With a wide gesture, former Civil Rights lawyer-activist Floyd McKissick describes the future Soul City, which is to be built on empty fields in Warren County, North Carolina. McKissick is the prime sponsor of the project, which exists mostly on paper so far. McKissick wants to create a new city for minorities (but open to all) and to develop a high-density economic base in the rural county with its low economic levels.

Soul City was a failed attempt to build a majority-black community in the heart of rural North Carolina.

Floyd McKissick (March 9, 1922 – April 28, 1991) was an American lawyer and Civil Rights activist. He became the first black student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Law School. In 1966, he became leader of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), taking over from James L. Farmer, Jr. A supporter of Black Power, McKissick turned CORE into a more radical movement. In 1968, he left CORE to found Soul City in Warren County, North Carolina. He endorsed Richard Nixon for president that year; under President Nixon, the federal government supported Soul City. McKissick became a state district court judge in 1990. Politician and attorney Floyd McKissick, Jr. is his son.

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On verso: manuscript title and date stamp.

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This object has the following keywords:

• Civil Rights Movements
• Floyd McKissick
• Injustice
• Male Portraits
• Racial Discrimination
• Racial equality
• Soul City
• Warren County

• Overall Dimensions: 7 3/8 x 9 5/8 in. (18.73 x 24.45 cm) Measured by Cornejo-Reynoso, Aitzin