Soul City : race, equality, and the lost dream of an American utopia
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Published
New York, New York : Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company, 2021.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 434 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Status
Oliver La Farge - Adult
975.652 Hea
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975.652 Hea
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Published
New York, New York : Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company, 2021.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-414) and index.
Description
"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.
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LC Subjects
African Americans -- Civil rights -- North Carolina -- History -- 20th century.
Biographies.
City planning -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Civil rights workers -- North Carolina -- Biography.
McKissick, Floyd B. -- (Floyd Bixler), -- 1922-1991.
North Carolina -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
Planned communities -- North Carolina -- History -- 20th century.
Soul City (N.C.) -- History.
Warren County (N.C.) -- Biography.
Biographies.
City planning -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Civil rights workers -- North Carolina -- Biography.
McKissick, Floyd B. -- (Floyd Bixler), -- 1922-1991.
North Carolina -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
Planned communities -- North Carolina -- History -- 20th century.
Soul City (N.C.) -- History.
Warren County (N.C.) -- Biography.
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