Chocolate City : a history of race and democracy in the nation's capital Chris Myers Asch & George Derek Musgrove

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Asch, Chris Myers, author.

Musgrove, George Derek, 1975- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Washington (D.C.)--History.

Washington (D.C.)--History.

Washington (D.C.)--Race relations.

Physical Description:

xii, 609 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm

Summary:

"Monumental in scope and vividly detailed, Chocolate City tells the tumultuous, four-century story of race and democracy in our nation's capital. Emblematic of the ongoing tensions between America's expansive democratic promises and its enduring racial realities, Washington often has served as a national battleground for contentious issues, including slavery, segregation, civil rights, the drug war, and gentrification. But D.C. is more than just a seat of government, and authors Chris Myers Asch and George Derek Musgrove also highlight the city's rich history of local activism as Washingtonians of all races have struggled to make their voices heard in an undemocratic city where residents lack full political rights. Tracing D.C.'s massive transformations--from a sparsely inhabited plantation society into a diverse metropolis, from a center of the slave trade to the nation's first black-majority city, from "Chocolate City" to "Latte City"--Asch and Musgrove offer an engaging narrative peppered with unforgettable characters, a history of deep racial division but also one of hope, resilience, and interracial cooperation."--Publisher's description.

Contents:

Always a Chocolate City

Your coming is not for trade, but to invade my people and possess my country: a native American world under siege, 1608-1790

Of slaving blacks and democratic whites: building a capital of slavery and freedom, 1790-1815

Our boastings of liberty and equality are mere mockeries: confronting contradictions in the nation's capital, 1815-1836

Slavery must die: the turbulent end to human bondage in Washington, 1836-1862

Emancipate, enfranchise, educate: freedom and the hope of interracial democracy, 1862-1869

Incapable of self-government: the retreat from democracy, 1869-1890

National show town: building a modern, prosperous, and segregated capital, 1890-1912

There is a new Negro to be reckoned with: segregation, war, and a new spirit of black militancy, 1912-1932

Washington is a giant awakened: community organizing in a booming city, 1932-1945

Segregation does not die gradually of itself: Jim Crow's collapse, 1945-1956

How long? How long?: mounting frustration within the black majority, 1956-1968

There's gonna be flames, there's gonna be fighting, there's gonna be rebellion!: the tumult and promise of Chocolate City, 1968-1978

Perfect for Washington: Marion Barry and the rise and fall of Chocolate City, 1979-1994

Go home rich white people: Washington becomes wealthier and whiter, 1995-2010

That must not be true of tomorrow: history, race, and democracy in a new moment of racial flux.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Pennsylvania Abolition Society Complimentary Collection

ISBN:

9781469635866

1469635860

9781469654720

1469654725

OCLC:

975982720