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Publisher
City Lights Books
Language
English
Pages
575

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The Black history of the White House
2011, City Lights Books
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Published in

San Francisco, CA

Table of Contents

Introduction : Black people, white houses
A Declaration of Independence and racism : founding documents, founding fathers, and the preservation of slavery
Prelude : Oney's White House story
The president's house in the home of the abolitionist movement
Prelude : Hercules' White House story
A White House built on and with slavery
Prelude : Peter's White House story
Closed doors : the White House and presidents of slavery
Prelude: Paul Jennings's White House story
The White House goes to war : rebellion, reconstruction and retrenchment
Prelude : Elizabeth Keckly's White House story
James Crow's White House
Prelude : Booker T. Washington's White House story the 1960s and the crisis of power : the White House and Black mobilization
Prelude : Abraham Bolden's White House story
Black challenges to the White House the campaigns to make the White House Black
Prelude : Duke Ellington's White House story
The latest political milestone : the Obamas in the White House
Prelude : Michelle Obama's White House story.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Series
Open media series

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
975.3
Library of Congress
F204.W5 L86 2011, E185.61, F204.W5 L87 2011

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
575

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24384076M
Internet Archive
blackhistoryofwh0000lusa
ISBN 13
9780872865327
LCCN
2010036925
OCLC/WorldCat
664519544

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