The Last Colony
An independent film about the history of the local voting rights struggle in District of Columbia
by Rebecca Kingsley

This listing is divided into the following categories:

GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
DC LEGISLATIVE DOCUMENTS
LOCAL POLITICAL ACTIVISM AND HISTORY RESOURCES
DC NEIGHBORHOODS & NEIGHBORHOOD ACTIVISM
LOCAL MEDIA
US GOVERNMENT

GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

• Advisory Neighborhood Commissions
• Council of the District of Columbia
  • including members, structure, citizen participation, legislative calendar, legislative tracking
• DC Board of Elections and Ethics
  • Register to Vote in DC
  • The History of Voting in DC
  • Major Political Parties in DC
  • Minor Political Parties in DC
• DC Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority (Control Board)
• DC Government Business Services
• DC Government Citizen Services
• DC Neighborhoods
• Directory of DC Government Agencies
• Office of the Mayor of the District of Columbia
• Official Web Site of the District of Columbia
• Public Library of the District of Columbia
  • Washingtoniana Division, Martin Luther King Central Library

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DC LEGISLATIVE DOCUMENTS

• Council of the District of Columbia, Office of General Counsel
  • DC Code
  • DC Home Rule Act
• District of Columbia, Office of Documents and Administrative Issuances
  • District of Columbia Register

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LOCAL POLITICAL ACTIVISM AND HISTORY RESOURCES

• ACT UP DC & Initiative 59 Homepage
• DC Citizens for Democracy: The 20 DC Citizens' Lawsuit
• DC Online: Political Analysis
• DC Vote: The Coalition for DC Representation in Congress Education Fund
• The Historical Society of Washington, DC
• A History of Self-Government in the District of Columbia (from the Web site of the DC Council)
• The History of Voting in DC (from the DC Board of Elections and Ethics)
• Major Political Parties in the District of Columbia
  • DC Democratic State Committee
  • DC Reform Party
  • DC Republican Committee
  • DC Statehood Green Party
• NARPAC, The National Association to Restore Pride in America's Capital
  • DC in a Nutshell
  • Federal Oversight of the District of Columbia
  • A History of the District of Columbia
  • Relevant Websites
  • Suggested Reading
  • Washington Artists Depict Our City
• Public Library of the District of Columbia
  • Washingtoniana Division, Martin Luther King Central Library
• Stand Up for Democracy in DC
• You Live Here: Washington DC, online information from WashingtonPost.com

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DC NEIGHBORHOODS & NEIGHBORHOOD ACTIVISM

(More neighborhood civic associations, ANC Web sites, and Ward-by-Ward resources coming soon!)

• Advisory Neighborhood Commissions
• Community Association and Neighborhood Web Pages (compiled by the Washingtoniana Division, DCPL)
• Council of the District of Columbia
• including members, structure, citizen participation, legislative calendar, legislative tracking
• DC Board of Elections and Ethics
• DC Neighborhoods

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LOCAL MEDIA

• The Common Denominator: Washington's Independent Hometown Newspaper
• DC Watch: an on-line magazine that covers local city politics and public affairs in Washington, D.C.
• The InTowner
• The Progressive Review, Sam Smith, Editor
• WAMU 88.5-FM (National Public Radio / Public Radio International, American University)
  • DC Politics Hour, with Mark Plotkin
  • Metro Connection, with Kathy Merritt
  • Public Interest, with Kojo Nnamdi
• WPFW 89.3-FM (Pacifica Radio, Washington)
• Washington CityPaper
  • Loose Lips (current column)
  • Loose Lips (column archive)
• The Washington Post
• The Washington Times

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US GOVERNMENT

• Thomas: Legislative information, Congressional Record and other Congressional documents,
  and online bill tracking services from the Library of Congress
• US House of Representatives
  • Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)
  • Committee on Appropriations
    • Subcommittee on the District of Columbia
  • Committee on Government Reform and Oversight
    • Subcommittee on the District of Columbia
• US Senate
  • Paul Strauss, United States Senator (Shadow) for the District of Columbia
  • Committee on Appropriations
    • Subcommittee on the District of Columbia
  • Committee on Governmental Affairs
    • Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia

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Contact the filmmaker: rebecca@thelastcolony.org

Contact the webmaster: webmaster@thelastcolony.org (web site and mailing list subscription problems only, please)
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