A study of neighborhood community change in the northeastern section of Washington, DC. Special attention is given to factors contributing to the destabilization of this previously stable, working- an
Explores the role of merchant seamen in sparking the struggle for US independence in such incidents as impressment riots, the Stamp Act Riot, and the Battle of Golden Hill, and describes the social wo
Provides a background for Tees' 1968 founding of the theater by reviewing the previous state of black theater and her own training and experiences in the 1950s and 1960s. Then chronicles her move back
Traces the full history of African Americans in the region from their arrival to the eve of emancipation, especially providing a rare and valuable look at their experience and struggle through the suc
Jesse Owens secured his place as one of the most celebrated athletes of the twentieth-century after winning four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. This book examines the press coverage of th
A study of both the legislation pertaining to runaway slaves and the individual slave uncovers some previously ignored issues from a legal standpoint, and also highlights the efforts made by slaves in
