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Language: en
Pages: 132
Authors: Paul Kelsey Williams
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002 - Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

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On the edge of the 1792 original city plan by designer Pierre L'Enfant lies the Greater U Street neighborhood. For nearly 70 years before the Civil War, orchard
Black Broadway in Washington, DC
Language: en
Pages: 192
Authors: Briana A. Thomas
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021 - Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

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"Before chain coffeeshops and luxury high-rises, before even the beginning of desegregation and the 1968 riots, Washington's Greater U Street was known as Black
Race, Class, and Politics in the Cappuccino City
Language: en
Pages: 236
Authors: Derek S. Hyra
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-04-17 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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For long-time residents of Washington, DC’s Shaw/U Street, the neighborhood has become almost unrecognizable in recent years. Where the city’s most infamous
S Street Rising
Language: en
Pages: 305
Authors: Ruben Castaneda
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-07-01 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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During the height of the crack epidemic that decimated the streets of D.C., Ruben Castaneda covered the crime beat for the Washington Post. The first in his fam
Between Justice and Beauty
Language: en
Pages: 316
Authors: Howard Gillette, Jr.
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-06-03 - Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

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As the only American city under direct congressional control, Washington has served historically as a testing ground for federal policy initiatives and social e