Black Broadway in Washington, D.C. / Briana A. Thomas ; foreword by Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton.
"Before chain coffeeshops and luxury high-rises, before even the beginning of desegregation and the 1968 riots, Washington's Greater U Street was known as Black Broadway. From the early 1900s into the 1950s, African Americans plagued by Jim Crow laws in other parts of town were free to own businesses here and built what was often described as a "city within a city." Local author and journalist Briana A. Thomas narrates U Street's rich and unique history, from the early triumph of emancipation to the days of civil rights pioneer Mary Church Terrell and music giant Duke Ellington, through the recent struggle of gentrifiction"-- Back cover.
Record details
- ISBN: 1467139297
- ISBN: 9781467139298
- ISBN: 9781540245601
- Physical Description: 188 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits ; 23 cm.
- Publisher: Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2021.
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Series title taken from publisher website.
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Foreword / by Eleanor Holmes Norton -- A Blow to Slavery Everywhere -- The Black Mecca -- The Great Betrayal -- Stick-to-It-tiveness -- New Slavery versus New Negro -- You Street -- Set the Colored Man Free -- If We Own the Story, We Own the Place.
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| Jacksonville Main Library | 975.303 THO (Text) | 36015000548376 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
