Promotional pamphlet for Soul City: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Promotional pamphlet for Soul City. The pamphlet is black with red letters and green banner across the bottom. The words [SOUL / CITY] are in red bubble letters. The rest of the cover reads [A NEW CITY/ DEVELOPED BY / FLOYD B. / McKISSICK ENTERPRISES, INC.]. The inside of the pamphlet describes Soul City and outlines why the city is necessary and how it will operate and sustain iself. The back of the pamphlet is a black and white map showing the area from Washington, D.C. to Raleigh, North Carolina. [Soul City] is highlighted in red letters on the map just north of Raleigh.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1971
• Published by: Floyd B. McKissick Enterprises, Inc., American, founded 1968
• Type: pamphlets
• Medium: ink on paper (fiber product)
• Dimensions: H x W: 8 1/4 x 3 1/2 in. (21 x 8.9 cm)
• Place depicted: Soul City, Warren County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Architecture
• Topic: Communities
• Topic: Design
• Topic: Housing
• Topic: Political organizations
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: Urban planning
• Object number: 2011.173.214.5b
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Savanna Vaughn and C. Warfield Clark, M.D.
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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