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African Americans Topic

 
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By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), September 8, 2019
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1 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Atlas District — 1950 — Earl Lloyd — ULINE —
2 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Atlas District — 9 — Brickyards to Buildings — Hub, Home, Heart — Greater H Street NE Heritage Trail —
3 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Atlas District — 19 — Cathy Hughes — Multi-Media & Radio Pioneer — Hub, Home, Heart: Greater H Street NE Heritage Trail —
4 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Atlas District — Dr. Granville N. Moore
5 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Atlas District — Greater Pleasant Grove Baptist Church
6 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Atlas District — Henrietta Vinton Davis Residence — 1219 Linden Place, NE — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
7 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Atlas District — 14 — The Changing Faces of H Street — Hub, Home, Heart — Greater H Street NE Heritage Trail —
8 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Atlas District — 16 — The Fires of 1968 — Hub, Home, Heart — Greater H Street NE Heritage Trail —
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9 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Brentwood — Former Site Columbian Harmony Cemetery — 1857 - 1959 — Lest We Forget —
10 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Brentwood — Former Site, Columbian Harmony Cemetery — 1857-1959
11 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Brookland — Charles Richard Drew Memorial Bridge
12 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Brookland — Lois Mailou Jones Residence — 1220 Quincy Street, NE — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
13 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Brookland — Pleasant Grove Baptist Church
14 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Brookland — Robert Clifton Weaver Residence Site — 3519 14th Street, NE — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
15 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Brookland — St. Paul Baptist Church
16 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Brookland — Sterling A. Brown Residence — 1222 Kearny Street, NE — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
17 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Brookland — The Poet's House — 1222 Kearney Street N.E. — Sterling Allen Brown (1901-1989) —
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18 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Capitol Hill — Fiery Destruction — Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
19 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Capitol Hill — Frederick Douglass — (1817 - 1895)
20 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Capitol Hill — Freedmen’s Memorial Monument to Abraham Lincoln — or Freedom’s Memorial
21 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Capitol Hill — United States Capitol — East Front —
22 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Carver Langston — Langston Golf Course
23 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Carver Langston — Langston Golf Course and Driving Range — 2600 Benning Road, NE — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
24 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Carver Langston — Langston Terrace Dwellings / Hilyard Robinson — 21st Street and Benning Road, NE — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
25 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Deanwood — 100 Years of Afro-American History — By Jerome Johnson
26 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Deanwood — 2 — A Day at the Picture Show — A Self-Reliant People — Greater Deanwood Heritage Trail — Reported missing
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27 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Deanwood — 5 — A Whirl on the Ferris Wheel — A Self Reliant People — Greater Deanwood Heritage Trail —
28 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Deanwood — 12 — Designed to Compete — A Self-Reliant People — Greater Deanwood Heritage Trail —
29 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Deanwood — 6 — From Gardens to Garden Apartments — A Self-Reliant People — Greater Deanwood Heritage Trail —
30 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Deanwood — Jacob Dodd-built Houses — 4621 Hunt Place, NE — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
31 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Deanwood — Lewis Giles, Sr.'s Home and Office — 4428 Hunt Place, NE — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
32 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Deanwood — Macedonia Community Church
33 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Deanwood — North West Beulah Baptist Church
34 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Deanwood — Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church
35 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Deanwood — Randall Memorial Methodist Church — 1948
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36 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Deanwood — 11 — Shaping Strong Minds — A Self-Reliant People — Greater Deanwood Heritage Trail —
37 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Deanwood — 9 — Shopping on Sheriff — A Self-Reliant People — Greater Deanwood Heritage Trail —
38 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Deanwood — 8 — With These Hands — A Self-Reliant People — Greater Deanwood Heritage Trail —
39 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, East Corner — New Mt. Olive Baptist Church
40 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Eastland Gardens — Eastland Gardens — Between Kenilworth and Anacostia Avenues, and Lee and Ord Streets, NE — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
41 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Eckington — Alethia "Lethe" Tanner — (1781 - 1864)
42 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Eckington — Religious Organizations / Education
43 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Eckington — The Plantation / The City
44 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Gallaudet — Black Girl Ventures x Nike: Entrepreneurship is a Boxing Match — Brandon "BMike" Odums — New Orleans, LA | 2021 —
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45 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Gallaudet — Historic Site of Kendall School Division II for Negroes — Built March 1953 — A landmark in desegregation of education for Negro deaf students —
46 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Hillbrook — Dr. Nannie Helen Burroughs
47 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Hillbrook — 4 — From Rural to Residential — A Self-Reliant People — Greater Deanwood Heritage Trail —
48 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Hillbrook — Howard D. Woodson Residence — 4918 Fitch Place, NE — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
49 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Hillbrook — In Memory of Nannie Helen Burroughs
50 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Hillbrook — Lederer Gardens — Robert F. Lederer Community Gardens & Educational Center, MLK Sanctuary — 4801 Nannie Helen Boroughs Ave —
51 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Hillbrook — National Training School for Women and Girls / Nannie Helen Burroughs — 601 50th Street, NE — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
52 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Hillbrook — 3 — The School of the Three Bs — A Self-Reliant People — Greater Deanwood Heritage Trail —
53 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Kenilworth — Jericho City of Praise
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54 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Kenilworth Park — Helen Shaw Fowler — Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
55 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Kenilworth Park — Preserve and Protect — Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
56 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Lamond Riggs — Bethlehem Church of God Holiness — Organized 1922
57 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Lamond Riggs — WOOK-TV Building — 5321 First Place, NE — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
58 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Langdon — Chuck Brown Memorial Park
59 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Langdon — Ionia R. Whipper Home — 2000 Channing Street, NE — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
60 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Lincoln Heights — 1 — Watts Going On — A Self-Reliant People — Greater Deanwood Heritage Trail —
61 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Mahaning Heights — 14 — From Gambling to Garden Apartments — A Self-Reliant People — Greater Deanwood Heritage Trail —
62 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Mayfair — Mayfair Mansions / Albert I. Cassell — 3819 Jay Street, NE — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
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63 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Michigan Park — St. Joseph's Seminary
64 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, NoMa/Sursum Corda — 1 — All Aboard! — Hub, Home, Heart — Greater H Street NE Heritage Trail — Reported missing
65 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Trinidad — Holyland Spiritual Temple — 1120 Montello Avenue N. E.
66 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, 16th Street Heights — 14th Street Graffiti Museum
67 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, 16th Street Heights — Fellowship Baptist Church
68 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, 16th Street Heights — 3 — Hold the Mayo! — Battleground to Community — Brightwood Heritage Trail — Reported missing
69 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, 16th Street Heights — Jones-Haywood School of Ballet — 1200 Delafield Place, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
70 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, 16th Street Heights — 2 — Mayor Emery and the Union Army — Battleground to Community — Brightwood Heritage Trail — Reported missing
71 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, 16th Street Heights — New St. Paul Baptist Church
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72 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, 16th Street Heights — St. Charles Baptist Church
73 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, 16th Street Heights — St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church
74 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — 5 — Ambassadors of Faith — Roads to Diversity — Adams Morgan Heritage Trail —
75 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Archaeology in Adams Morgan — Surveying the Cemeteries in Walter Pierce Park, 2005-2013 — Reported permanently removed
76 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Archaeology in Adams Morgan: Surveying the Walter Pierce Park Cemeteries, 2005-2013
77 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — 16 — Building a Better Neighborhood — Roads to Diversity — Adams Morgan Heritage Trail —
78 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Calvin T.S. Brent Residence — 1700 V Street, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
79 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — 4 — Life on the Park — Roads to Diversity — Adams Morgan Heritage Trail —
80 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — 2 — Meridian Hill / Malcolm X Park — Roads to Diversity — Adams Morgan Heritage Trail —
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81 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Rediscovery and Remembrance — Hallowed Ground — Rock Creek Park, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
82 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Resilience and Resistance — Hallowed Ground — Rock Creek Park, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
83 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Seeking Freedom — Hallowed Ground — Rock Creek Park, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
84 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Soldiers and Sailors Buried at Mt. Pleasant Plains Cemetery, 1870-1890 — (Walter Pierce Park) — Reported permanently removed
85 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — Soldiers, Sailors, and Refugees of War — Hallowed Ground — Rock Creek Park, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
86 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — The ›Duke‹ Ellington Memorial Bridge
87 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — 3 — The Roots of Reed-Cooke — Roads to Diversity — Adams Morgan Heritage Trail —
88 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — un/fold — a style anthology of D.C.
89 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Adams Morgan — 11 — Walter Pierce Park — Roads to Diversity — Adams Morgan Heritage Trail —
90 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Bloomingdale — Barnett Aden Gallery — 127 Randolph Place, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
91 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Bloomingdale — 10 — Bloomingdale — Worthy Ambition — LeDroit Park/Bloomingdale Heritage Trail —
92 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Bloomingdale — 9 — Court Nullifies Racial Covenants — Worthy Ambition — LeDroit Park/Bloomingdale Heritage Trail —
93 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Bloomingdale — 11 — Dividing Line — Worthy Ambition — LeDroit Park/Bloomingdale Heritage Trail —
94 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Bloomingdale — 12 — Fathers and Sons — Worthy Ambition — LeDroit Park/Bloomingdale Heritage Trail —
95 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Bloomingdale — 14 — Great Expectations — Worthy Ambition — LeDroit Park/Bloomingdale Heritage Trail — Reported missing
96 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Bloomingdale — 13 — Home to Headliners — Worthy Ambition — LeDroit Park/Bloomingdale Heritage Trail —
97 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Bloomingdale — Metropolitan Wesley A.M.E. Zion Church — The Gate Way to Freedom
98 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Bloomingdale — 7 — Separate Schools — Worthy Ambition — LeDroit Park/Bloomingdale Heritage Trail —
99 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Brightwood — 7 — An African American Enclave — Battleground to Community — Brightwood Heritage Trail —
100 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Brightwood — 17 — Aunt Betty's Story — Battleground to Community — Brightwood Heritage Trail —

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