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Soul City : race, equality, and the lost dream of an American utopia / Thomas Healy.
Van Pelt Library F264.S685 H43 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Healy, Thomas, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- McKissick, Floyd B. (Floyd Bixler), 1922-1991.
- McKissick, Floyd B.
- Civil rights workers.
- Race relations.
- History.
- African Americans--Civil rights.
- Planned communities.
- Soul City (N.C.)--History.
- Soul City (N.C.).
- Planned communities--North Carolina--History--20th century.
- African Americans--Civil rights--North Carolina--History--20th century.
- African Americans.
- North Carolina--Race relations--History--20th century.
- North Carolina.
- City planning--United States--History--20th century.
- City planning.
- United States.
- Civil rights workers--North Carolina--Biography.
- Warren County (N.C.)--Biography.
- Warren County (N.C.).
- North Carolina--Soul City.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- x, 434 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Race, equality, and the lost dream of an American utopia
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company, 2021.
- 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.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: PART I
- 1. "Black Boy In A White Land"
- 2. Scrambled Egg
- 3. "Look Out, Whitey!"
- 4. Dreams Into Reality
- PART II
- 5. Klan Country
- 6. "Integration Blackwards"
- 7. Green Power
- 8. A Fresh Start
- 9. "The Salad Pickers"
- 10. Naming Rights
- 11. "Theory Of The Sugar Tit"
- PART III
- 12. Black Elephants
- 13. Present At The Creation
- 14. Cream Of The Crop
- 15. Blindsided
- 16. The Battle Of Soul City
- PART IV
- 17. Good Place To Live
- 18. Pride Or Prejudice
- 19. Maseratis And Microwaves
- 20. "Sorrow's Kitchen".
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [345]-414) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Healy, Thomas. Soul city
- ISBN:
- 9781627798624
- 1627798625
- OCLC:
- 1151091889
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