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Description:From 1900 until the early 1920s, an unusual community existed in America's heartland-Buxton, Iowa. Originally established by the Consolidation Coal Company, Buxton was the largest unincorporated coal mining community in Iowa. What made Buxton unique, however, is the fact that the majority of its 5,000 residents were African AmericansOCoa highly unusual racial composition for a state which was over 90 percent white. At a time when both southern and northern blacks were disadvantaged and oppressed, blacks in Buxton enjoyed true racial integrationOCosteady employment, above-average wages, decent housing, and minimal discrimination. For such reasons, Buxton was commonly known as OC the black man's utopia in Iowa.OCO"We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Buxton: A Black Utopia in the Heartland, an Expanded Edition. To get started finding Buxton: A Black Utopia in the Heartland, an Expanded Edition, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 277

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: University of Iowa Press

Release: 2014

ISBN: 1587298953

Description: From 1900 until the early 1920s, an unusual community existed in America's heartland-Buxton, Iowa. Originally established by the Consolidation Coal Company, Buxton was the largest unincorporated coal mining community in Iowa. What made Buxton unique, however, is the fact that the majority of its 5,000 residents were African AmericansOCoa highly unusual racial composition for a state which was over 90 percent white. At a time when both southern and northern blacks were disadvantaged and oppressed, blacks in Buxton enjoyed true racial integrationOCosteady employment, above-average wages, decent housing, and minimal discrimination. For such reasons, Buxton was commonly known as OC the black man's utopia in Iowa.OCO"We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Buxton: A Black Utopia in the Heartland, an Expanded Edition. To get started finding Buxton: A Black Utopia in the Heartland, an Expanded Edition, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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