Author: George W. McDanielPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
Black Historical Resources in Upper Western Montgomery County, Maryland
Author: George W. McDanielBlack Historical Resources in Upper Western Montgomery County
Author: George W. McDanielPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
Black Historical Resources in Upper Western Montgomery County, Maryland Community Histories
Author: George W. McDanielPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
Black Historical Resources in Upper Montgomery County
Author: George W. McDanielFreedom Was in Sight
Author: Kate MasurPublisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469680203
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
The Reconstruction era was born from the tumult and violence of the Civil War and delivered the most powerful changes the United States had seen since its founding. Black Americans in Washington, D.C., and its surrounding region were at the heart of these transformations, bravely working to reunite their families, build their communities, and claim rights long denied them. Meanwhile, in the capital, government leaders struggled to reunite and remake the nation. Famous individuals such as Frederick Douglass and Ida B. Wells played central roles, as did lesser-known figures like Emma Brown, the first African American teacher in Washington's public schools, and lawyer-journalist William Calvin Chase, longtime editor of the Washington Bee. Freedom Was in Sight! draws on the words and experiences of people who lived during Reconstruction, powerfully narrating how the impacts of emancipation and civil war rippled outward for decades. Vividly drawn by award-winning graphic artist Liz Clarke and written by Pulitzer Prize–finalist Kate Masur, a leading historian of Reconstruction, this rich graphic history reveals the hopes and betrayals of a critical period in American history.
Places from the Past
Author: Clare Lise CavicchiPublisher: Maryland National Capital Park &
ISBN: 9780971560703
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 357
Book Description
The Smithsonian Castle and The Seneca Quarry
Author: Garrett PeckPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 161423857X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
British scientist James Smithson left a fortune to the country he so admired but had never visited. His gift founded the Smithsonian Institution and built the Smithsonian Castle. Today, the castle's distinct Romanesque facade glows warmly against the cool marble that dominates the National Mall. Yet the story of the stones is just as remarkable as that of the building that they grace. It was a boom-bust ride for the Seneca Quarry--the source of the red sandstone. The quarry saw its first developer die, filed for bankruptcy twice, suffered through floods and contributed to a national scandal that embarrassed the Grant presidency and helped bring down the Freedman's Bank. This is the untold history of the quarry owners and emancipated slaves who toiled there and the many people who work to this day to save Seneca. Join author Garrett Peck as he traces the unlikely story of the Smithsonian Castle and the Seneca Quarry.
How to Lose the Hounds
Author: Celeste WinstonPublisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 1478027436
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
In How to Lose the Hounds Celeste Winston explores marronage—the practice of flight from and placemaking beyond slavery—as a guide to police abolition. She examines historically Black maroon communities in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, DC, that have been subjected to violent excesses of police power from slavery until the present day. Tracing the long and ongoing historical geography of Black freedom struggles in the face of anti-Black police violence in these communities, Winston shows how marronage provides critical lessons for reimagining public safety and community well-being. These freedom struggles take place in what Winston calls maroon geographies—sites of flight from slavery and the spaces of freedom produced in multigenerational Black communities. Maroon geographies constitute part of a Black placemaking tradition that asserts life-affirming forms of community. Winston contends that maroon geographies operate as a central method of Black flight, holding ground, and constructing places of freedom in ways that imagine and plan a world beyond policing.
Hearth & Home, Preserving a People's Culture
Author: George W. McDanielPublisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Maryland Historical Magazine
Author: William Hand BrownePublisher:
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Category : Maryland
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Includes the proceedings of the Society.