Idlewild : the rise, decline, and rebirth of a unique African American resort town / Ronald J. Stephens.

" In 1912, white land developers founded Idlewild, an African American resort community in western Michigan. Over the following decades, the town became one of the country's foremost vacation destinations for the black middle class, during its peak drawing tens of thousands of visitors annually and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Stephens, Ronald Jemal
Language:	English
Published:	Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press/Regional, 2013.
Subjects:	Idlewild (Mich.) > History. Idlewild (Mich.) > Social life and customs. Idlewild (Mich.) > Social conditions. African Americans > Michigan > Idlewild > History. African Americans > Michigan > Idlewild > Social life and customs. African Americans > Michigan > Idlewild > Social conditions. HISTORY / United States / 20th Century. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies.
Physical Description:	xxi, 407 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Format:	Book

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