Soul City was projected to have 24,000 jobs and 44,000 inhabitants by the year 2004.

Soul City was the first new town to be organized by African-American businesses.

McKissick envisioned Soul City as a community where all races could live in harmony.

McKissick states," Soul City was an idea before the movement.

Soul City actually started after World War II, in my mind.

Soul City was supposed to reverse out-migration of minorities and the poor to urban areas.

Soul City was a town intended for all, but placed emphasis on providing opportunities for minorities and the poor.

Soul City, however, ran into difficulties and despite the best offers of McKissick, the project never developed as he had anticipated.

Envisioned as a home for more than 45,000 people by the year 2000, Soul City proved to be economically unviable.

When government money was cut off, much of Soul City became a ghost town.