The Black history of the White House /

The Black history of the White House / Clarence Lusane.

Official histories of the United States have ignored the fact that 25 percent of all U.S. presidents were slaveholders, and that black people were held in bondage in the White House itself. And while the nation was born under the banner of "freedom and justice for all," many colonists risk...

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Main Author: Lusane, Clarence, 1953- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: San Francisco : City Lights Books, [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.
Simmons University. > Library. > Gifts. Hoyt.
United States > Race relations > Political aspects.

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Call Number: F204.W5 L87 2011
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