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Artillery
There were thirteen artillery regiments and one independent battery in the Bureau of the United States Colored Troops
Unknown Soldier
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With Freedom Came Their Cultural Icons
The oppressive institution of slavery easily concealed the contributions of Africans to American culture. In the century following the abolition of slavery, the cultural contributions to the descendants of Africans became almost impossible to suppress. The Greater YOU Street Corridor became a haven for artists in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Before the Harlem Renaissance, the corridor had become a sanctuary for African descent artists. YOU Street became nationally known as the "Black Broadway," and its influence resonates in American culture today.
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Inside the Crystal Caverns, which opened in 1926
Scurlock Studio
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Poet Langston Hughes signing an autograph after reading at Howard University in March 1957. To his left is Sterling Brown, poet and head of Howard University English Department.
Scurlock
Studio
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Paul Laurence Dunbar, poet and novelist, established a residence in Washington in 1898.
Scurlock Studio
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Newsboys in front of the Howard Theater, 1936
Scurlock Studio
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Jazz pianists Fats Waller (right) with the manager of the Howard Theater, Shep Allen, in 1939
Scurlock Studio
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Professor Kelly Miller, Howard University, argued in 1926 that Washington was the cultural center for African Americans.
Scurlock Studio
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Freedmen's Village, established in the summer of 1862.
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Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington sitting at a piano in the home of photographer George Scurlock
Scurlock Studio
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The Lincoln Theatre, 1937
Scurlock Studio
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Billie Holiday and the attractions of U
Street in the 1940s
Scurlock Studio
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