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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22BL_ada-landmark-declaration-of-equality-for-americans-with-disabilities_Washington-DC.html
"More than two decades ago many of us in the disability community concluded that Americans with disabilities would never achieve full, productive citizenship and this nation made a firm statement of law protecting their civil rights.
The A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22BK_20th-anniversary-of-ada-july-24-2010_Washington-DC.html
Justin Dart Jr. moved to Southwest Washington to work for the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). As an energetic neighbor rushing through the lobby in his wheelchair, his Southwest DC neighbors fondly remember Justin. Never with…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM228D_the-heyday-of-four-and-a-half-street_Washington-DC.html
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This quiet street was once Washington's answer to New York's Lower East Side. Fourth Street, known until 1934 as a 4½ Street, and nearly Seventh Street were Southwest's shopping centers.
Around 1900 this street was the dividing li…
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You are standing in the heart of one of Washington, DC's oldest—and newest—neighborhoods. For 150 years Southwest Washington was a working waterfront community. Then urban renewal changed the landscape forever. Today Southwest i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM227G_u-s-department-of-housing-and-urban-development_Washington-DC.html
In memory of:
Ted Leon Allen, Diane E. Althouse, Peter R. Avillanoza, Andrea Y. Blanton, Paul G. Broxterman, David N. Burkett, Donald E. Burns, Kimberly K. Clark, Kim R. Cousins, Diana L. Day, Castine Deveroux, Susan J. Ferrell, Judy J. Fisher, L…
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Jefferson Junior High School was built in 1940 after area residents persuaded the city to abandon the original dilapidated building. They hoped the new structure, which included a branch library, would be the beginning of section-wide impro…
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Dr. Dorothy Height worked to advance women's, civil, and human rights with many of our nation's leaders. How many can you recognize?
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Dr. Dorothy Height
Has lived at 700 7th Street, SW since 1983. As President Emmerita of the Nat…
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Can You identify these famous Civil Rights leaders?
All four lived in this Southwest DC neighborhood!
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Who are these famous Civil Rights leaders?
Barbara Jordan (upper left)
Patsy Mink (wearing
Molly Yard (bottom left), presiden…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM227C_renewal-and-loss_Washington-DC.html
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Directly across Fourth Street from this sign is the Capitol Park complex of high-rise and townhouse residences. Designed by Chloethiel Woodard Smith of Satterlee and Smith, the high-rise (now Potomac Place) opened in 1959 as the first new s…
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Al Jolson, star of the first "talking" movie, The Jazz Singer, grew up as Asa Yoelson at 713 4½ Street (once near this sign). The Yoelsons arrived from Lithuania in 1880. Asa's father Rabbi Moses Yoelson served as cantor and schochet (…