Today, African Americans make up 9% of the city’s population, down from 17% in the 1980s, according to census data. Migration from Mexico and Central America has boosted Latinos to almost half the city’s population, up from 27% in the 1980s.The war against blacks in California.
A similar shift has taken place in Compton, where about 31% of the population is black, down from 73% in 1980, according to census data. Despite those dwindling numbers, most of Compton’s political leadership is black.
Tuesday, February 28, 2017
In L.A.'s historic African American core, a growing Latino wave represents a possible 'turning point'
The L.A. Times on blacks being pushed out of L.A: