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African Americans Biographies Boyd, Herb 1938- Detroit (Mich.) History 20th century HISTORY United States State & Local Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX) Michigan Detroit Oklahoma City (Okla.) History Oklahoma City (Okla.) Social life and customs SOCIAL SCIENCE Sociology Urban SPORTS & RECREATION BasketballFilter By Subjects
African Americans Biographies Boyd, Herb 1938- Detroit (Mich.) History 20th century HISTORY United States State & Local Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX) Michigan Detroit Oklahoma City (Okla.) History Oklahoma City (Okla.) Social life and customs SOCIAL SCIENCE Sociology Urban SPORTS & RECREATION BasketballBoyd, Herb
Summary: "Award-winning journalist Herb Boyd chronicles the fascinating history of Detroit through the lens of the African American experience. Offering an expansive discussion of this iconic city, Black Detroit ranges in subject from Antoine de Lamothe Cadillac's initial vision of what would become a thriving metropolis to the city's glory days as the center of American commerce; from the waves of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.434 BOYAnderson, Sam
Summary: "Award-winning journalist Sam Anderson's long-awaited debut is a brilliant, kaleidoscopic narrative of Oklahoma City--a great American story of civics, basketball, and destiny. Oklahoma City was born from chaos. It was founded in a bizarre but momentous "Land Run" in 1889, when thousands of people lined up along the borders of Oklahoma Territory and rushed in at noon to stake their claims....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2018