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Date/Time
Date(s) - 02/08/2018
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Location
Reinsch Library Auditorium, Marymount University

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Chocolate City: A History of Race and Democracy in the Nation’s Capital

With co-author George Derek Musgrove

 

Chocolate City tells the tumultuous, four-century story of race and democracy in our nation’s capital. Washington often has served as a national battleground for contentious issues, including slavery, segregation, civil rights, the drug war, and gentrification. The authors highlight the city’s rich history of local activism as Washingtonians of all races have struggled to make their voices heard. Tracing D.C.’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” this account is peppered with unforgettable characters, a history of deep racial division but also one of hope, resilience, and interracial cooperation.

George Derek Musgrove co-authored this book with Chris Myers Asch.  Dr. Musgrove is an associate professor of history at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

This program is free and open to the public. It is part of a monthly series of public programs sponsored by the Arlington Historical Society and Marymount University’s Department of History and Politics. For more information, please visit www.arlingtonhistoricalsociety.org, Email: info@arlingtonhistoricalsociety.org or call: 703-892-4204. Books will be available for purchase and the author will sign them.

DRIVING DIRECTIONS and FREE PARKING: Attendees should enter the Marymount University campus at the library gate on N. 26th Street. Then turn left and park in the garage at the bottom of the incline. Handicapped parking is available at this 26th Street entrance immediately upon entry at the library.  For complete directions to the Main Campus of Marymount University (2807 N. Glebe Road) go to http://www.marymount.edu/Home/Contact-us/Locate-us

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION: A free Marymount Shuttle bus is available from the Ballston-MU Metro Station (Orange and Silver lines). The University is also accessible via Metro bus routes 23A and 23T; exit at the N. Glebe Road and Old Dominion Drive stop.