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In 1912, white land developers founded Idlewild, an African American resort community in western Michigan. Over the following decades, the town became one of the country’s foremost vacation destinations for the black middle class, during its peak drawing tens of thousands of visitors annually and hosting the era’s premier entertainers, such as The Four Tops, Della Reese, Brook Benton, and George Kirby. With the civil rights movement and the resulting expansion of recreation options available to African Americans, Idlewild suffered a sharp social and economic decline, and by the early 1980s the town had become a struggling retirement community in the midst of financial and political crises.
Meticulously researched and unearthing never-before-seen historical material, Ronald J. Stephens’s book examines the rapid rise and decline of this pivotal landmark in African American and leisure history, in the process exploring intersections among race, class, tourism, entertainment, and historic preservation in the United States. Featuring a wealth of fieldwork on contemporary Idlewild, the book also takes a candid look at recent revitalization efforts and analyzes the possibilities for a future resurgence of this national treasure.
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Ronald J. Stephens is professor of African American Studies in the School of Interdisciplinary Studies of the College of Liberal Arts at Purdue University. A leading Idlewild scholar, Dr. Stephens has contributed to numerous programs on the resort, including Ted Talbert’s award-winning documentary Idlewild: A Place in the Sun, an edition of Tony Brown’s Journal, and an NPR production.
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- PublisherUNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN REGIONAL
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 0472035908
- ISBN 13 9780472035908
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