Book Talk: Black Broadway in DC

Join Briana A. Thomas, journalist, historian, and author of the book Black Broadway in Washington, DC, as she takes us through the history and impact of the Black Broadway mecca in D.C. We will explore the time-period of the early 1900’s to the 1950’s, as we talk about the impact U Street had on cultivating the Black arts scene in D.C.

Briana A. Thomas is the author of Black Broadway in Washington D.C. and leads the Black Broadway Tour. She has been published in Washingtonian Magazine, the historic Afro-American newspaper, and the Washington Post throughout her journalism career. Briana earned a Master of Journalism degree from the University of Maryland-College Park and a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and communications from Greensboro College

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