By Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History and Culture,Eleanor Holmes Norton
THE ANACOSTIA MUSEUM ILLUSTRATED CHRONOLOGY
A historical past of African American existence in our nation's capital, in phrases and pictures
From the Smithsonian Institution's well known Anacostia Museum and middle for African American historical past and tradition comes this elegantly illustrated, fantastically written, fact-filled heritage of the African americans who've lived, labored, struggled, prospered, suffered, and outfitted a colourful neighborhood in Washington, D.C.
This awesome quantity places the assets of the world's best museum of African American background at your fingertips. Its hundreds and hundreds of photos, interval illustrations, and records from the world-famous collections on the Anacostia and different Smithsonian museums take you on a desirable trip via time from the early eighteenth century to the present.
Featuring a considerate foreword through Eleanor Holmes Norton and an afterword through Howard University's E. Ethelbert Miller, The Black Washingtonians introduces you to a number of African American women and men who've made town what it truly is this day and explores their achievements in politics, company, schooling, faith, activities, leisure, and the arts.
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