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Index
Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Illustrations and Tables
Acknowledgments
Introduction | Always a Chocolate City
One | Your Coming Is Not for Trade, but to Invade My People and Possess My Country: A Native American World under Siege, 1608–1790
Two | Of Slaving Blacks and Democratic Whites: Building a Capital of Slavery and Freedom, 1790–1815
Three | Our Boastings of Liberty and Equality Are Mere Mockeries: Confronting Contradictions in the Nation’s Capital, 1815–1836
Four | Slavery Must Die: The Turbulent End to Human Bondage in Washington, 1836–1862
Five | Emancipate, Enfranchise, Educate: Freedom and the Hope of Interracial Democracy, 1862–1869
Six | Incapable of Self-Government: The Retreat from Democracy, 1869–1890
Seven | National Show Town: Building a Modern, Prosperous, and Segregated Capital, 1890–1912
Eight | There Is a New Negro to Be Reckoned With: Segregation, War, and a New Spirit of Black Militancy, 1912–1932
Nine | Washington Is a Giant Awakened: Community Organizing in a Booming City, 1932–1945
Ten | Segregation Does Not Die Gradually of Itself: Jim Crow’s Collapse, 1945–1956
Eleven | How Long? How Long?: Mounting Frustration within the Black Majority, 1956–1968
Twelve | There’s Gonna Be Flames, There’s Gonna Be Fighting, There’s Gonna Be Rebellion!: The Tumult and Promise of Chocolate City, 1968–1978
Thirteen | Perfect for Washington: Marion Barry and the Rise and Fall of Chocolate City, 1979–1994
Fourteen | Go Home Rich White People: Washington Becomes Wealthier and Whiter, 1995–2010
Epilogue | That Must Not Be True of Tomorrow: History, Race, and Democracy in a New Moment of Racial Flux
Essay on Sources
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
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