Shaw / U Street
Known as 'The Black Mecca', these contiguous communities are known as one of America's most historic Black locations. This area boasts more historic churches, homes, venues, events, and personalities per capita than any Black community in the Nation.
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Did You Know?
Saving Washington by Chris Formant
The book Saving Washington reveals that plantation owners in Maryland sent enslaved individuals to fight in the Revolutionary War in their place, often using the enslaved persons service to fulfill their own military obligations.
These men fought for freedom, despite being denied it themselves.
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The Statue of Apollo
The larger than life statue of Apollo playing his lyre on the portico of the Howard Theatre inspired Harlem’s Apollo Theater’s name.
