2 ‘The White House, they got that integrated’: the Kennedys and civil rights in Colson Whitehead’s The Nickel Boys and Harlem Shuffle

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Authors: Alexandra Lawrie
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Abstract

2 ‘The White House, they got that integrated’: the Kennedys and civil rights in Colson Whitehead’s The Nickel Boys and Harlem Shuffle was published in The American Presidency in Twenty-First-Century Fiction on page 52.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Modern American Literature Studies Literature Film and Journalism Analysis Crime and Detective Fiction Studies

Publication details

Journal / source
Edinburgh University Press eBooks
Pages
52–85
Publication date
9 January 2026
Document type
Book chapter