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CURRENT ISSUE
Fall 2024 | Volume 36, Number 2
This special Washington History marks the 50th anniversary of the enactment of the Home Rule Act, which enabled Washingtonians to elect a mayor and city council and participate in local government for the first time since 1870. Michael K. Fauntroy leads with his account of ongoing Congressional interference in city affairs. Sarah Shoenfeld and George Derek Musgrove each interviewed witnesses to the home rule era’s birth: Colbert I. King and Arrington Dixon, respectively. The issue concludes with Sam Smith’s original “Case for Statehood” and Tim Kumfer on the life and work of Statehood Party co-founder Josephine Butler.
Washington HistoryFall 2024 | Volume 36, Number 2
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Congressional Interference and the Failures of Home Rule
Primary Voices
“It’s in Our Hands to Build Our Country in Our Image”
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