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The video for Black Georgetown Remembered event is now live! Check it out!

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The photos from our Black Georgetown Remembered 25th anniversary book launch are now available! 

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Black Georgetown Remembered | The Whitehurst Freeway

Archie A. Alexander, an African American civil engineer, designed and constructed the Whitehurst Freeway running alongside the Georgetown waterfront. Connecting downtown D.C. to Key Bridge, the freeway offers a breathtaking view of the Georgetown Skyline, caressed by the soft undulations of the Potomac River. Discover Georgetown’s hidden history in Black Georgetown Remembered. 

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The black population of Georgetown fell from nearly thirty percent of the general population in 1930 to less than nine percent by the 1960 census, and the racial diversity that had been so much a part of Georgetown's historical character was virtually lost.

Black Georgetown Remembered

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Our roots in Georgetown go back many generations.

Pauline Gaskins Mitchelle (Black Georgetown Remembered) 

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The community of Georgetown has a long, rich history, and the achievements of its black residents are central to that history.

Black Georgetown Remembered 

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As part of its bicentennial celebration in 1988-89, Georgetown University honors this remarkable community in a documentary video titled Black Georgetown Remembered. Through the recollections of the members of the Georgetown black community, some of whom still reside in Georgetown, the documentary pays tribute to a community that thrived amidst slavery, Jim Crown laws, and economic inequity to emerge with a rare strength and identity. It features the remembrances of the decades of the 1940s to the 1950s when the population of Georgetown changed markedly. This video complements the book Black Georgetown Remembered first published in 1991 and now available in a 25th anniversary commemorative hardcover edition. Produced for Georgetown University by Powell, Kritzer & Associates © Georgetown University

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