Langston Hughes was working as a busboy at Washington, D.C.’s storied Wardman Park hotel in 1925 when he slipped three of his poems to a literary critic dining in the hotel’s restaurant — a move that helped launch him into America’s literary pantheon.That sprawling resort — demolished, with parts rebuilt or historically preserved over the years — was once the official home of America’s vice presidents, an epicenter of Washington’s conferences, parties, galas, luncheons and weddings.
And now, hundreds of high-end units are planned in an area where affordable housing is scarce, in a city dotted with homeless encampments. It kicked off an unexpected, long-shot social justice campaign.“This isn’t what we need here,” said Carren Kaston, a longtime resident of one of D.C.’s most desirable Zip codes and one of the people forcing her neighbors to reckon with the truth of their wealthy enclave’s past.It’s a challenge D.C. Mayor Muriel E.
take over the land in those neighborhoods and demolish homes to make way for Fort Reno Park and all-White schools.It was during that time that Hughes, since relocated north, captured the tension between the dreams of an America promised to and experienced by people who were not truly free, challenging this country to redeem itself.Let it be the pioneer on the plainWard 3 residents inviting a reckoning here insist the city should be involved.
This is bullying..............Why would they weigh in.........
This is such a stupid, ghetto headline.
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