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1816 11th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
Tel: (202)745-1919
Fax: (202)234-1697
Neighborhood:
Greater U Street
African Americans made the U Street area
(now a historic district) one of the city’s most vibrant cultural,
residential, and business districts. First settling here during the Civil
War, they capitalized on new streetcar lines, inexpensive land, and the
absence of residential segregation. By the 1920s, African Americans had
created institutions, businesses, and services that met the needs of area
residents. By the 1940s, it was the place to hear Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald,
and many more. By the 1960s U Street was a center of activism against legal
segregation and racism.
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