An edition of Chocolate City
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Chocolate City
a history of race and democracy in the nation's capital
by Chris Myers Asch
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Chocolate City: A History of Race and Democracy in the Nation's Capital
2019, University of North Carolina Press
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Chocolate City: A History of Race and Democracy in the Nation's Capital
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Chocolate City: a history of race and democracy in the nation's capital
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Table of 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.
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