Mapping Segregation - A Walking Tour of DC Hosted by Hill Center DC

Historian Sarah Jane Shoenfeld, co-director of the public history project Mapping Segregation in Washington DC, will lead a walking tour of DC’s Bloomingdale neighborhood. This tour highlights key sites in the legal campaign against racially restrictive deed covenants, which kept much of this neighborhood off-limits to African Americans when it was first developed around the turn of the 20th century. Discover why Bloomingdale’s premier architectural corridor was also a racial barrier, and how Black home-seekers and civil rights attorneys chipped away at this dividing line. Meet at 10:15am in the small park across from Big Bear Café at First and R Streets NW.  Please wear comfortable walking shoes and bring water. Tickets $15 per person; register here. 10:30 a.m.