{"product_id":"compton-9780738595399","title":"Compton","description":"Compton is a city of myth and misunderstandings. Today, it is known as the city of \"hip-hop dreams and gangsta fantasies.\" Its history, however, is not as well known. Compton was originally part of the Rancho San Pedro Spanish land grant. The area was deeded as a wedding gift, lost in foreclosure, then sold to F.P.F. Temple and F.W. Gibson at a sheriff's sale. Ultimately, it was settled in 1867 by former forty-niners from Stockton. Given its location halfway between the harbor and Los Angeles, the \"Hub City\" has seen many pivotal events: the dawn of flight at the 1910 international air meet, the 1933 earthquake, floods, white flight, factory shut-downs, decline, and now a new beginning at the start of the 21st century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohnson, Robert Lee:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Robert Lee Johnson is chairman of the projects committee of the History Council at the California African American Museum. He was co-coordinator of the Compton branch of the Black Panther Party and a founding member of the Coalition Against Police Abuse. Johnson lectures on local history and mentors a civil rights class at Otis College. His family moved from Watts to Compton in 1961.","brand":"Arcadia Publishing (SC)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50872772886802,"sku":"9780738595399","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1708a34b-0afd-4d24-9564-0c7829028216.jpg?v=1737909709","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/compton-9780738595399","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}