Democratic Destiny and the District of Columbia

Ronald W. Walters is director of the African American Leadership Institute and professor of government and politics at the University of Maryland. His many books include Black Presidential Politics, winner of the American Political Science Association's Ralph Bunche Prize and White Nationalism, Black Interests, an "academic best seller," covered by C-SPAN. Toni-Michelle Travis is an associate professor and Program Director of African American Studies at George Mason University. She is the faculty representative to the Board of Visitors' Committee on Equity and Diversity. She has been a member of the Public and International Affairs Department since 1984.

• Chapter 1 Foreword Chapter 2 1. Introduction: An Administered System of Government Chapter 3 2. Home Rule for Washington, D.C. Chapter 4 3. Walter Washington: Mayor Of the Last Colony Chapter 5 4. Marion Barry: A Politician for the Times Chapter 6 5. Sharon Pratt Kelly: The Reform Mayor Chapter 7 6. The High Tide of Pragmatic Black Politics: Mayor Anthony Williams and the Suppression of Black Interests Chapter 8 7. The Mayor as the Head School Master Chapter 9 8. Can Washington, D.C. Youth Speak? Chapter 10 9. Banished Housing Policy Chapter 11 10. Democracy and Its Impact on Rehabilitative Resources Chapter 12 11. The Dynamics of Poverty in the District of Columbia Chapter 13 12. Communicating Liberation Chapter 14 13. Conclusion

The struggle for full democratic self-government and for full congressional voting rights in the House continues unabated… These authors take a fresh look at how the first elected officials to govern the District of Columbia defined self-government for the city amidst the problems and dilemmas they found. The nation should be grateful to these authors for what their insights tell us about government in the modern nation's capital and, inadvertently, about the nature of governing in the nation itself.