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Magic CityNamed by the Chicago Tribune as a Favorite Book of 1997 “A
mystical tale, full of spirits…Rhodes’s exciting
and moving novel takes off at a vigorous, lively clip from
the first page, plunging through complex ideas and relationships
without neglecting any of them.”
How I Came to Write Magic City The birth of Magic City began one Sunday morning when I read a 1983 Parade Magazine headline: "The Only US City Bombed From the Air." A black and white photo showed a community burnt to ash. The article, no more than three paragraphs, cited these basic 'facts': Dick Rowland, a shoe shine, was accused of assaulting a white female elevator operator. A riot ensued and the National Guard bombed Deep Greenwood, a thriving, black community known as ‘the Negro Wall Street.’ Over 4,000 blacks were interned in tents for nearly a year and given ‘green cards.’ >> Read more |
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