Book

Soul City

Race, Equality, and the Lost Dream of American Utopia

Thomas Healy

2021

Metropolitan Books

Associated Ideas, People, and Places

Book Review

Black Capitalism in One City

Soul City was a boondoggle—not a story of lost or forgotten roads tragically not taken.

by Adolph Reed Jr. via Dissent on May 25, 2022
Book Review

The Lost Plan for a Black Utopian Town

Soul City in North Carolina was designed to build Black wealth and address racial injustice. Then its opponents lined up.

by Divya Subramanian via The New Republic on March 17, 2021
Book Review

The Plan to Build a Capital for Black Capitalism

In 1969, an activist set out to build an African-American metropolis from scratch. What would have happened if Soul City had succeeded?

by Kelefa Sanneh via The New Yorker on February 1, 2021

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