva and Watts decided to create a new edition of the book, adding in newly discovered photographs and memorabilia, as well as additional interviews with those who lived and played in the Fillmore at the height of its glory."--Website harlemofthewestsf.com, viewed 2017-07-11.]]></description><link>https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S93C3410323</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S93C3410323</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pepin, Elizabeth]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3410323093</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The San Francisco Fillmore Jazz Era</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780998670416/MC.GIF&amp;client=sfpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=993444030</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Harlem of the West]]></title><link>https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S93C1973572</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S93C1973572</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pepin, Elizabeth]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1973572093</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The San Francisco Fillmore Jazz Era</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780811845489/MC.GIF&amp;client=sfpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=60664319</image_url></item></channel></rss>