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Cover 1 Title Page, Copyright 2 Contents 6 Preface 10 Acknowledgments 14 A Note on Place Names 18 Introduction 22 Chapter One: History Stories 40 Chapter Two: The Case for America 61 Chapter Three: Economic Futures 90 Chapter Four: Community of Blackness 127 Chapter Five: The Appeal of a Black Place 152 Epilogue 157 Notes 162 Glossary of Place Names 174 Bibliography 176 Index 188 Publisher:The University of North Carolina Press,Published:2019,ISBN:9781469653990,Related ISBN:9781469653969,Language:English,OCLC:1119730510 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. In Blac

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Author

Slocum, Karla

Publisher

The University of North Carolina Press

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9781469653990

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Sociology, Anthropology