This remarkable guidenbook details more than 150 sites and institutions that have shaped black history and traditions, both in this particular community and throughout the country. A book to slip into a backpack, keep handy in a glove compartment, or linger over at home, "The Guide to Black Washington" weaves together historical overviews, lively anecdotes, and plenty of practical information. From Library Journal "A different kind of guidebook from two local authors, this describes the homes and haunts of African-Americans. Where did Marian Anderson sing when refused admittance to a Washington, D.C. church? (The Lincoln Memorial.) The authors divide Washington into 15 sections, with brief chapters of one to two pages each. Slavery, segregation, education, and gentrification are discussed in short paragraphs. The book provides offbeat information and would probably be a good source for school assignments. There is an excellent bibliography. Recommended for general readers and high school libraries, though not an essential item." - Fern Sikkema, Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, Washington, Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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A different kind of guidebook from two local authors, this describes the homes and haunts of African-Americans. Where did Marian Anderson sing when refused admittance to a Washington, D.C. church? (The Lincoln Memorial.) The authors divide Washington into 15 sections, with brief chapters of one to two pages each. Slavery, segregation, education, and gentrification are discussed in short paragraphs. The book provides offbeat information and would probably be a good source for school assignments. There is an excellent bibliography. Recommended for general readers and high school libraries, though not an essential item.
- Fern Sikkema, Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, Washington,
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
- Fern Sikkema, Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, Washington,
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Howard University, Civil War, District of Columbia, New York, World War, Frederick Douglass, United States, Pennsylvania Avenue, African American, Florida Avenue, Supreme Court, Georgia Avenue, Street High School, Martin Luther King, Mary Church Terrell, Duke Ellington, Logan Circle, White House, Dunbar High School, Freedmen's Bureau, Oberlin College, Foggy Bottom, Freedmen's Hospital, Howard Theater, Griffith Stadium New!
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- Frederick Douglass by Booker T. Washington on 17 pages
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- Colored Woman in a White World (Classics in Black Studies) by Mary Church Terrell on page 90, and Back Matter
- The New Negro : Voices of the Harlem Renaissance by Alain Locke on page 158, and page 172
- The Civil War: In the Writings of Col. G.F.R. Henderson by G. F. R. Henderson on page 183, and page 184
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- Beyond the Shadow of the Senators : The Untold Story of the Homestead Grays and the Integration of Baseball by Brad Snyder in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Washington Album: A Pictorial History of the Nation's Capital by Jane Freundel Levey in Back Matter
- Composing Urban History and the Constitution of Civic Identities (Woodrow Wilson Center Press) by John J. Czaplicka on page 239
- Confronting the Veil: Abram Harris Jr., E. Franklin Frazier, and Ralph Bunche, 1919-1941 by Jonathan Scott Holloway in Back Matter
- The Sweeter the Juice: A Family Memoir in Black and White by Shirlee Taylor Haizlip in Back Matter
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