The Black Side of the River

The Black Side of the River
Author: Jessica A. Grieser
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2022
Genre: History
ISBN: 1647121523

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Introduction : "I expected the streets to be paved with gold": Anacostia and Washington, DC in the Black Imagination -- Racializing Gentrification through Discourse -- Repositioning Anacostia : Circulating Insider Discourses to Counteract Outsider Views -- "They Ain't Make Improvements for Us" : Place-making with African American Language -- Race, Geography, and Agency East of the River -- Conclusion : Bridging the River.


The Black Side of the River
Language: en
Pages: 242
Authors: Jessica A. Grieser
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022 - Publisher: Georgetown University Press

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Introduction : "I expected the streets to be paved with gold": Anacostia and Washington, DC in the Black Imagination -- Racializing Gentrification through Disco
The Black Side of the River
Language: en
Pages: 242
Authors: Jessica A. Grieser
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-02-01 - Publisher: Georgetown University Press

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In The Black Side of the River, sociolinguist Jessi Grieser draws on ten years of interviews with dozens of residents of Anacostia–a historically Black neighb
The Other Side of the River
Language: en
Pages: 336
Authors: Alex Kotlowitz
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-01-04 - Publisher: Anchor

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Bestselling author Alex Kotlowitz is one of this country's foremost writers on the ever explosive issue of race. In this gripping and ultimately profound book,
Black River
Language: en
Pages: 82
Authors: Kenneth Sherman
Categories: Poetry
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007 - Publisher: The Porcupine's Quill

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With wit and moral acuity, with language as persuasive as a river's broad current, Kenneth Sherman confronts the anguish of our past and of our present, and off
The Rock and the River
Language: en
Pages: 227
Authors: Kekla Magoon
Categories: Juvenile Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-01-06 - Publisher: Simon and Schuster

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Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe Award winner In this “taut, eloquent first novel” (Booklist, starred review), a young Black boy wrestles with conflicting