The Resource Some of my best friends are Black : the strange story of integration in America, Tanner Colby
Some of my best friends are Black : the strange story of integration in America, Tanner Colby
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The item Some of my best friends are Black : the strange story of integration in America, Tanner Colby represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Colby College Libraries.
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- Summary
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xvii, 294 pages
- Contents
-
- PART 1.
- Letter from a Birmingham suburb
- Bus kid
- A place apart
- Oreo
- What can brown do for you?
- Go rebels?
- PART 2.
- Planning for permanence
- There goes the Neighborhood
- "Have you seen the country club district?"
- 49/63 or fight
- Turf
- Desirable associations
- PART 3.
- 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?
- PART 4.
- Canaan
- The race that prays together
- The strange career of Jesus Christ
- The miracle of the Grand Coteau
- Into the wilderness
- Milk and honey
- Isbn
- 9780670023714
- Label
- 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
- Subject
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- African Americans -- Social conditions -- 1975-
- African Americans -- Social conditions -- 1975-
- Colby, Tanner -- Travel -- United States
- Colby, Tanner -- Travel -- United States
- Racism -- United States
- Racism -- United States
- United States -- Description and travel
- African Americans -- Race identity
- United States -- Race relations
- United States -- Race relations
- White people -- Race identity -- United States
- White people -- Race identity -- United States
- White people -- United States -- Social conditions
- White people -- United States -- Social conditions
- United States -- Description and travel
- African Americans -- Race identity
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Colby, Tanner
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Colby, Tanner
- Racism
- White people
- White people
- African Americans
- African Americans
- United States
- United States
- Label
- Some of my best friends are Black : the strange story of integration in America, Tanner Colby
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- PART 1. -- Letter from a Birmingham suburb -- Bus kid -- A place apart -- Oreo -- What can brown do for you? -- Go rebels? -- PART 2. -- Planning for permanence -- There goes the Neighborhood -- "Have you seen the country club district?" -- 49/63 or fight -- Turf -- Desirable associations -- PART 3. -- 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? -- PART 4. -- 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
- 759911206
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xvii, 294 pages
- Isbn
- 9780670023714
- Lccn
- 2011043901
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other control number
- 40021107638
- Label
- Some of my best friends are Black : the strange story of integration in America, Tanner Colby
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- PART 1. -- Letter from a Birmingham suburb -- Bus kid -- A place apart -- Oreo -- What can brown do for you? -- Go rebels? -- PART 2. -- Planning for permanence -- There goes the Neighborhood -- "Have you seen the country club district?" -- 49/63 or fight -- Turf -- Desirable associations -- PART 3. -- 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? -- PART 4. -- 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
- 759911206
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xvii, 294 pages
- Isbn
- 9780670023714
- Lccn
- 2011043901
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 40021107638
Subject
- African Americans -- Social conditions -- 1975-
- African Americans -- Social conditions -- 1975-
- Colby, Tanner -- Travel -- United States
- Colby, Tanner -- Travel -- United States
- Racism -- United States
- Racism -- United States
- United States -- Description and travel
- African Americans -- Race identity
- United States -- Race relations
- United States -- Race relations
- White people -- Race identity -- United States
- White people -- Race identity -- United States
- White people -- United States -- Social conditions
- White people -- United States -- Social conditions
- United States -- Description and travel
- African Americans -- Race identity
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