Chocolate City: A History of Race and Democracy in the Nation's Capital

by Chris Myers Asch and George Derek Musgrove

Book Overview

Monumental in scope and vividly detailed, Chocolate City tells the tumultuous, four-century story of race and democracy in our nation's capital. Emblematic of the ongoing tensions between America's expansive democratic promises and its enduring racial realities, Washington often has served as a national battleground for contentious issues, including slavery, segregation, civil rights, the drug war, and gentrification. But D.C. is more than...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469654725
• ISBN13: 9781469654720
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 624 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 7.4" x 8.4"