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Sailors
African descent sailors served in an integrated navy as boys, landsmen, stewards, cooks, seamen, firemen, pilots, navigators, and engineer officers.
Unknown Sailor
African American Civil War Museum
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With Freedom Came the Greater YOU
The Greater YOU Street Community was created by the self-emancipated. Its past and present represents the best of American possibilities.
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The Lincoln Theater and Ben's Chili Bowl have helped make U Street a destination for visitors from across the globe.
Standing next to the African American Civil War Memorial at Vermont Avenue and U Street, you can see church steeples above what was once Camp Barker, a Civil War freedmen's village.
Howard University has become a major research institution. Founders Library is also the home of the Moorland-Spingran Research Center.
Though many of the businesses that served the African American community from the 1920s to 1950s have closed their doors, Industrial Bank still serves the banking needs of the community.
Lee's forest has been on the corner of 11th and U Since 1945.
The Buffalo Soldiers Motorcycle Club
honors African American veterans annually on Memorial Day at the African American Civil War Memorial.
During the 1968 civil disturbances, Peoples Drug Store and the Booker T. Washington Theater were severely damaged and ultimately demolished. This site was a vacant lot for decades. Today, the Reeves Center stands at 14th and U.
The True Reformer Building was dedicated in 1903. Today, it is the national headquarters of the Public Welfare Foundation.
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