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020    067002371X 
035    (OCoLC)759911206 
035    (OCoLC)759911206 
035    (OCoLC)759911206 
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050 00 E184.A1|bC537 2012 
082 00 305.896/073|223 
100 1  Colby, Tanner. 
245 10 Some of my best friends are Black :|bthe strange story of 
       integration in America /|cTanner Colby. 
264  1 New York :|bViking,|c2012. 
300    xvii, 294 pages ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
505 0  Letter from a Birmingham suburb. Bus kid -- A place apart 
       -- Oreo -- What can brown do for you? -- Go rebels? -- 
       Planning for permanence. There goes the neighborhood -- 
       "Have you seen the country club district?" -- 49/63 or 
       fight -- Turf -- Desirable associations -- Why do black 
       people drink hawaiian punch? The old boys' network -- Mad 
       black men -- A whole new bag -- The inescapable network --
       What's black about it? -- Canaan. The race that prays 
       together -- The strange career of Jesus Christ -- The 
       miracle of Grand Coteau -- In the wilderness -- Milk and 
       honey. 
520    Chronicles America's troubling relationship with race 
       through four interrelated stories: the transformation of a
       once-racist Birmingham school system; a Kansas City 
       neighborhood's fight against housing discrimination; the 
       curious racial divide of the Madison Avenue ad world; and 
       a Louisiana Catholic parish's forty-year effort to build 
       an integrated church. 
600 10 Colby, Tanner|xTravel|zUnited States. 
650  0 Racism|zUnited States. 
650  0 White people|xRace identity|zUnited States. 
650  0 White people|zUnited States|xSocial conditions. 
650  0 African Americans|xRace identity. 
650  0 African Americans|xSocial conditions|y1975- 
651  0 United States|xRace relations. 
651  0 United States|xDescription and travel. 
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