I've Already Read A Lot Of These, But Some - Children Of Cardozo, Ten Years Since, The Response Of The

I've already read a lot of these, but some - Children of Cardozo, Ten Years Since, The Response of the Washington, D.C. Community - are new to me, since they're retrospectives. Either way, it's good to catalog this here so I can easily find them again.

Super score! Writings by Sam Smith, one of the founders of the DC Statehood Party.

Committee papers and bill files from the House of Representatives' Committee on the District of Columbia. Of special interest are those in the third set (1947-1968), which include documents pertaining to District home rule.

D.C. Statehood reading list

Websites:

D.C. Government Statehood Page 
 http://statehood.dc.gov 

“Shadow” U.S. Representative Mike Panetta 
 http://www.mikepanetta.com 

D.C. Statehood – Yes We Can!
 http://dcstatehoodyeswecan.org

A website with information on the efforts of District of Columbia residents to get statehood.  Includes historical documents and a timeline on Washington, D.C.’s governmental history as well as how to assist in getting D.C. statehood.

Mark David Richards’ Work @DCWatch 
http://www.dcwatch.com/richards/default.htm

This is a link to a series of columns by D.C. sociologist and historian Mark David Richards about the history of the District of Columbia and efforts to bring democracy to it.

Sam Smith’s “The Statehood Papers”
 http://prorev.com/dcsthdintro.htm

A collection of history and commentary by D.C. journalist Sam Smith on the need and struggle for D.C. Statehood.

The Daily Render by Nikolas Schiller
 http://www.nikolasschiller.com/blog/index.php/archives/category/dc-history/

A digital scrapbook of articles and photographs regarding the history of the District of Columbia compiled by Nikolas Schiller.

Worldrights – Human Rights Advocacy Worldwide
 http://www.world-rights.org/home.htm

Go To “Human Rights in the U.S., DC Equal Congressional Voting Rights Campaign” for information on UN Human Rights Commission, OAS, OSCE actions. Provides information on Washington, D.C. as a human rights

Books and Publications:

*Sam Smith, Captive Capital; Colonial Life in Modern Washington, Indiana University Press, 1974.
 Sam’s book is a classic: a one-stop history and political-sociology of the District. Explains in a nutshell how we got to where we are and why we have been stuck here. Explains the tension between the real people and the rich, business & political élite. Explains the birth of the statehood movement.

*Kenneth R. Bowling, The Creation of Washington, D.C.; the Idea and Location of the American Capital, 1991.
 If you want to know why the District Clause is in the Constitution or why the District of Columbia is located where it’s located, here’s the place to find the answer.

*Steven J. Diner, Democracy, Federalism and the Governance of the Nation’s Capital; 1790-1974, 1987. 
A fine monograph on the District — shorter than Sam Smith’s work and more “academic,” and so an excellent tool.

*Constance McLaughlin Green, Washington – A History of the Capital, 1800-1950, Princeton University Press, 1962.
 This is the best overall history of the District. It was originally issued as a two volume set and then issued in paperback as a single volume.

*Constance McLaughlin Green, The Secret City: A History of Race Relations in the Nation’s Capital, Princeton University Press, 1967. Although slightly limited, this volume is the best comprehensive analysis of the issue of race which is the major “nerve” in the spinal cord of the history of the District.

Howard Gillette, Jr., Between Justice and Beauty; Race, Planning, and the Failure of Urban Policy in Washington, D.C., 1995.
 Dr. Gillette’s book surveys the entire history of congressional supervision of the District, focusing on the question whether this has helped or hurt the actual welfare of the District’s neighborhoods and communities.

*Kate Masur, An Example for All the Land – Emancipation and the Struggle Over Equality in Washington, D.C.,The University of North Carolina Press, 2010.
 This is first study of the Reconstruction in half a century. It combines political, social, and legal history and finds that Washington, D.C. was a laboratory for social policy and equality at a pivotal moment in American history. It is all the D.C. history you never knew.

Mark S. Greek, Washington, D.C. Protests – Scenes From Home Rule to The Civil Rights Movement, History Press, 2009.
 This is the story in pictures of the fight by D.C. residents over the past forty years for their democratic rights. [Tierra's note: This book is what gave me the idea for my dissertation. I'd bought it on a whim off Amazon and took it with me on a trip while I was taking a course called "The Long Civil Rights Movement." This book mixed in with the others, and when I confused the cover photo of a home rule protest with a civil rights rally, I first realized that in my hometown, home rule and civil rights were one and the same.]

David L. Lewis, District of Columbia, A Bicentennial History, WW. Norton & Company and the American Association for State and Local History, 1976. This book is part of the series on the states and the nation published for the national Bicentennial of the American Revolution.

Harry S. Jaffe and Tom Sherwood, Dream City – Race, Power, and the Decline of Washington, D.C., Simon & Schuster, 1994.
 This book tells the story of District of Columbia from the 1960′s and the fight for civil rights and home rule to the early 1990′s and the imposition of the Federal Control Board.  It specifically covers the years of Mayor Marion Barry.

*Need to get this!

Cribbed from http://www.mlkdchostcommittee.com/dc-statehood/district-of-columbia-reading-list/

How I feel about school today.

does this make sense?

Between 1945 and 1973, the District of Columbia underwent changes at a level that it had not experienced since the Civil War transformed the political and social landscape of the city. After dismantling the Jim Crow segregation of schools and public accommodations the Deep South would continue to battle decades later, the city’s governing structure also changed dramatically, with citizens of all races gaining long-denied voting and representational rights. Although Washington had long been home to active movements for civil rights and legislative autonomy from Congress, these movements remained largely separate until the District became a majority-minority city in the 1950s. How did the confluence of these pre-existing rights movements, post-war demographic shifts and the prominence of a national civil rights movement contribute to the District of Columbia’s unprecedented gains in civil and representational rights by 1973?

After going back and looking at it, I think the second sentence is wonky and misplaced, and should be moved, deleted or re-written, but I don't feel like doing it right now. Thoughts?