The Black history of the White House / Clarence Lusane.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lusane, Clarence, 1953-
Language:English
Published: San Francisco : City Lights Books, [2011], ©2011.
Series:Open Media book.
Subjects:
White House (Washington, D.C.) > History.
African Americans > Washington (D.C.) > History.
African Americans > Washington (D.C.) > Social conditions.
African Americans > Washington (D.C.) > Biography.
Presidents > Relations with African Americans > History.
Presidents > United States > Racial attitudes > History.
Presidents > United States > Staff > History.
Slavery > Washington (D.C.) > History.
United States > Race relations > Political aspects.
Genre:
Biography.
Local Note:
MSU: This book was selected in recognition of MSU Libraries Student Employee, Theresa Koenigsknecht, Class of 2011.
Physical Description:575 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction. Black people, white houses
  • A Declaration of Independence and racism : founding documents, founding fathers, and the preservation of slavery
  • Prelude : Oney's White House story
  • The president's house in the home of the abolitionist movement
  • Prelude : Hercules' White House story
  • A White House built on and with slavery
  • Prelude : Peter's White House story
  • Closed doors : the White House and presidents of slavery
  • Prelude : Paul Jennings's White House story
  • The White House goes to war : rebellion, reconstruction and retrenchment
  • Prelude : Elizabeth Keckly's White House story
  • James Crow's White House
  • Prelude : Booker T. Washington's White House story
  • The 1960s and the crisis of power : the White House and Black mobilization
  • Prelude : Abraham Bolden's White House story
  • Black challenges to the White House : the campaigns to make the White House Black
  • Prelude : Marcus Garvey's White House story
  • The latest political milestone : the Obamas in the White House
  • Prelude : Michelle Obama's White House story.