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A place called Ilda : race and resilience at a northern Virginia crossroads

Title
A place called Ilda : race and resilience at a northern Virginia crossroads / Tom Shoop.
Author
Shoop, Tom, 1962-
Publication
  • Charlottesville : Rivanna Books, University of Virginia Press, 2024.
  • ©2024

Details

Description
232 pages : illustrations, maps; 22 cm
Summary
"The story of a lost mixed-race community in Northern Virginia, drawing together newly discovered historic records, freshly uncovered contemporary accounts, and personal interviews to reveal the lives and experiences of people who struggled to make real the Reconstruction-era promise of freedom and opportunity, and those who insisted that their efforts not be forgotten"--
Subject
  • African American cemeteries > Virginia > Ilda > History
  • African Americans > Virginia > Ilda > History
  • Ilda (Va.) > History
  • Ilda (Va.) > Race relations > History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Destruction -- Reconstruction -- Transition -- Segregation -- Determination -- Revelation -- Preservation -- Redemption.
ISBN
  • 9780813950860
  • 0813950864
  • 9780813950877 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2023028987
OCLC
YBP 2023028987
Author
Shoop, Tom, 1962- author.
Title
A place called Ilda : race and resilience at a northern Virginia crossroads / Tom Shoop.
Publisher
Charlottesville : Rivanna Books, University of Virginia Press, 2024.
Copyright Date
©2024
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other Form:
Online version: Shoop, Tom, 1962- Place called Ilda. Charlottesville : Rivanna Books, an imprint of the University of Virginia Press, 2024 9780813950877 (DLC) 2023028988
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