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AFRICANA 27<br />

Yette, Frederick W. and Samuel F. Yette. <strong>Washington</strong> and Two Marches, 1963 & 1983: The<br />

Third American Revolution. Silver Spring, MD: Cottage Books, 1984.<br />

This pictorial compilation of the 1963 March on <strong>Washington</strong> and the 1983 twenty<br />

year anniversary of the original march uses the camera to capture and document some<br />

of the most significant news events during that era.<br />

Call Number: Special Collections F 200.Y4 1984<br />

NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES<br />

Borchert, James. American Mini-Ghettoes: Alleys, Alley Dwellings and Alley Dwellers in<br />

<strong>Washington</strong>, D.C., 1850-1970. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Maryland, 1976.<br />

The traditional view of the city destroying the social and familial bonds of the<br />

migrants to <strong>Washington</strong>, D.C. is challenged in James Borchert’s study of alley dwellers<br />

from 1850 to 1970.<br />

Call Number: Special Collections E 185.89.H6 B65 1976a<br />

Borchert, James. Alley Life in <strong>Washington</strong>. Chicago: University of Illinois Press. 1980.<br />

This social history, based on James Bochert’s dissertation, uses anthropology,<br />

sociology, and folklore to explore the impact of alley life on African American families<br />

and provides the reader with maps, diagrams, charts and photos of alley life for<br />

further interpretation.<br />

Call Number: Special Collections E 185.93.D6 B63<br />

Brookland Neighborhood Collection.<br />

The collection contains materials such as the complete final draft of the book,<br />

"Images of Brookland," the original preliminary papers submitted by the students, the<br />

original cover photographs, the cover layout and the miscellaneous materials which<br />

were relevant during the course of the study.<br />

Call Number: Special Collections MS2058<br />

Frankel, Godfrey and Laura Goldstein. In the Alleys: Kids in the Shadow of the Capitol.<br />

<strong>Washington</strong>, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1995.<br />

The spirit of camaraderie in the community that thrived despite the poverty in<br />

Southwest D.C. in the 1940s shines through in the pictures of this photo-documentary.<br />

Call Number: Special Collections TR 681.C5 F72 1995

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