Black Towns, Black Futures
The Enduring Allure of a Black Place in the American West
Some know Oklahoma's Black towns as historic communities that thrived during the Jim Crow era-this is only part of the story. In this book, Karla Slocum shows that the appeal of these towns is more than their past. Drawing on interviews and observations of town life spanning several years, Slocum reveals that people from diverse backgrounds are still attracted to the communities because of the towns' remarkable history as well as their racial identity and rurality. But that attraction cuts both ways. Tourists visit to see living examples of Black success in America, while informal predatory lenders flock to exploit the rural Black economies.…
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- ISBN: 978-1-4696-5397-6
- EAN: 9781469653976
- Produktnummer: 30767817
- Verlag: The University of North Carolina Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
- Seitenangabe: 192 S.
- Masse: H23.4 cm x B15.6 cm x D1.0 cm 301 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 301
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