Sujet

Promotional pamphlet for Soul City, 1971. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

The pamphlet is black with red letters and green banner across the bottom. The words [SOUL / CITY] are in red bubble letters. The rest of the cover reads [A NEW CITY/ DEVELOPED BY / FLOYD B. / McKISSICK ENTERPRISES, INC.]. The inside of the pamphlet describes Soul City and outlines why the city is necessary and how it will operate and sustain iself. The back of the pamphlet is a black and white map showing the area from Washington, D.C. to Raleigh, North Carolina. [Soul City] is highlighted in red letters on the map just north of Raleigh. Soul City was a planned community first proposed in 1969 by Floyd McKissick, an African-American civil rights leader and director of the Congress of Racial Equality.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM21A73_349

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

109,4Mo (3,8Mo) / 59,1cm x 46,4cm / 6976 x 5483 (300dpi)

Mots clés

city planning education arts map industry country housing museum color industrial North Carolina location century South Carolina literature company leaflet booklet African American African-American town planning afro-american seventies United States of America Colour 1970s Smithsonian Institution pamphlet Educational Institution 20th century urban planning heritage American America USA scientific institution TGN object united states Unknown cultural heritage Black History The Carolinas Heritage Art National Museum of African American History and Culture NMAAHC ink on paper (fiber product) pamphlets Floyd B. McKissick Enterprises Inc Soul City Floyd Bixler McKissick Floyd B. McKissick McKissick Floyd Bixler Floyd McKissick Floyd Floyd B.