A Brief History of White People in Southeast - Washington …
Oct 16, 1998 · What makes Southeast unique is that barely two generations ago, the exact opposite was the case: Blacks in Southeast made their way through an almost exclusively white world.
Desegregation and D.C.’s Anacostia Neighborhood: Stories from the ...
“And as soon as one house was sold,” Sheila Cogan shares, “white flight ensued.” Cogan is one of three people reflecting on the changes that occurred in the southeast D.C. neighborhood after the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed racial segregation in public schools in May of 1954.
Where segregation has changed in DC — and where it hasn’t
Jul 6, 2021 · In the early 20th century, segregationist practices pushed out Black communities and established neighborhoods restricted to white residents. In 2010, when Black residents made up half of DC’s overall population, only 5% of Ward 3 residents were Black according to Census data.
Explore the Neighborhood | Barry Farm - Anacostia Community …
This historic African American community in Southeast Washington, DC, was created by the Freedmen’s Bureau in 1867. It served as a home for refugees who fled slavery during the Civil War. Residents built their own homes as well as churches and …
Resources - Mapping Segregation DC
Black and White in Brookland: The Legacy of Racially Restrictive Covenants (Bygone Brookland, December 2014)
How schools in DC were part of a legacy of segregation
Jul 12, 2022 · By 1970, southeast DC was less than 5% White. Racial covenants were outlawed in 1948 but by 1960, DC was even more segregated than it had been then. It’s been over half a century but DC remains residentially and educationally segregated — if not to the same degree, then far too closely.
Mapping Segregation DC
Mapping Segregation in Washington DC reveals the role of race in shaping the nation's capital during the first half of the 20th century. Racially restrictive covenants—which barred the conveyance of property to African Americans—were used by real estate developers and White citizens associations to create and maintain racial barriers.
A River Runs Through It: The Anacostia and Residential ... - The …
Apr 17, 2024 · The Anacostia, in particular, is a demographic demarcation line separating Black and poor DC residents from the historically wealthier and whiter downtown and Northwest. A range of research has explored the acute, policy-enforced movement of Black communities across the Anacostia’s gradient of exchange and into Southeast.
Category : Black and white photographs of Washington, D.C.
Media in category "Black and white photographs of Washington, D.C." The following 200 files are in this category, out of 780 total. (previous page)
African American Heritage | op - Washington, D.C.
Black History Sites of Washington, DC. African American Civil Rights. As the nation’s capital and, by 1957, the first large US city to become majority Black, Washington, DC was central to the 20th century African American Civil Rights Movement.