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The Northside: African Americans and the Creation of Atlantic City

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The Northside: African Americans and the Creation of Atlantic City
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Nelson Johnson frequently stopped working on Boardwalk Empire to wrestle with how best to handle the thorny subject of race. But he persisted, and the result was a chapterâ€”"A Plantation by the Sea"â€”that inspired this powerful sequel.

In The Northside, Johnson brings the untold story of Atlantic City's black community vividly to life, from the arrival of the first African Americans to Absecon Island in the early 19th century through the glory days of the "World's Playground." Drawing on dozens of personal interviews and painstaking archival research, he reveals long-forgotten details about the people on whose backs the gambling mecca was built and offers a wide-ranging survey of the accomplishments of more recent generations.

Exploited for their labor and banished to the most undesirable part of town, resilient Northsiders created a vibrant city within a cityâ€”a place where black culture could thrive and young people could aspire to become artists, athletes, educators, and leaders of business, politics, and society. As Nelson Johnson shows in this unflinching portrait, Atlantic City was built on their toilâ€”and the Northside was born of their dreams.
Country USA
Brand Brand: Plexus Pub
Manufacturer Plexus Pub
Binding Hardcover
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780937548738
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

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