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""Evokes the ethos of [Black towns] and gives a wealth of information about the leaders who brought them into being and struggled to keep them alive.""--Journal of American History ""This thoughtful and skillful study is highly recommended to the scholar and student of black, state, regional, urban, and social history.""--The Historian ""Black Towns is well written and well documented. It deserves a wide reading.""--Pacific Historical Review ""This well-written and carefully researched monograph is a welcome addition to western black and urban history.""--Great Plains Quarterly ""Crockett has produced a critical and compassionate mosaic of local history intertwined with national events.""--Colorado Magazine

"""Evokes the ethos of [Black towns] and gives a wealth of information about the leaders who brought them into being and struggled to keep them alive.""--Journal of American History ""This thoughtful and skillful study is highly recommended to the scholar and student of black, state, regional, urban, and social history.""--The Historian ""Black Towns is well written and well documented. It deserves a wide reading.""--Pacific Historical Review ""This well-written and carefully researched monograph is a welcome addition to western black and urban history.""--Great Plains Quarterly ""Crockett has produced a critical and compassionate mosaic of local history intertwined with national events.""--Colorado Magazine"

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Norman L. Crockett (1934–2015) was professor emeritus of history at the University of Oklahoma, where he taught from 1969 until his retirement in 1998. He wrote, co-edited, and coauthored several books, including The Power Elite in America and The Woolen Industry of the Midwest.

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