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Soul City, race, equality, and the lost dream of an American utopia, Thomas Healy

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Soul City, race, equality, and the lost dream of an American utopia, Thomas Healy

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

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contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Soul City

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1151091889

Responsibility statement

Thomas Healy

Sub title

race, equality, and the lost dream of an American utopia

Summary

"A history of Floyd McKissick's 1969 plan to build a Black city in North Carolina, examining the story of the idealists who settled there, the obstacles that derailed the project, and what Soul City's saga says about Black opportunity, capitalism, and power then and now"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Black Boy in a White Land -- Scrambled Egg -- Look Out Whitey -- Dreams Into Reality -- Welcome to Klan Country -- Integration Blackwards -- Green Power -- A Fresh Start -- The Salad Pickers -- Naming Rights -- Theory of the Sugar Tit -- Black Elephants -- Present at the Creation -- Cream of the Crop -- Blindsided -- The Battle of Soul City -- Good Place to Live -- Pride or Prejudice -- Maseratis and Microwaves -- Sorrows Kitchen -- Epilogue: Mixed Blessings

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Race, equality, and the lost dream of an American utopia

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