It's an excellent chronicle not just of McKissick's project, but of an America in the 1970s still influenced by anti-Black racism.

Today, a crumbling ghost town, Soul City is hard to find. What happened? In this sympathetic, deeply researched, and heartbreaking account, Healy, a professor at Seton Hall Law School and author of The Great Dissent, details the innumerable obstacles that blocked the way for a bold venture in racial equality..

... stirring.

Healy’s greatest strength is his eye for the procedural details — the who, what, when and where of the Soul City story. Yet his book is a lost opportunity.

Healy engages with issues of race and segregation and provides insightful analysis of the project's successes and failures. Included are occasional photographs of prominent figures involved in the development.

Seton Hall University law professor Healy brings equal measures of sympathy and detail to this quixotic story..

... wistful and well-documented history.

Throughout this deft historical narrative, the author provides useful context and perspective about the civil rights movement and the lives of the key players in the venture.