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Chocolate City - A History of Race and Democracy in the Nation's Capital (Paperback)
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Chocolate City - A History of Race and Democracy in the Nation's Capital (Paperback)
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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.
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