The Long Path to Freedom

In: Political Science and History

Abstract

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Overview -- Chapter 1 -- A New Capital for a New Nation -- The Concept of a Federal District -- Overview -- The Residency Debate and the Placing of the Nation's Capital -- The District Clause -- Drafting of the District Clause -- District Clause and the Right to Vote -- Sources -- Primary Documents -- Thomas Tredwell at the New York Convention to Ratify the U.S. Constitution -- Federal Farmer, Number 18 : -- Debate of 1788 Virginia Ratifying Convention for the U.S. Constitution -- Monographs -- Journal Articles -- Archival Materials -- Chapter 2 -- Who Governs the District? -- Early Forms of Governance -- The Issue of Representation: The Early Home Rule -- Sources -- Journal Articles -- Monographs -- D.C.'s Territorial Government, 1871-1874 -- Sources -- Articles -- Monographs -- D.C.'s Commission Government, 1874-1967 -- Sources -- Congressional Documents -- House and Senate Resolutions -- Congressional Reports -- Journal Articles -- Continued Efforts at Reorganization and Its Impact on Home Rule -- Home Rule and the Auchincloss Plan -- Sources -- Journal Articles -- Monographs -- Law Review Articles -- Archival Collections -- Chapter 3 -- The Quest for Self-Representation, 1961-1974 -- Twenty-Third Amendent -- Overview -- Congressional Passage of the Twenty-Third Amendment -- State Ratification of the Twenty-Third Amendment -- Impact of the Twenty-Third Amendment -- Current Issues Involving the Twenty-Third Amendment -- Sources -- Law Review Articles -- Monographs -- D.C. Sources -- Archives -- Personal Papers and Organizational Records -- Renewed Impetus for Home Rule -- Congressional Documents -- Monographs -- Archival Materials -- D.C.'s Commissioner-Council Government, 1967-1974 -- Sources -- Presidential Statements -- Lyndon Johnson's Statement -- A Better Government for the District of Columbia