Maurice Jackson teaches Atlantic world and African American history at Georgetown University. He is author of Let This Voice Be Heard, and coeditor of African Americans and the Haitian Revolution and DC Jazz (Georgetown University Press, 2018). He was the inaugural chair of the Washington, DC, Commission on African American Affairs, appointed by the mayor.

This is a well-researched and fluidly written book that delivers an essential message about African American culture and life, especially in the nation's capital.

• AcknowledgmentsPrefaceForeword by E. Ethelbert MillerIntroductionPart I: MUSIC, "We Who Believe in Freedom Will Not Rest."1. The Early Years2. From the "Great War" to Post War Washington: A New Era of Racial Solidarity Through Cultural Protests3. The Duke, the Sultan and Satchmo4. Jazz Expands its Horizons5. Two Who Stayed Home, Shirley Horn and Buck HillBox 1: The Peters SistersBox 2: James Reese EuropePart II: "A City's Soul on a Roll."6. Baseball7. Boxing: The Great Black Hope8. Football9. Basketball10. Rabbit, Duke, and Big John11. Soccer: The "Beautiful Game" and the Howard University Bisons12. The Moments of LoreEpilogueBibliographyIndexAbout the Author

Maurice Jackson teaches Atlantic world and African American history at Georgetown University. He is author of Let This Voice Be Heard, and coeditor of African Americans and the Haitian Revolution and DC Jazz (Georgetown University Press, 2018). He was the inaugural chair of the Washington, DC, Commission on African American Affairs, appointed by the mayor.

This is a well-researched and fluidly written book that delivers an essential message about African American culture and life, especially in the nation's capital.

• AcknowledgmentsPrefaceForeword by E. Ethelbert MillerIntroductionPart I: MUSIC, "We Who Believe in Freedom Will Not Rest."1. The Early Years2. From the "Great War" to Post War Washington: A New Era of Racial Solidarity Through Cultural Protests3. The Duke, the Sultan and Satchmo4. Jazz Expands its Horizons5. Two Who Stayed Home, Shirley Horn and Buck HillBox 1: The Peters SistersBox 2: James Reese EuropePart II: "A City's Soul on a Roll."6. Baseball7. Boxing: The Great Black Hope8. Football9. Basketball10. Rabbit, Duke, and Big John11. Soccer: The "Beautiful Game" and the Howard University Bisons12. The Moments of LoreEpilogueBibliographyIndexAbout the Author

Maurice Jackson teaches Atlantic world and African American history at Georgetown University. He is author of Let This Voice Be Heard, and coeditor of African Americans and the Haitian Revolution and DC Jazz (Georgetown University Press, 2018). He was the inaugural chair of the Washington, DC, Commission on African American Affairs, appointed by the mayor.

This is a well-researched and fluidly written book that delivers an essential message about African American culture and life, especially in the nation's capital.

• AcknowledgmentsPrefaceForeword by E. Ethelbert MillerIntroductionPart I: MUSIC, "We Who Believe in Freedom Will Not Rest."1. The Early Years2. From the "Great War" to Post War Washington: A New Era of Racial Solidarity Through Cultural Protests3. The Duke, the Sultan and Satchmo4. Jazz Expands its Horizons5. Two Who Stayed Home, Shirley Horn and Buck HillBox 1: The Peters SistersBox 2: James Reese EuropePart II: "A City's Soul on a Roll."6. Baseball7. Boxing: The Great Black Hope8. Football9. Basketball10. Rabbit, Duke, and Big John11. Soccer: The "Beautiful Game" and the Howard University Bisons12. The Moments of LoreEpilogueBibliographyIndexAbout the Author