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The beautiful history, legacy of DC's Black Broadway U Street Corridor was once home to hundreds of Black-owned businesses. Author Briana Thomas is trying to keep that spirit alive. Author: Michael Quander Updated: 7:17 AM EDT March 15, 2021 WASHINGTON — In the late 19th century to the mid-20th century, the U Street Corridor was filled with Black-owned theaters, clubs, restaurants, and bars that illuminated the neighborhood at night. It was a part of town known as Black Broadway. “If we were in time travel and went there, it would be lit! I think that’s what everyone would call it now," said Briana Thomas, author of
2/22/2021 Black Broadway in DC: A New Book Explores the Undeniable Influence of U Street’s History Historians in the News Briana Thomas was thinking about the legacy of U Street when she watched Kamala Harris get sworn in as vice president on January 20. The local author, who released Black Broadway in Washington, DC that same month, saw the connection: “We had our Vice President Harris become the first Black woman vice president and she’s a Howard University graduate—another first that’s connected to U Street,” says Thomas. “It’s just never-ending.” Other historic milestones from the corridor: The first Black public high school in the country (Paul Laurence Dunbar High); the nation’s first Black Y (Twelfth Street YMCA); and the first Black-owned bank in DC (Industrial). Those who were born and raised on U Street went on to create major inventions, such as Dr. Charles Drew, who created the first blood bank. Some of this powerful history crossed Thomas’s desk when she was an editorial fellow at
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Here’s what you should check out this week: Lady Day: The United States vs. Billie Holiday looks at the legendary blues singer’s fight to sing “Strange Fruit.” The song’s painful and powerful response to lynching was so controversial that the government, particularly the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, harrassed Holiday to silence her from performing it. The new film, which comes out on Hulu on February 26, was written by renowned playwright Suzan-Lori Parks and directed by Lee Daniels ( Precious, The Butler). Both Parks and Daniels will join a virtual panel discussion about Holiday and the film hosted by the National Museum of African American History & Culture. Monday 2/22 at 7 PM; Free, register here.
All members resign from Georgetown minority fellowship program in protest of racism, classism, queerphobia Every current member of a Georgetown University campus program designed to mentor students of color recently resigned, citing “racism, queerphobia, sexism, classism.” The Patrick Healy Fellowship program is a highly selective leadership community for Georgetown undergraduates that focuses on “addressing issues that affect communities of color,” according to its website. Housed in Georgetown’s Center for Multicultural Equity & Access, the program was founded in 1997 and has long been at the forefront of campus activist causes. Early last month, however, current members of the program resigned en masse, claiming its leadership, despite being former fellows themselves, exhibited racism, among other offenses.
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