On California’s Color Line with Lynn Hudson

On this inaugural episode of The Dream Deferred, we are joined by Lynn Hudson, an Associate Professor of History at the University of Illinois at Chicago and author of West of Jim Crow, The Fight Against California’s Color Line.  Lynn Hudson’s research explores the history of racism and resistance in California, and provides an archive for future generations. We tell the untold stories of brave activists and anti-racist organizations that fought to provide equal opportunity for all citizens and thus make the California Dream a reality for everyone.

Special thanks to the Mellon Foundation’s Sawyer Seminars for supporting this podcast.

Produced, edited, and sound designed by Molly McAnany.

Edited by Adam Burston.

Co-produced by Lisa Parks, France Winddance Twine, and Kim Yasuda.

All music in this episode courtesy of Soundstripe.

Cover art by Dani Kwan.

Sources referenced on this episode:

• Mary Ellen Pleasant
• Pasadena Busing Controversy
• History of Segregated Swimming Pools
• Politics of Respectability

For more on our guest, Lynn Hudson:

• University of Illinois, Chicago
• West of Jim Crow, The Fight Against California’s Color Line

For more on our host, France Winddance Twine:

• UC Santa Barbara Department of Sociology
• Publications

This podcast was funded by a 2021-22 Andrew Mellon Foundation Sawyer Seminar grant in support of “Race, Precarity and Privilege: Migration in a Global Context" at UC Santa Barbara. For more information on this interdisciplinary collaboration and Co- PIs see: https://raceandmigrationucsb.org.