Purchase an autographed copy of the best-selling local Black history book, Black Broadway in Washington, D.C., directly from the author!
The copies sold on other online marketplaces are not signed by the author. These copies are exclusively sold by Briana A. Thomas, and the shipping is included in the price. Please write your mailing address in the notes section at checkout. Each ordered copy includes a free exclusive Black Broadway bookmark.
About the Book:
Before chain coffeeshops and luxury high-rises, before even the beginning of desegregation and the 1968 riots, Washington’s Greater U Street was known as Black Broadway. From the early 1900s into the 1950s, African Americans plagued by Jim Crow laws in other parts of town were free to own businesses here and built what was often described as a “city within a city.” Local author and journalist Briana A. Thomas narrates U Street’s rich and unique history, from the early triumph of emancipation to the days of civil rights pioneer Mary Church Terrell and music giant Duke Ellington, through the recent struggles of gentrification.The foreword is written by D.C. Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton.
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