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O’Tang, Johnnie. A Criminological Analysis of Homicide: Homicide Among Blacks in the District
of Columbia. Ph.D. dissertation, George Washington University, 1996.
In response to the epidemic numbers of homicides in the late 1990s, this work
analyzes and categorizes homicidal offenders to determine what methods should be
employed to reduce the homicide rate in Washington, D.C.
Call Number: Special Collections AS 36.G3 1996
“The Other Washington,” in The Wilson Quarterly. Vol. 13, No. 1. Washington, D.C.:
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 1989.
The collection of four articles in this edition of The Wilson Quarterly investigates the
“secret city” that coexists with Federal Washington. The articles by Keith Melder,
“Slaves and Freedmen;” Thomas Battle, “Behind the Marble Mask;” Steven J. Diner,
“From Jim Crow to Home Rule;” and Neil Spitzer, “A Secret City” focus on the
African American experience from the 19th Century to the present.
Call Number: Special Collections E 185.93.D6 W55 1989
Peterson, Harry N. and Catherine M. Houck. Access to the D.C. Public Library:
Comments on the Methodology and Conclusion of the “Access to Public Libraries”
Report. Washington, 1963.
The D.C. Public Library summarizes the distribution of public library services to the
African American community.
Call Number: Special Collections Z 711.9.I538 1963
Powell, Frances J. A Study of the Structure of the Freed Black Family in Washington, D.C., 1850-
1880. Ph.D. dissertation, Catholic University, 1980.
Frances Powell rebuts the theories about the nature of the matriarchal family through
historical data and statistical evidence of African American families in the 19th
Century.
Call Number: Special Collections F 205.N4 P68 1980a
Raspberry, William et al. “Reflections on the African American Experience in
Washington, 1968-1998,” in The Washington Post Magazine. Washington: Washington Post,
February 1, 1998.
The major part of this The Washington Post Magazine is devoted to the numerous
aspects of the African American experience in Washington, D.C. Several writers
present their commentary on the development of Black Washington, especially in the
years following the racial confrontations of 1968.
Call Number: Special Collections Ephemera 138