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Washington's U Street : a biography / Blair A. Ruble.

Author: Ruble, Blair A., 1949-

Imprint:Washington, D.C. : Woodrow Wilson Center Press ; Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2010.

Descriptionxviii, 410 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Note:List of Profiles -- List of Maps -- List of Figures -- Preface -- Introduction: Washington's Contact Zone -- 1. Ambiguous Roots -- 2. A City "Like the South" -- 3. Confronting the Nation -- 4. "Black Broadway" -- 5. The Last Colony -- 6. Chocolate City -- 7. "The New You" -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-383) and index.



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African Americans -- Washington (D.C.) -- History.
African Americans -- Social conditions -- Washington (D.C.)
African Americans -- Intellectual life -- Washington (D.C.)
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Washington (D.C.) -- Social conditions.
Washington (D.C.) -- Biography.
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