Buxton: A Black Utopia In The Heartland, An Expanded Edition (Bur Oak Book),New

Buxton: A Black Utopia In The Heartland, An Expanded Edition (Bur Oak Book),New

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From 1900 Until The Early 1920S, An Unusual Community Existed In America'S Heartlandbuxton, 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 Americansa 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 Integrationsteady Employment, Aboveaverage Wages, Decent Housing, And Minimal Discrimination. For Such Reasons, Buxton Was Commonly Known As The Black Man'S Utopia In Iowa.Containing Documentary Evidenceincluding Newspapers, Census Records, Photographs, And State Mining Reportsalong With Interviews Of 75 Former Residents, Buxton: Work And Racial Equality In A Coal Mining Community (Originally Published In 1987 And Winner Of The 1988 Benjamin Shambaugh Award) Explored The Buxton Experience From A Variety Of Perspectives. The Authorsan American Historian, A Family Sociologist, And A Race Relations Sociologistprovided A Truly Interdisciplinary History Of One Iowa'S Most Unique Communities. Now, Eighty Years After The Town'S Demise And Fifteen Years After Buxton'S Original Publication, The History Of This Iowa Town Remains A Compelling Story That Continues To Capture People'S Imaginations. In Buxton: A Black Utopia In The Heartland, The Authors Offer Further Reflections Upon Their Original Study And The Many Former Buxton Residents Who Shared Their Memories. In The New Essay, A Buxton Perspective, Issues Such As Social Class And The Town'S Continuing Legacy Are Addressed. The Voices Captured Inbuxton, Although Recorded Over Twenty Years Ago, Still Resonate With Exuberance, Affection, And Poignancy; This Expanded Edition Will Bring Their Amazing Stories Back To The Forefront Of Iowa And American History.

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