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The people's place : soul food restaurants and reminiscences from the Civil Rights era to today

Dave Hoekstra (Author)
Dave Hoekstra travels, tastes, and talks his way through twenty of America's best, liveliest, and most historically significant soul food restauƯrants. Following the "soul food corridor" from the South through northern industrial cities, The People's Place gives voice to the remarkable chefs, workers, and small business owners (often women) who provided sustenance and a safe haven for civil rights pioneers, not to mention presidents and politicians; music, film, and sports legends; and countless everyday, working-class people

Print Book, English, 2015
Chicago Review Press, Chicago, Illinois, 2015