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Congress expands suffrage in nation’s capital
Congress overrides President Andrew Johnson’s veto of a bill granting all adult male citizens of the District of Columbia the right to vote, and the bill becomes law. It was the first law in American history that granted African-American men the right to vote. -
Congress Reorganizes D.C. Government
Congress reorganized the District of Columbia’s government as a municipal corporation. Two civilian commissioners and one from the Army Corps of Engineers governed the city. All three were chosen by the president but were accountable to Congress. -
Frederick Douglas
Frederick Douglass was appointed recorder of deeds for Washington, D.C. -
U.S Congress
US Congress adopted Eastern Standard Time for the District of Columbia. -
Georgetown
Georgetown became part of Wash, DC. -
Frederick Douglas
Abolitionist Frederick Douglass died in Washington, D.C. -
Albert S. Burlenson proposed the srgregation of white and black federal employees.
Albert S. Burleson, the new Postmaster General of the United States, proposed the segregation of white and black federal employees in the postal service, at a cabinet meeting with President Woodrow Wilson. Navy Secretary Josephus Daniels wrote in his diary that Burleson advocated separation of the races in the railway mail service, "and he was anxious to segregate White and Negro employees in all Departments of the Government". -
Washington Senators Win 1924 World Series Over New York Giants
The 92-62 American League Champions dropped the first postseason game by a D.C.-based team in front of 35,760 fans in Griffith Stadium in the nation's capital, 4-3, on October 4, 1924. Walter Johnson, in his first postseason start in what was then the 18th season of the 36-year-old right-hander's career, took the loss in spite of a tremendous effort which saw him pitch all 12 innings of the extra inning affair, giving up 14 hits and four earned runs. -
Separate But Equal
Black children were denied admission to the then all-white Sousa School in an orchestrated move to legally challenge federally segregated schools in the District of Columbia. This denial led to the court case Bolling v. Sharpe, which the U.S. Supreme Court decided the same day as the four public school segregation cases combined in Brown v. Board of Education. These cases were the basis for the landmark decision that struck down the "separate but equal". -
March On Washington DC
200,000 Americans gathered in Washington, D.C., for a political rally known as the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Organized by a number of civil rights and religious groups, the event was designed to shed light on the political and social challenges African Americans continued to face across the country. The march, which became a key moment in the growing struggle for civil rights in the United States, culminated in Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech.
