Summary: | Welcome to Soul City, where roses bloom in the cracks of the sidewalk along Cornbread Boulevard, musical genres become political platforms and children use their pocket money to buy records from the Vinyl Man. When Jackson visits Soul City on amagazine assignment a mayoral election is imminent and the opposing parties a fighting for control of the city's soundtrack. Amidst the increasingly hostile campaign he becomes smitten. What he discovers in this town reveals as much about himself as it does about human nature and the meaning of race.
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