Black Men Built the Capitol

Release on 2007-09-01 | by Jesse Holland

According to Arnebeck, at least twenty-one slaves cut timber for the White House,
and they, or more likely their masters, ... at the White House, and in January 1795
he was praised in writing by one of his supervisors: “Pay Jerry the black man a ...

Author: Jesse Holland
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0762751924
Category: History
Page: 216
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Black Men Built the Capitol

The first book of its kind, with comprehensive up-to-date details Historic sites along the Mall, such as the U.S. Capitol building, the White House and the Lincoln Memorial, are explored from an entirely new perspective in this book, with never-before-told stories and statistics about the role of blacks in their creation. This is an iconoclastic guide to Washington, D.C., in that it shines a light on the African Americans who have not traditionally been properly credited for actually building important landmarks in the city. New research by a top Washington journalist brings this information together in a powerful retelling of an important part of our country's history. In addition the book includes sections devoted to specific monuments such as the African American Civil War Memorial, the real “Uncle Tom's cabin,” the Benjamin Banneker Overlook and Frederick Douglass Museum, the Hall of Fame for Caring Americans, and other existing statues, memorials and monuments. It also details the many other places being planned right now to house, for the first time, rich collections of black American history that have not previously been accessible to the public, such as the soon-to-open Smithsonian Institution National Museum of African American History and Culture, and the Martin Luther King, Jr., National Monument, as well as others opening over the next decade. This book will be a source of pride for African Americans who live in or come from the D.C., Maryland, and Virginia area as well as for the 18 million annual African American visitors to our nation's capital. Jesse J. Holland is a political journalist who lives in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C. He is the Congressional legal affairs correspondent for the Associated Press, and his stories frequently appear in the New York Times and other major papers. In 2004, Holland became the first African American elected to Congressional Standing Committee of Correspondents, which represents the entire press corps before the Senate and the House of Representatives. A graduate of the University of Mississippi, he is a frequent lecturer at universities and media talk shows across the country.

Language: en
Pages: 216

Black Men Built the Capitol

Authors: Jesse Holland

Categories: History

Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-09-01 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Language: en
Pages: 104

Black Man White House

Authors: Eric Reese

Categories: History

Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-11-23 - Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

A riveting account of the African American timeline. Black Man White House is a gripping narrative of the events of that saw the black race rise from the doldrums of a dark and sordid past, to where it is today. With a sweeping forward momentum, this collection of thoughtful, provocative

Language: en
Pages: 202

Views of a Southern Black Man

Authors: Harvey Williams Jr.

Categories: Social Science

Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-03-26 - Publisher: AuthorHouse

“Views of a Southern Black Man” is a compilation of selected weekly editorials written by the author over a fifteen-year span. In this book, the author shares his experience with racism in the south. He also talks about the problems that continue to plague the African American community as he

Language: en
Pages: 336

A Slave in the White House

Authors: Elizabeth Dowling Taylor

Categories: History

Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-01-03 - Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Paul Jennings was born into slavery on the plantation of James and Dolley Madison in Virginia, later becoming part of the Madison household staff at the White House. Once finally emancipated by Senator Daniel Webster later in life, he would give an aged and impoverished Dolley Madison, his former owner,

Language: en
Pages: 324

Women and the White House

Authors: Justin S. Vaughn, Lilly J. Goren

Categories: History

Type: BOOK - Published: 2013 - Publisher: University Press of Kentucky

Known as the Great Compromiser, Henry Clay earned his title by addressing sectional tensions over slavery and forestalling civil war in the United States. Today he is still regarded as one of the most important political figures in American history. As Speaker of the House of Representatives and secretary of