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Georgetown's little-known Black heritage shaped a Washington, DC, community long associated with white power and privilege.
Black Georgetown Remembered reveals a rich but little-known history of the Georgetown Black community from the colonial period to the present. Drawing on primary sources, including oral interviews with past and current residents and extensive research in church and historical society archives, the authors record the hopes, dreams, disappointments, and successes of a vibrant neighborhood as it persevered through slavery and segregation, war and peace, prosperity and depression.
This thirtieth anniversary edition of Black Georgetown Remembered, first published in 1991, features more than two hundred illustrations, including portraits of prominent community leaders, sketches, maps, and nineteenth-century and contemporary photographs. A new chapter includes a conversation with former and current Georgetown residents reflecting on the community, past and present.
Black Georgetown Remembered is a compelling and inspiring journey through more than two hundred years of history. A one-of-a-kind book, it invites readers to share in the lives, dreams, aspirations, struggles, and triumphs of real people, to join them in their churches, at home, and on the street, and to consider how the unique heritage of this neighborhood intersects and contributes to broader themes in African American and Washington, DC, history and urban studies.
Contents
Introduction to the 30th Anniversary Edition
Kathleen Menzie Lesko
Foreword to the 25th Anniversary Edition
Maurice Jackson
Introduction to the 25th Anniversary Edition
Kathleen Menzie Lesko
Foreword
Introduction
The Early Years: 1740-1900
A Washington Community: 1900-1950
The Historic District: 1950-1991
Creating and Preserving Legacy: A Conversation with Black Georgetowners, 2021
Appendixes
Map of Georgetown's Black History Landmarks
Black Churches in Georgetown
Mt. Zion Cemetery
The Community House
Family Histories of Current Georgetown Residents
A Century of Teachers from Black Georgetown
A Listing of the Black Georgetown Archive in Georgetown University
Bibliography
Index