02233cam a2200325 i 4500 1130054000 TxAuBib 20240313120000.0 230706s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023028987 9780813950860 PAP 24.95 0813950864 PAP 24.95 TxAuBib rda Shoop, Tom. A place called Ilda [BOOK] : race and resilience at a northern Virginia crossroads / Tom Shoop. Race and resilience at a northern Virginia crossroads. Charlottesville : Rivanna Books, University of Virginia Press, 2024. 232 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Destruction -- Reconstruction -- Transition -- Segregation -- Determination -- Revelation -- Preservation -- Redemption. "Established by two Black entrepreneurs and their families, who provided the economic engine for its initial success, the village of Ilda flourished as a racially integrated community before the Jim Crow era. More than simply a history of a racially and socially pioneering community, this remarkable book tells a broader story, recounting the Black experience in Fairfax County over generations and shedding new light on the racial, economic, political, and bureaucratic factors that drove the development of Northern Virginia and the nation as a whole. Weaving together accounts of horse thievery, attempted murder, savage beatings, hate crimes, and a long-forgotten cemetery, this gripping and often moving narrative provides a rich and unusually detailed record of the rise, decline, and rediscovery of a crossroads whose secrets and mysteries depict an America that might have been, and might still be.". 20240313. African American cemeteries Virginia Ilda History. African Americans Virginia Ilda History. Ilda (Va.) History. Ilda (Va.) Race relations History.