Washington, DC
(see also Cities, African American History, Life & Values & DC Statehood)
Basics
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On the Web: Specialized Sites
Washington City Paper. Alternative paper.
In the Library: Articles
In the Library: Non-Fiction Books
Abbott, Carl. Political Terrain: Washington, D.C. from Tidewater Town to Global Metropolis (Chapel Hill: U. of North Carolina, 1999).
Fitzpatrick, Sandra & Maria R. Goodwin. The Guide to Black Washington (NY: Hippocrene, 2001).
Liebow, Elliot. Tally's Corner: A Study of Negro Streetcorner Men [1967 ](Lanham MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2003).
__________. Tell Them Who I Am: The Lives of Homeless Women (NY: Penguin, 1995).
In the Library: Fiction
Andrews, Robert. A Murder of Promise (NY: Putnam's, 2002).
Clarke, Breena. River, Cross My Heart (London: Orion, 2000).
Corn, David. Deep Background (NY: St. Martin's, 1999).
Jasper, Kenji. Dark: A Novel (NY: Broadway, 2001).
Kafka-Gibbons, Paul. Dupont Circle: A Novel (Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 2001).
Pelecanos, George. Shame the Devil: A Novel (Boston: Little, Brown, 2000).
__________. Right as Rain: A Novel (Boston: Little, Brown, 2001).
__________. Hell to Pay: A Novel (Boston: Little, Brown, 2002).
__________. Soul Circus: A Novel (Boston: Little, Brown, 2003).
__________. Hard Revolution: A Novel (Boston: Little, Brown, 2004).
Vidal, Gore. Washington DC [1967] (NY: Vintage, 2000).
West, Chassie. Killing Kin (NY: Avon, 2000).
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