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Washington's U Street A Biography
Sinopsis
This book traces the history of the U Street
neighborhood in Washington, D.C., from its
Civil War8211er origins to its recent
gentrification. Home throughout the years to
important scholars, entertainers, and political
figures, as well as to historically prominent
African American institutions,
Washington8217sU Street neighborhood is a
critical zone of contact between black and white
America. Howard University and the Howard Theater
are both located there Duke Ellington grew up in
the neighborhood and diplomat Ralph Bunche,
Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, and
medical researcher Charles Drew were all members
of the community.This robustly diverse
neighborhood included residents of different
races and economic classes when it arose during
the Civil War. Jim Crow laws came to the
District after the Compromise of 1877, and
segregation followed in the mid- 1880s. Over the
next century, U Street emerged as an energetic
center of African American life in Washington.
The mid-twentieth-century rise of cultural and
educational institutions brought with it the
establishment of African American middle and
elite classes, ironically fostering biases
within the black community. Later, with
residential desegregation, many of the elites
moved on and U Street entered decades of decline,
suffered rioting in 1968, but has seen an
initially fitful resurgence that has recently
taken hold.Blair A. Ruble, a jazz aficionado,
prominent urbanist, and longtime resident of
Washington, D.C., is uniquely equipped to
undertake the history of this culturally
important area. His work is a rare instance
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of original research told in an engaging and
compelling voice.
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