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The Resource Some of my best friends are Black : the strange story of integration in America, Tanner Colby, (electronic resource)

Some of my best friends are Black : the strange story of integration in America, Tanner Colby, (electronic resource)

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This work chronicles America's troubling relationship with race through four interrelated stories: the transformation of a once-racist Birmingham school system; a Kansas City neighborhood's fight against housing discrimination; the curious racial divide of the Madison Avenue ad world; and a Louisiana Catholic parish's forty-year effort to build an integrated church. An exploration of race relations, this book offers a portrait of race in America. In a book that is part reportage, part history, part social commentary, the author explores why the civil rights movement ultimately produced such little true integration in schools, neighborhoods, offices, and churches, the very places where social change needed to unfold. Weaving together the personal, intimate stories of everyday people, black and white, he reveals the strange, sordid history of what was supposed to be the end of Jim Crow, but turned out to be more of the same with no name. He shows us how far we have come in our journey to leave mistrust and anger behind, and how far all of us have left to go
Language
eng
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Publication
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1 online resource (xvii, 294 pages)
Contents
  • Letter from a Birmingham suburb. Bus kid ; A place apart ; Oreo ; What can brown do for you? ; Go rebels?
  • Planning for Permanence. There goes the Neighborhood ; "Have you seen the country club district?" ; 49/63 or fight ; Turf ; Desirable associations.
  • Why do Black people drink Hawaiian Punch? The old boys' network ; Mad black men ; A whole new bag ; The inescapable network ; What's black about it?
  • Canaan. The race that prays together ; The strange career of Jesus Christ ; The miracle of the Grand Coteau ; Into the wilderness ; Milk and honey
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9781101583692
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Some of my best friends are Black : the strange story of integration in America
Title
Some of my best friends are Black
Title remainder
the strange story of integration in America
Statement of responsibility
Tanner Colby
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Language
eng
Summary
This work chronicles America's troubling relationship with race through four interrelated stories: the transformation of a once-racist Birmingham school system; a Kansas City neighborhood's fight against housing discrimination; the curious racial divide of the Madison Avenue ad world; and a Louisiana Catholic parish's forty-year effort to build an integrated church. An exploration of race relations, this book offers a portrait of race in America. In a book that is part reportage, part history, part social commentary, the author explores why the civil rights movement ultimately produced such little true integration in schools, neighborhoods, offices, and churches, the very places where social change needed to unfold. Weaving together the personal, intimate stories of everyday people, black and white, he reveals the strange, sordid history of what was supposed to be the end of Jim Crow, but turned out to be more of the same with no name. He shows us how far we have come in our journey to leave mistrust and anger behind, and how far all of us have left to go
Biography type
contains biographical information
Cataloging source
TEFOD
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Colby, Tanner
Dewey number
305.896/073
Index
no index present
LC call number
E184.A1
LC item number
C537 2012eb
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
dictionaries
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  • Colby, Tanner
  • Racism
  • Whites
  • Whites
  • African Americans
  • African Americans
  • HISTORY
  • History
  • United States
  • United States
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Some of my best friends are Black : the strange story of integration in America, Tanner Colby, (electronic resource)
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multicolored
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Contents
Letter from a Birmingham suburb. Bus kid ; A place apart ; Oreo ; What can brown do for you? ; Go rebels? -- Planning for Permanence. There goes the Neighborhood ; "Have you seen the country club district?" ; 49/63 or fight ; Turf ; Desirable associations. -- Why do Black people drink Hawaiian Punch? The old boys' network ; Mad black men ; A whole new bag ; The inescapable network ; What's black about it? -- Canaan. The race that prays together ; The strange career of Jesus Christ ; The miracle of the Grand Coteau ; Into the wilderness ; Milk and honey
Control code
ocn859777731
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xvii, 294 pages)
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unknown
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online
Isbn
9781101583692
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unknown
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computer
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rdamedia
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  • c
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40021107638
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EB00394418
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not applicable
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unknown
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unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
Stock number
F8DCFADA-E9CB-49AB-8EBF-4F9C52A230BF
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(OCoLC)859777731
Label
Some of my best friends are Black : the strange story of integration in America, Tanner Colby, (electronic resource)
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Publication
Antecedent source
unknown
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Letter from a Birmingham suburb. Bus kid ; A place apart ; Oreo ; What can brown do for you? ; Go rebels? -- Planning for Permanence. There goes the Neighborhood ; "Have you seen the country club district?" ; 49/63 or fight ; Turf ; Desirable associations. -- Why do Black people drink Hawaiian Punch? The old boys' network ; Mad black men ; A whole new bag ; The inescapable network ; What's black about it? -- Canaan. The race that prays together ; The strange career of Jesus Christ ; The miracle of the Grand Coteau ; Into the wilderness ; Milk and honey
Control code
ocn859777731
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xvii, 294 pages)
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781101583692
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other control number
40021107638
Publisher number
EB00394418
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
Stock number
F8DCFADA-E9CB-49AB-8EBF-4F9C52A230BF
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(OCoLC)859777731

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