LeDroit Park

neighborhood, Washington, District of Columbia, United States

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In Washington, D.C.: Adams-Morgan and beyond
Farther east, LeDroit Park is the home of Howard University. LeDroit Park developed as a wealthy all-white enclave enclosed by a fence that was torn down by African American university students in 1888 in protest of segregation. The area became the centre of Washington’s African American elite…
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