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Post-Soul Nation

the explosive, contradictory, triumphant, and tragic 1980s as experienced by African Americans (previously known as Blacks and before that Negroes)

by Nelson George

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A social critic and author describes the splintering of African-American culture in the 1980s, examining the dichotomy between influential blacks and the rampant drug use and crime that ravaged once-vital black neighborhoods.

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