Subjects: '; “...African Americans Monuments Washington (D.C.) Guidebooks....”
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Contents or Abstract: '; “...Introduction -- Part 1. An African American museum for all. In search of a memorial ; Collecting Black history & culture ; A Black museum movement spreads across the land ; Drawing up the plans ; The vision for a new national museum ; Architecture tells stories ; Breaking new ground -- Part 2. ...”
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Subjects: '; “...African Americans Washington (D.C.) History....”

Subjects: '; “...African Americans Washington (D.C.) History....”

Subjects: '; “...National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.) Juvenile literature....”

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Subjects: '; “...African Americans Washington (D.C.) Social conditions 20th century....”

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Subjects: '; Book review (H-Net)
Book review (H-Net)

Contents or Abstract: '; “...Gardner -- The genesis of Washington's African American community / James Oliver Horton -- "The green streets of Washington" : the experience of Irish mechanics in antebellum Washington / Margaret H. ...”
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Contents or Abstract: '; “...: Lincoln's middle ground -- "Cleaning the devil out of Washington" -- "A wide spread and powerful conspiracy": warnings and threats from Washington -- "The way we skulked into this city": claiming the presidency -- "This big White House": the Lincoln family -- "White and black, all mixed up together": the African American community -- "A swift and terrible retribution": striking the first blows -- "Order out of confusion": preparing for war -- "I was slow to adopt the strong measures": loyalty and disloyalty -- "If I were only a boy I'd march off tomorrow": the tide of sick and wounded -- "An unknown something called freedom" -- "Tinkering experiments": toward emancipation -- "Freedom triumphant in war and peace": emancipation in Washington -- "We must use what tools we have": toward total war -- "On the soil where they were born": the former slaves -- "The step which, at once, shortens the war": the Emancipation Proclamation -- "Defend what is our own": the limits of freedom -- "Never forget what they did here": honoring the fallen -- "Worth more than a victory in the field": the end in sight -- Epilogue: "The country was ready to say amen."...”