Chocolate Cities: The Black Map of American Life
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| Rating | : | 4.28 (969 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0520292839 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 344 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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She is the author of This Ain't Chicago: Race, Class, and Regional Identity in the Post-Soul South. . Robinson is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Rhodes College. He is the author of Black Citymakers: How the Philadelphia Negro Changed Urban America.Zandria F. Marcus Anthony Hunter is Associate Professor of Sociology and African American Studies at University of California, Los Angeles
The Dallas that shaped Erykah Badu. The Holly Springs, Mississippi, that compelled Ida B. Drawing on cultural sources such as film, music, fiction, and plays, and on traditional resources like Census data, oral histories, ethnographies, and health and wealth data, the book offers a new perspective for analyzing, mapping, and understanding the ebbs and flows of the Black American experience—all in the cities, towns, neighborhoods, and communities that Black Americans have created and defended. And as the United States moves toward a majority minority society, Chocolate Cities provides a broad and necessary assessment of how racial and ethnic minorities make and change America’s social, economic, and political landscape.. The Birmingham where Martin Luther King, Jr., penned his most famous missive. When you think of a map of the United States, what do you see? Now think of the Seattl
He is the author of Black Citymakers: How the Philadelphia Negro Changed Urban America.Zandria F. About the AuthorMarcus Anthony Hunter is Associate Professor of Sociology and African American Studies at University of California, Los Angeles. She is the author of This Ain't Chicago: Race, Class, and Regional Identity in the Post-Soul South. . Robinson is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Rhodes College