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National Capital Parks-East Black History Month 2023 Event: The NCNW and Local Leadership in Depression-Era and Wartime Washington, DC

Mary McLeod Bethune Council House 1318 Vermont Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C., DC, United States

The Great Depression and early years of World War II represented a transformative historical moment. For African Americans, particularly those in southern cities like Washington, D.C., these years presented newfound opportunities to press vigorously (and in new ways) for equality and end to racial discrimination.

“Walk in the Footsteps of Dr. Carter G. Woodson!”

Mary McLeod Bethune Council House 1318 Vermont Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C., DC, United States

Visitors will get a rare chance to honor Black History Month by literally walking in the footsteps of its founder, Dr. Carter G. Woodson. In this spellbinding first person delivery "Dr. Woodson" will take visitors from the Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site on an interpretive journey to Dr. Woodson's residence in the Shaw Neighborhood.