Marcus Anthony Hunter is Associate Professor of Sociology and African American Studies at University of California, Los Angeles. He is the author of Black Citymakers: How the Philadelphia Negro Changed Urban America. Zandria F. Robinson is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Rhodes College. She is the author of This Ain't Chicago: Race, Class, and Regional Identity in the Post-Soul South.

"A very smart new book by two culturally agile sociologists. . . .  While Chocolate Cities is a story of inventive adaption, fierce survival and Black joy, it is also a history of trauma and communities under siege. This book stands as a witness to the investment of struggle, skill and resources it has taken to build and sustain chocolate cities. It is also a testament to the criminal failure of America to see and honor these essential points on the map."

• Preface1. Everywhere below CanadaPART I THE MAP2. Dust Tracks on the Chocolate Map3. Multiplying the South4. Super Lou’s Chitlin’ CircuitPART II THE VILLAGE5. The Blacker the Village, the Sweeter the Juice6. The Two Ms. Johnsons7. Making NegrotownPART III THE SOUL8. When and Where the Spirit Moves You9. How Brenda’s Baby Got California Love10. Bounce to the Chocolate City FuturePART IV THE POWER11. The House That Jane Built12. Mary, Dionne, and Alma13. Leaving on a Jet Plane14. Seeing like a Chocolate CityAcknowledgmentsAppendixNotesBibliographyIndex

Marcus Anthony Hunter is Associate Professor of Sociology and African American Studies at University of California, Los Angeles. He is the author of Black Citymakers: How the Philadelphia Negro Changed Urban America. Zandria F. Robinson is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Rhodes College. She is the author of This Ain't Chicago: Race, Class, and Regional Identity in the Post-Soul South.

"A very smart new book by two culturally agile sociologists. . . .  While Chocolate Cities is a story of inventive adaption, fierce survival and Black joy, it is also a history of trauma and communities under siege. This book stands as a witness to the investment of struggle, skill and resources it has taken to build and sustain chocolate cities. It is also a testament to the criminal failure of America to see and honor these essential points on the map."

• Preface1. Everywhere below CanadaPART I THE MAP2. Dust Tracks on the Chocolate Map3. Multiplying the South4. Super Lou’s Chitlin’ CircuitPART II THE VILLAGE5. The Blacker the Village, the Sweeter the Juice6. The Two Ms. Johnsons7. Making NegrotownPART III THE SOUL8. When and Where the Spirit Moves You9. How Brenda’s Baby Got California Love10. Bounce to the Chocolate City FuturePART IV THE POWER11. The House That Jane Built12. Mary, Dionne, and Alma13. Leaving on a Jet Plane14. Seeing like a Chocolate CityAcknowledgmentsAppendixNotesBibliographyIndex

Marcus Anthony Hunter is Associate Professor of Sociology and African American Studies at University of California, Los Angeles. He is the author of Black Citymakers: How the Philadelphia Negro Changed Urban America. Zandria F. Robinson is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Rhodes College. She is the author of This Ain't Chicago: Race, Class, and Regional Identity in the Post-Soul South.

"A very smart new book by two culturally agile sociologists. . . .  While Chocolate Cities is a story of inventive adaption, fierce survival and Black joy, it is also a history of trauma and communities under siege. This book stands as a witness to the investment of struggle, skill and resources it has taken to build and sustain chocolate cities. It is also a testament to the criminal failure of America to see and honor these essential points on the map."

• Preface1. Everywhere below CanadaPART I THE MAP2. Dust Tracks on the Chocolate Map3. Multiplying the South4. Super Lou’s Chitlin’ CircuitPART II THE VILLAGE5. The Blacker the Village, the Sweeter the Juice6. The Two Ms. Johnsons7. Making NegrotownPART III THE SOUL8. When and Where the Spirit Moves You9. How Brenda’s Baby Got California Love10. Bounce to the Chocolate City FuturePART IV THE POWER11. The House That Jane Built12. Mary, Dionne, and Alma13. Leaving on a Jet Plane14. Seeing like a Chocolate CityAcknowledgmentsAppendixNotesBibliographyIndex