
The Northside
African Americans and the Creation of Atlantic City
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Bahni Turpin
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Nelson Johnson
Nelson Johnson frequently stopped working on Boardwalk Empire to wrestle with how best to handle the thorny subject of race. But he persisted, and the result was a chapter - "A Plantation by the Sea" - that inspired this powerful sequel. In The Northside, Johnson brings the untold story of Atlantic City's black community vividly to life, from the arrival of the first African Americans to Absecon Island in the early 19th century through the glory days of the "World's Playground".
Drawing on dozens of personal interviews and painstaking archival research, he reveals long-forgotten details about the people on whose backs the gambling mecca was built and offers a wide-ranging survey of the accomplishments of more recent generations.
Exploited for their labor and banished to the most undesirable part of town, resilient Northsiders created a vibrant city within a city - a place where black culture could thrive and young people could aspire to become artists, athletes, educators, and leaders of business, politics, and society. As Nelson Johnson shows in this unflinching portrait, Atlantic City was built on their toil and the Northside was born of their dreams.
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It is also not easy to keep track of time and place, or for that matter, who is doing what.
This is another one of those books that I really wanted to like a lot, but ended up disappointed. It almost caught fire ... it was almost exciting. But almost wasn't quite enough. In the end, it was interesting, but it never ignited into compelling. The narrator was good, with a lazy drawl that worked well for many of the story's colorful characters. But again, despite being good, she never rose to better than good.
It's a very anecdotal history. Lots of stories within stories. I wish it had been more dynamically read, more energetically told, more focused on history and less on the personal histories of individuals. Or maybe it was that the author tried to do too many things at the same time and wound up with a rather diffuse story that takes a lot of side trips into the politics and culture of the times.Interesting, but kind of disorganized.
Still, you won't feel you've wasted your credit if you buy it.
Interesting story, but lacks sparkle
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FAR NORTH OF THE BOARDWALK
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A must read for sure
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A great audio and history of Atlantic City
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