Thomas Healy, Soul City: Race, Equality, and the Lost Dream of an American Utopia
Is it possible to build a city starting from scratch? Thomas Healy in Soul City tells how Floyd McKissick tries to fulfill his dream in Warren County, one of the poorest areas of North Carolina, left behind by industrialization and urbanization.McKissick was a prominent civil rights leader for the...
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Ardeth
2022
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| Online Erişim: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Özet: | Is it possible to build a city starting from scratch? Thomas Healy in Soul City tells how Floyd McKissick tries to fulfill his dream in Warren County, one of the poorest areas of North Carolina, left behind by industrialization and urbanization.McKissick was a prominent civil rights leader for the CORE group, focused on the financial independence of black people as a way to obtain racial progress. So, to support his dream of economic equality, he started the Soul City project, a model for Bl... |
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