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Them, Nathan McCall

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Them, Nathan McCall
Language
eng
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no index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
Them
Oclc number
182963841
Responsibility statement
Nathan McCall
Summary
As he turns 40, Barlowe Reed, who is black, moves to buy the home he's long rented in Atlanta's Old Fourth Ward, the birthplace of Martin Luther King Jr. His timing is bad: whites have taken note of the cheap, rehab-ready houses in the historically black neighborhood and, as Barlowe's neighbor says to him, They comin. Skyrocketing housing prices and the new neighbors' haste anger Barlowe, whose 20-something nephew is staying with him, and other longtime residents, who feel invaded and threatened
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