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A Short History of Brookland

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on March 29, 2022April 1, 2022

A short, photo-rich history of the Brookland neighborhood in Washington DC.

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  • BLACK AND WHITE IN BROOKLAND

Walking the Color Line in 1909

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on May 21, 2020January 14, 2021

Little 7-year-old Isabel Wall, blonde and blue-eyed, bounced along beside her mother as they walked…

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  • BLACK AND WHITE IN BROOKLAND

This is What a Racial Housing Covenant Looks Like

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on January 4, 2017January 13, 2021

When I was researching my last post on the oldest remaining pre-subdivision homes in the…

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  • BLACK AND WHITE IN BROOKLAND

The Legacy of Racially Restrictive Housing Covenants

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on December 12, 2014January 6, 2021

In November of 1945, Ada Reeves bought a charming little bungalow at 1303 Kearny St.…

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Creating McMillan Park

Bringing Water to Brookland

O’Leary Column Prompts Telling Response from Sterling Brown

The Legacy of Racially Restrictive Housing Covenants

How the Monroe Street Bridge Changed the Face of Brookland

The Fascinating History of Edgewood

Building the Filter

The Brookland Childhood of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

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