| Washington, D.C.: 1963-2006 Contributor(s): Bennett, Tracey Gold (Author), Baker, Ronald G. (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0738543837 ISBN-13: 9780738543833 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2007 Annotation: By 1963, the African American communitys demand for equality could not be ignored. Following the 1954 Supreme Court decision to desegregate schools, those who were oppressed took their place at lunch counters for sit-in demonstrations, participated in freedom rides, and refused to give up their seats on public buses. In August 1963, some 200,000 people converged on the nations capital to heed Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.s call for the country to change its policy of institutional discrimination. The photographs contained in Black America: Washington, D.C.: 19632006 chronicle that journey, from the struggle of the civil rights era to triumphs of African Americans in the most politically powerful city in the United States. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) - History | United States - 21st Century |
| Dewey: 975.3 |
| LCCN: 2006933628 |
| Series: Black America |
| Physical Information: 0.37" H x 6.6" W x 9.21" (0.71 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 - Chronological Period - 21st Century - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Geographic Orientation - District of Columbia - Locality - Washington, D.C. - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Topical - Black History |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: By 1963, the African American community's demand for equality could not be ignored. Following the 1954 Supreme Court decision to desegregate schools, those who were oppressed took their place at lunch counters for sit-in demonstrations, participated in freedom rides, and refused to give up their seats on public buses. In August 1963, some 200,000 people converged on the nation's capital to heed Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s call for the country to change its policy of institutional discrimination. The photographs contained in Black America: Washington, D.C.: 1963-2006 chronicle that journey, from the struggle of the civil rights era to triumphs of African Americans in the most politically powerful city in the United States. |
Contributor Bio(s): Bennett, Tracey Gold: - For more than a decade, journalist Tracey Gold Bennett has covered issues of importance to African Americans. A former Black Entertainment Television reporter and producer, Bennett has also worked as a columnist for the Washington Examiner. She has written and produced news for television stations in New York, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C. |