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Oak Hill : a portrait of black life in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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- Creator
- by Eric A. Smith
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- First edition
- Los Angeles : Amen-Ra Theological Seminary Press, 2006
- Physical Details
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- 117 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- ISBNs
- 0978577299, 9780978577292
- OCLC
- ocm77526798
- Bibliographical references and index.
- Introduction -- Where is Buxton, Iowa? -- Segregation, discrimination, and race in Cedar Rapids -- Life on Oak Hill -- The black church in Cedar Rapids -- Black education in Cedar Rapids -- The Jane Boyd Community House -- Oak Hill's black youth excel in sports -- Working in the meatpacking house --A nation at war -- Oak Hill in decline