Friday 29 January 2021

In 'Soul City,' One Man Envisions A Place Where Black People Have Power, Opportunity

Soul City: Race, Equality, and the Lost Dream of an American Utopia, by Thomas Healy

Author Thomas Healy chronicles how, in 1969, Floyd McKissick went about building a city from scratch, only to have his dreams dashed by a combination of prejudice and bureaucracy.

(Image credit: Metropolitan Books)



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