Chocolate Cities: The Black Map of American Life
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| Rating | : | 4.59 (550 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0520292839 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 344 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-05-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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About the AuthorMarcus Anthony Hunter is Associate Professor of Sociology and African American Studies at University of California, Los Angeles. He is the author of Black Citymakers: How the Philadelphia Negro Changed Urban America.Zandria F. 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
Black maps are consequentially different from our current geographical understanding of race and place in America. Now how do you see the United States? Chocolate Cities offers a new cartography of the United States—a “Black Map” that more accurately reflects the lived experiences and the future of Black life in America. The Dallas that shaped Erykah Badu. The Birmingham where Martin Luther King, Jr., penned his most famous missive. The Holly Springs, Mississippi, that compelled Ida B. When you think of a map of the United States, what do you see? Now think of the Seattle that begot Jimi Hendrix. Wells to activism against lynching. 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.. Drawing on cultural so
Marcus Anthony Hunter is Associate Professor of Sociology and African American Studies at University of California, Los Angeles. He is the author of Black Citymakers: How the Philadelphia Negro Changed Urban America.Zandria F. She is the author of This Ain't Chic