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Pioneers
Pioneers, also known as engineers, cut roads for ambulances, and built bridges, railroads and other construction projects.
Unknown Soldier
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With Freedom Came Their Community
When African Americans from across the country came to their Nation's Capital, they found their way to the Greater YOU. Along the "Black Broadway" (U Street), many distinguished African Americans have strolled. Nobel laureates, entertainers, civil rights leaders, sports icons, scholars and politicians have made this community their destination. At Griffith Stadium, they attended Negro League baseball games and the annual fall football classic between Lincoln University and Howard. National conferences were held at the Whitelaw and Twelfth Street YMCA. While the wealthier visitors found first class accommodations at the Whitelaw, young men could stay and play at a full-service YMCA.
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White House Conference Group of the National Women's Council, April 4, 1938
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt's "Black Cabinet" in 1938
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Washington Conference of Selected Clergy and Laity of the Episcopal Church, May 6-8, 1930
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Financial Church Extension Boards of the A.M.E. Church were hosts to the Associated Business Club, Whitelaw Hotel, April 16, 1930
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National Conference of Negro Railroad Workers at the Twelfth Street YMCA, May 19-20, 1939
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YMCA membership drive, 1943
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Jackie Robinson and Martin Luther King, Jr. at Howard University
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Howard and Lincoln football game at Griffith Stadium, November 1948
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Negro League baseball players Luke Easter of the Homestead Grays and Josh Gibson, one of the greatest homerun hitters in baseball history.
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