Title: Crown Me! : Capital Pool Checkers Club /
Authors: Fleming, Peggy, 1937-; Jackson, Maurice, 1950-; Fleming, Jennifer.; Fleming, Jennifer; Capital Pool Checkers Club (Washington, D.C.)
Publisher: Three Sisters Press,
Year: 2010
Subjects: Fleming, Peggy, Exhibitions.; African American men Portraits.; African American men Interviews.; African American checker players Washington (D.C.) Portraits.; African American checker players Washington (D.C.) Interviews.
Abstract: CROWN ME! is a book of 24 black and white portraits and two pages of conversations with each man who belongs to the Capital Pool Checkers Club. The club is located at 9th and S Streets Northwest in Washington DC. The African American men have come to their club to play checkers at this address since 1985. Before then they met in various barber shops. The club serves as the location for serious competitive checkers as well as for joshing camaraderie. The men range in age from late 30's to 80's. Some men were born in DC and Baltimore, and others came to DC from the South and East to pursue education and jobs.
Contents: Foreword / Maurice Jackson -- Essay / Peggy Fleming -- Portraits and Conversations -- Talmadge Roberts -- John Curtis -- Thomas Fletcher -- Oliver Griffin -- George Glenn -- John Henry Self -- Kim Williams -- Gabe Curtis Brothers -- Charles Smoke -- Ray Harmon -- Donald Cunningham -- Johnnie Coleman -- Mike Weaver -- Thomas Franklin Webber -- Spencer Taylor -- Pernell Lee -- Patrick Foster -- John A. Williams III -- William DeShields -- Fletcher Clark -- Tony Simuel -- James B. Dixon -- Charles Covington -- Freddie Owens -- City Game.