The Black history of the White House
By: by Clarence Lusane
Series: Open media series
Publisher: City Lights Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: San Francisco, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 575
ISBN-13: 9780872865327
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : Black people, white houses; title: A Declaration of Independence and racism : founding documents, founding fathers, and the preservation of slavery; title: Prelude : Oney's White House story; title: The president's house in the home of the abolitionist movement; title: Prelude : Hercules' White House story; title: A White House built on and with slavery; title: Prelude : Peter's White House story; title: Closed doors : the White House and presidents of slavery; title: Prelude: Paul Jennings's White House story; title: The White House goes to war : rebellion, reconstruction and retrenchment; title: Prelude : Elizabeth Keckly's White House story; title: James Crow's White House; title: Prelude : Booker T. Washington's White House story the 1960s and the crisis of power : the White House and Black mobilization; title: Prelude : Abraham Bolden's White House story; title: Black challenges to the White House the campaigns to make the White House Black; title: Prelude : Duke Ellington's White House story; title: The latest political milestone : the Obamas in the White House; title: Prelude : Michelle Obama's White House story.