Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- 1 Introduction: An Administered System of Government -- POLITICS -- 2 Home Rule for the District of Columbia -- 3 Walter Washington: Mayor of the Last Colony -- 4 Marion Barry, Jr.: A Politician for the Times -- 5 Sharon Pratt Kelly*: The Reform Mayor -- 6 The High Tide of Pragmatic Black Politics: Mayor Anthony Williams and the Suppression of Black Interests -- PUBLIC POLICY -- 7 The Mayor as the Head School Master -- 8 Can Washington, D.C., Youth Speak? Youth, Education, and Race in the Political Socialization Process -- 9 Banished: Housing Policy in the District of Columbia and the Struggle of Working Families -- 10 Democracy and Its Impact on Rehabilitative Resources in the District of Columbia -- 11 The Dynamics of Poverty in the District of Columbia -- 12 Communicating Liberation in Washington, D.C. -- 13 Conclusion -- Index -- About the Authors.