Some of my best friends are Black: the strange story of integration in America
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305.896 COLBY
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Published:
New York : Viking, 2012.
Format:
Book
Physical Desc:
xvii, 294 pages ; 24 cm
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780670023714, 067002371X
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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.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Colby, T. (2012). Some of my best friends are Black: the strange story of integration in America. New York, Viking.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Colby, Tanner. 2012. Some of My Best Friends Are Black: The Strange Story of Integration in America. New York, Viking.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Colby, Tanner, Some of My Best Friends Are Black: The Strange Story of Integration in America. New York, Viking, 2012.
MLA Citation (style guide)Colby, Tanner. Some of My Best Friends Are Black: The Strange Story of Integration in America. New York, Viking, 2012.
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