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From the Ground Up: Black Architects and Designers

A companion book list for the exhibition "From the Ground Up: Black Architects and Designers" developed by the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. Local content co-developed by the Museum of History & Industry and the Black Heritage Society of Washington State. List created by librarians at the Seattle Public Library. (February 2023)

The Seattle Public Library

19 items

  • Black Built

    History and Architecture in the Black Community

    Wellington, Paul
    Book[United States] : [Publisher not identified], 2019. — 720.8996 W46B 2019
  • Reconstructions

    Architecture and Blackness in America

    BookNew York, NY : The Museum of Modern Art, [2021] — 720.8996 R2453 2021
  • The Forging of a Black Community

    Seattle's Central District From 1870 Through the Civil Rights Era

    Taylor, Quintard
    BookSeattle : University of Washington Press, [2022] — 305.80097 T2173F 2022
  • Reclaiming Your Community

    You Don't Have to Move Out of Your Neighborhood to Live in a Better One

    Carter, Majora
    BookOakland, CA : Berrett-Koehler, [2022] — 307.14097 C2461R 2022
  • Shaping Seattle Architecture

    a Historical Guide to the Architects

    BookSeattle : University of Washington Press, 2014. — 720.92279 Sh222 2014
  • Adjaye, Africa, Architecture

    a Photographic Survey of Metropolitan Architecture

    Adjaye, David, 1966-
    BookNew York, NY : Thames & Hudson, 2016. — 720.96 Ad49A 2016
  • White Space, Black Hood

    Opportunity Hoarding and Segregation in the Age of Inequality

    Cashin, Sheryll
    BookBoston, MA : Beacon Press, [2021] — 307.1416 C2689W 2021
  • City Squares

    Eighteen Writers on the Spirit and Significance of Squares Around the World

    BookNew York, NY : Harper, [2016] — 307.1216 C4989 2016
  • Living Black

    Social Life in An African American Neighborhood

    Fleisher, Mark S.
    BookMadison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2015] — 305.89607 F6287L 2015
  • Tribute

    a Guide to Seattle's Public Parks and Buildings Named for Black People : With Brief Biographical Sketches

    Henry, Mary T.
    BookSeattle, WA : Statice Press, 1997. — 979.7772 HENRY 1997
  • Structural Inequality

    Black Architects in the United States

    Kaplan, Victoria
    BookLanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, [2006] — 720.92396 K1418S 2006
  • Curve & Flow

    the Elegant Vision of L.A. Architect Paul R. Williams

    Loney, Andrea J.
    Children's nonfiction book
    BookNew York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2022] — J720.92 W6748L 2022
  • Dream Builder

    the Story of Architect Philip Freelon

    Lyons, Kelly Starling
    Children's book biography
    BookNew York : Lee & Low Books Inc., [2020] — JB F876L 2020
  • Hippocrene U.S.A. Guide to Black America

    a Directory of Historic and Cultural Sites Relating to Black America

    Thum, Marcella
    BookNew York : Hippocrene Books, [1991] — 917.30492 T423H