Secret City : : A History of Race Relations in the Nation's Capital / / Constance McLaughlin Green.

The efforts of Washington's Negro community to establish unity within itself, and to win recognition from white Washingtonians- and conversely, the efforts of a minority of white Washingtonians to effect an understanding with the Negroes-make this a fascinating story.Originally published in 196...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]
©1967
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
Series:Princeton Legacy Library ; 1865
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Physical Description:1 online resource (422 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Foreword
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • I. Washington in 1965
  • II. The Emergence of a Self-Reliant Negro Community, 1791-1831
  • III. The Challenge of New Adversity, 1831-1860
  • IV. Civil War and Social Revolution, 1861-1865
  • V. Reaching toward Citizenship and Its Responsibilities, 1865-1867
  • VI. The Struggle for Full Civil Rights, 1868-1878
  • VII. The Withering of Hope, 1879-1901
  • VIII. The Beginnings of Organized Protest, 1901-1916
  • IX. War, Race Riots, and New Nadir, 1917-1928
  • X. The Upward Turn, 1929-1939
  • XI. A New Alignment, 1939-1945
  • XII. The Legal Battle for Washington, 1946-1954
  • XIII. Laying the Foundations of a New Social Order, 1954-1961
  • Bibliographical Note
  • Bibliography
  • Index