The Black Washingtonians : the Anacostia Museum illustrated chronology / The Smithsonian Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History and Culture.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Anacostia Museum.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• African Americans--Washington (D.C.)--History--19th century.
• African Americans--Washington (D.C.)--History--20th century.
• African Americans--Washington (D.C.)--Social life and customs.
• African Americans--Washington (D.C.)--Exhibitions.
• African Americans--Washington (D.C.)--History--Sources.
• African Americans.
• History.
• Manners and customs.
• Washington (D.C.).

Genre:

• Sources.
• Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

xi, 388 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Anacostia Museum illustrated chronology

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, [2005]

Summary:

• From the Smithsonian Institution's renowned Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History and Culture comes this elegantly illustrated, beautifully written, fact-filled history of the African Americans who have lived, worked, struggled, prospered, suffered, and built a vibrant community in Washington, D.C.
• This striking volume puts the resources of the world's finest museum of African American history at your fingertips. Its hundreds of photographs, period illustrations, and documents from the world-famous collections at the Anacostia and other Smithsonian museums take you on a fascinating journey through time from the early eighteenth century to the present.
• Featuring a thoughtful foreword by Eleanor Holmes Norton and an afterword by Howard University's E. Ethelbert Miller, The Black Washingtonians introduces you to a host of African American men and women who have made the city what it is today and explores their achievements in politics, business, education, religion, sports, entertainment, and the arts.

Contents:

• Free Blacks and Slaves, 1790-1861 1
• From Freedom to Jim Crow, 1862-1917 67
• Building a Black Community, 1918-1945 155
• Desegregation and Urban Displacement, 1946-1970 217
• Black Power and the Struggle for Home Rule, 1970-2000 293.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references : (pages 367-370) and index.

ISBN:

0471402583

OCLC:

59879783