Black Georgetown Remembered: A History of Its Black Community from the Founding of "The Town of George" in 1751 to the Present Day, 30th Anniversar

Black Georgetown Remembered is a compelling journey through more than two hundred years of history. This one-of-a-kind book invites readers to consider how the unique heritage of this neighborhood intersects and contributes to broader themes in African American and Washington, DC, history and urban studies.

Author: Kathleen Menzie Lesko, Valerie M. Babb, Carroll R. Gibbs
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Published: 01/17/2022
Pages: 290
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.60lbs
Size: 10.08h x 7.09w x 0.87d
ISBN13: 9781647121655
ISBN10: 1647121655
BISAC Categories:
- History | African American & Black
- History | United States | State & Local | Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD,

About the Author

Kathleen Menzie Lesko is a former scholar-in-residence at the Folger Shakespeare Library and current research scholar at the Huntington Library in San Marino, California. She is also a former faculty member and administrator at Georgetown University.

Valerie M. Babb is the Andrew Mellon Professor of Humanities at Emory University and holds a joint appointment in the departments of African American Studies and English. She is a former faculty member of Georgetown University.

Carroll R. Gibbs is a professional historian, a lecturer, and author of numerous works on African American history. He is founder of the African History and Culture Lecture Series and wrote, researched, and narrated "Sketches in Color," a companion to the acclaimed PBS series "The Civil War," for WHUT-TV.