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Soul City: Oakland, U.S.A.
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Uncovered after 50 years, an absorbing and illuminating photographic archive of Black West Oakland in the 1970s.
"An invaluable window into urban Black America." —Kirkus (starred review)
In 1974 Ken Light, a young underground press photographer recently arrived in California, was encouraged by residents of West Oakland to document daily life in the neighborhood. A white activist building relationships in an eminent Black community, Light was invited into homes and churches, flagged down on th...