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Chocolate City: A History of Race and Democracy in the Nation's Capital by George Derek Musgrove, Chris Myers Asch
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/444951 to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Chocolate City: A History of Race and Democracy in the Nation's Capital
Author: George Derek Musgrove, Chris Myers Asch
Narrator: David Sadzin
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 25 hours 15 minutes
Release date: October 6, 2020
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2
Genres: World
Publisher's Summary:
Monumental in scope and vividly detailed, Chocolate City tells the tumultuous, four-century story of race and democracy in our nation's capital. Emblematic of the ongoing tensions between America's expansive democratic promises and its enduring racial realities, Washington often has served as a national battleground for contentious issues, including slavery, segregation, civil rights, the drug war, and gentrification. But DC is more than just a seat of government, and authors Chris Myers Asch and George Derek Musgrove also highlight the city's rich history of local activism as Washingtonians of all races have struggled to make their voices heard in an undemocratic city where residents lack full political rights. Tracing DC's massive transformations—from a sparsely inhabited plantation society into a diverse metropolis, from a center of the slave trade to the nation's first black-majority city, from 'Chocolate City' to 'Latte City'—Asch and Musgrove offer an engaging narrative peppered with unforgettable characters, a history of deep racial division but also one of hope, resilience, and interracial cooperation.
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By thebookvoice.comPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/444951 to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Chocolate City: A History of Race and Democracy in the Nation's Capital
Author: George Derek Musgrove, Chris Myers Asch
Narrator: David Sadzin
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 25 hours 15 minutes
Release date: October 6, 2020
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2
Genres: World
Publisher's Summary:
Monumental in scope and vividly detailed, Chocolate City tells the tumultuous, four-century story of race and democracy in our nation's capital. Emblematic of the ongoing tensions between America's expansive democratic promises and its enduring racial realities, Washington often has served as a national battleground for contentious issues, including slavery, segregation, civil rights, the drug war, and gentrification. But DC is more than just a seat of government, and authors Chris Myers Asch and George Derek Musgrove also highlight the city's rich history of local activism as Washingtonians of all races have struggled to make their voices heard in an undemocratic city where residents lack full political rights. Tracing DC's massive transformations—from a sparsely inhabited plantation society into a diverse metropolis, from a center of the slave trade to the nation's first black-majority city, from 'Chocolate City' to 'Latte City'—Asch and Musgrove offer an engaging narrative peppered with unforgettable characters, a history of deep racial division but also one of hope, resilience, and interracial cooperation.