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Join DCPL and Prologue DC, LLC for a community forum on the African American Civil Rights in 20th Century in Washington, DC Multiple Property Document Project. This is an official document that provides context for and identifies resources related to a specific theme. It will provide a framework for the nomination of historic landmarks that memorialize DC’s Civil Rights history.
To assist in the completion of this document, DCPL has contracted with Prologue DC—a Washington-based, woman-owned firm specializing in DC neighborhood history, which will work in consultation with preservation architect Nakita Reed, AIA; scholar Chris Myers Asch of Colby College and co-author of Chocolate City: A History of Race and Democracy in the Nation’s Capital (2017); and architectural historian Amber Wiley, Ph.D, of Rutgers University—to document historic resources, identify themes, and develop a historic context narrative outlining criteria for their inclusion. As specified by NPS, Prologue will use the 2008 NPS report Civil Rights in America, A Framework for Identifying Significant Sites as a reference for identifying properties to be included.
This document is being produced with assistance from the Historic Preservation Fund, administered by the National Park Service, Department of the Interior. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.
Cover Photo: March on Washington; 1963; Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Collection
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