Democracy's Capital: Black Political Power in Washington, D.C., 1960s-1970s (Pearlman Lauren)
Democracy's Capital: Black Political Power in Washington, D.C., 1960s-1970s (Pearlman Lauren) From its 1790 founding until 1974, Washington, D.C.--capital of "the land of the free--lacked…
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Democracy's Capital: Black Political Power in Washington, D.C., 1960s-1970s (Pearlman Lauren)
From its 1790 founding until 1974, Washington, D.C.--capital of "the land of the free--lacked democratically elected city leadership. activists catalyzed a new phase of the fight for home rule. Fed up with governance dictated by white stakeholders, federal officials, and unelected representatives, local D.C.
Bringing together histories of the carceral and welfare states, as well as the civil rights and Black Power movements, Lauren Pearlman narrates this struggle for self-determination in the nation's capital. Amid the upheavals of the 1960s, they gave expression to the frustrations of black residents and wrestled for control of their city. She captures the transition from black protest to black political power under the Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon administrations and against the backdrop of local battles over the War on Poverty and the War on Crime.Through intense