Nelson Johnson frequently stopped working on Boardwalk Empire to wrestle with how best to handle the thorny subject of race. But he persisted, and the result was a chapter--"A Plantation by the Sea"--that inspired this powerful sequel. In The Northside , Johnson brings the untold story of Atlantic City's black community vividly to life, from the arrival of the first African Americans to Absecon Island in the early 19th century through the glory days of the "World's Playground." Drawing on dozens of personal interviews ...
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Nelson Johnson frequently stopped working on Boardwalk Empire to wrestle with how best to handle the thorny subject of race. But he persisted, and the result was a chapter--"A Plantation by the Sea"--that inspired this powerful sequel. In The Northside , Johnson brings the untold story of Atlantic City's black community vividly to life, from the arrival of the first African Americans to Absecon Island in the early 19th century through the glory days of the "World's Playground." Drawing on dozens of personal interviews and painstaking archival research, he reveals long-forgotten details about the people on whose backs the gambling mecca was built and offers a wide-ranging survey of the accomplishments of more recent generations. Exploited for their labor and banished to the most undesirable part of town, resilient Northsiders created a vibrant city within a city--a place where black culture could thrive and young people could aspire to become artists, athletes, educators, and leaders of business, politics, and society. As Nelson Johnson shows in this unflinching portrait, Atlantic City was built on their toil and the Northside was born of their dreams.
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Fine in Fine dust jacket. 0937548731. Hardcover with dustjacket, "Atlantic City was built on their toil-The Northside was built of their dreams, " both the book and jacket are in AS NEW condition, the original price is present and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included, illustrated with photos, a fine gift copy; 358 pages.
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HART, TYRONE L. First edition AS NEW. JACKET: VERY GOOD DJ. 5.50X9.00. JOHNSON'S FIRST BOOK BOARDWALK EMPIRE SPAWNED THE HIT HBO SERIES OF THE SAME NAME. BEFORE THE RAILROAR CAME TO AC IN 1852 THERE WAS 8 BUILDINGS. ATLANTIC CITY INCORPORATED 1854. BY 1948 AC HAD 361 HOTELS PROVIDING 23, 450 ROOMS. GUEST HOUSES ANOTHER 35, 000 ROOMS. RENTABLE ROOMS IN PRIVATE HOUSES 50, 000. AFRICAN AMERICANS PROVIDED THE MAJORITY OF THE LABOR IN THEIR CONSTRUCTION. THE NORTHSIDE DEVELOPED INTO PREDOMINATELY BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD ONWING THEIR OWN HOMES AND BUSINESSES. THERE WERE EVEN FULLY STAFFED BLACK FIRE STATIONS BY 1900. TRULY INDEPTH STUDY OF BLACK SOCIAL CULTURE ON A LOCAL LEVEL. _PAB_
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