| Acres of Aspiration: The All-Black Towns of Oklahoma Contributor(s): Johnson, Hannibal B. (Author), Portis, Clay (Illustrator), Dyson, Michael (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0978915038 ISBN-13: 9780978915032 Publisher: Eakin Press OUR PRICE: $20.66 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2007 Annotation: Beulah Land. Paradise. Shangri-la. Oklahoma seemed to be all of these in the hostile, racist, post Civil War South. Seeking both refuge and respect, pioneers such as Edward P. McCabe championed the idea of Oklahoma as an all-Black state. And all-Black towns proliferated there. Some sixty all-Black towns, along with Tulsa's Greenwood District, bear witness to the deep creativity and incredible human spirit of the people who built them. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Social Science | Minority Studies |
| Dewey: 976.600 |
| LCCN: 2002003098 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.9" W x 8.8" (1.00 lbs) 278 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Topical - Black History - Cultural Region - South - Geographic Orientation - Oklahoma - Cultural Region - Mid-South |
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| Publisher Description: Beulah Land. Paradise. Shangri-la. Oklahoma seemed to be all of these in the hostile, racist, post-Civil War South. Seeking both refuge and respect, pioneers such as Edward P. McCabe championed the idea of Oklahoma as an all-Black state. And all-Black towns proliferated there. Some sixty all-Black towns, along with Tulsa's Greenwood District, bear witness to the deep creativity and incredible human spirit of the people who built them. |