Barry Farm-Hillsdale in Anacostia: A Historic African American Community (American Heritage)

By: Alcione M. Amos

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Synopsis: Barry Farm-Hillsdale was created under the auspices of the Freedmen's Bureau in 1867 in what was then the outskirts of the nation's capital. Residents built churches and schools, and the community became successful. In the 1940s, youth from the community courageously desegregated the Anacostia Pool, and Barry Farm Dwellings was built to house war workers. In the 1950s, community parents joined the fight to desegregate schools in Washington, D.C., as local leaders fought off plans to redevelop the area. Both the women and the youth of Barry Farm Dwellings, then public housing, were at the forefront of the fight to improve their lives and those of their neighbors in the 1960s, but community identity was being subsumed into the larger Anacostia neighborhood. Curator and historian Alcione M. Amos tells these little-remembered stories.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 176 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781439671863
Related ISBNs:: 9781467147699
Publisher:: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Date of Addition:: 03/30/22
Copyrighted By:: the Smithsonian Institution
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Social Studies, Politics and Government, Sociology
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.