{"product_id":"built-by-blacks-african-american-architecture-and-neighborhoods-in-richmond-9781596294592","title":"Built by Blacks: African American Architecture and Neighborhoods in Richmond","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichmond is a classic Southern city, most notable as the Confederate capitol. However, the irony of Richmond is that much of its beautiful architecture was built by Black laborers.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe city's vast and varied collection of architecture provides an archive of African American history, both of enslaved and free peoples. Author Selden Richardson explains how iconic symbols of old Richmond and the generations of Black laborers who helped assemble it are embodied in both the preserved and the forgotten architecture of the city. After you finish this book, it will be as if the buildings in Richmond tell their own stories to you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e History Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781596294592\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.70h x 6.84w x 0.53d","brand":"Selden Richardson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43049621553333,"sku":"9781596294592","price":21.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_b3b719bc-5e44-4ffc-9f98-e53af3259816.jpg?v=1689691870","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/built-by-blacks-african-american-architecture-and-neighborhoods-in-richmond-9781596294592","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}