LinkLinks DCist: Voices of Wards 7 And 8: What Does Gentrification Mean For Neighborhoods East Of The River? By Editor On Mar 18, 2021 Last updated Mar 18, 2021 38 Share From the 1950s through the late 1990s, D.C. was known as Chocolate City, because it was the first majority-Black major city in the United States. The city was home to prominent Black people who owned their own businesses. Influential Black leaders including Duke Ellington, Frederick Douglass, Mary McLeod Bethune, Chuck Brown, Marvin Gaye, Langston Hughes and Mary Church Terrell have all resided in the District 38 Share FacebookTwitterReddItWhatsAppEmailPrint
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