Some of my best friends are Black : the strange story of integration in America / Tanner Colby.

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...

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Main Author:	Colby, Tanner
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Viking, [2012], ©2012.
Subjects:	Colby, Tanner > Travel > United States. Racism > United States. White people > Race identity > United States. White people > United States > Social conditions. African Americans > Race identity. African Americans > Social conditions > 1975- HISTORY / United States / General. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations. United States > Description and travel. United States > Race relations.
Physical Description:	xvii, 294 pages ; 24 cm
Format:	Book

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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.
Call Number:	E184.A1 C537 2012
ISBN:	9780670023714 (HRD) 067002371X (HRD)