C-SPAN Cities Tour - Bakersfield: Mark Arax "West of the West"

Hear the story of the Black Okies --a group of African Americans that migrated to rural California from the South, following the cotton trail West from author and former Los Angeles Times writer Mark Arax in his book "West of the West".
Visit: www.c-span.org/LocalContent/Ba...

[@gypzs9]

Read Mark’s books about California. He has a unique, much researched and knowledgeable approach to his subject.

[@Gtrip420]

Thank you for dropping this history ❤️

[@almarobledo7833]

Wow! I appreciate the history he shares. I showed this to my students.

[@barkeyes8592]

I lived in Bakersfield and had seen that shack and wooden structures, rusted tools and never knew that people lived there.

[@nnoone]

thats my primo my name is shanejose iskenderian chavez and my primo mark arax knows his stuff buy his books and que dios de bendiga a todos

[@jimmyjames9752]

C-SPAN SWAMP DEMOCRAT PAID OPERATIVES FROM TOP TO BOTTOM INSIDE OUT. RIGGED CALLS 😉