Built by the People Themselves
African American Community Development in Arlington, Virginia, from the Civil War through Civil Rights
Seiten
2024
University of South Carolina Press (Verlag)
978-1-64336-497-1 (ISBN)
University of South Carolina Press (Verlag)
978-1-64336-497-1 (ISBN)
Arlington, VA sits on the bank of the Potomac River, opposite the nation’s capital city of Washington, DC. This proximity shaped the history of Arlington and the economic, social, and political lives of its Black residents. In this book, Bestebreurtje traces the history of Arlington’s Black community from emancipation through the civil rights era.
The story of how racial segregation and suburbanization shaped lives, the built environment, and the law in Arlington, Virginia Arlington, Virgina, sits on the bank of the Potomac River, just opposite the nation's capital city of Washington, DC. This proximity shaped the history of Arlington and the economic, social, and political lives of its Black residents. In Built by the People Themselves, Lindsey Bestebreurtje traces the history of Arlington's Black community from the first days of emancipation through the era of civil rights in the twentieth century. She highlights individual stories of how Black families, neighborhoods, institutions, and communities were affected by politics, planning, and policy in Arlington and Virginia. A core insight of Bestebreurtje's account is how common people developed strategies to survive and thrive despite systems of oppression in the Jim Crow South. Moving beyond the standard story of suburbanization that focuses on elite white community developers, Bestebreurtje analyzes African American–led community development and its effects on Arlington County.
The story of how racial segregation and suburbanization shaped lives, the built environment, and the law in Arlington, Virginia Arlington, Virgina, sits on the bank of the Potomac River, just opposite the nation's capital city of Washington, DC. This proximity shaped the history of Arlington and the economic, social, and political lives of its Black residents. In Built by the People Themselves, Lindsey Bestebreurtje traces the history of Arlington's Black community from the first days of emancipation through the era of civil rights in the twentieth century. She highlights individual stories of how Black families, neighborhoods, institutions, and communities were affected by politics, planning, and policy in Arlington and Virginia. A core insight of Bestebreurtje's account is how common people developed strategies to survive and thrive despite systems of oppression in the Jim Crow South. Moving beyond the standard story of suburbanization that focuses on elite white community developers, Bestebreurtje analyzes African American–led community development and its effects on Arlington County.
Lindsey Bestebreurtje has served as a curatorial assistant with the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture since 2015. Her publications have appeared in The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography and Reviews in History.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 09.11.2024 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 39 Halftones, black and white |
| Verlagsort | South Carolina |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Regional- / Landesgeschichte |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-64336-497-9 / 1643364979 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-64336-497-1 / 9781643364971 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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