A ribbon cutting marked the opening of a new art installation on 4th Street SW. Courtesy of SW BID By Southwester Staff On July 18, local leaders gathered to celebrate the opening of the Gallery of Southwest, a new art installation on 4th Street SW south of E Street SW. Eleven […]
Jamal Jones Continues Fight Against Breast Cancer with Son in Tow
By Southwester Staff When communities come together to fight breast cancer, great things happen. That’s the case with the American Cancer Society (ACS) and the Thelma D. Jones Breast Cancer Fund, (TDJBCF) a grassroots nonprofit founded in Southwest DC, which have worked together for over a decade. The ACS Making […]
Celtic FC Dominates D.C. United in International Friendly at Audi Field
D.C. United midfielder Pedro Santos battles a Celtic defender in an international friendly. Courtesy of Fredo Vasquez By Fredo Vasquez On July 20, Audi Field hosted an international friendly between D.C. United and Celtic FC from Scotland. The match featured an atypical D.C. United lineup, giving crucial playing time to recent […]
Southwest Black History Historian Appointed to DC Commission on Aging
by Jackie L. Williams, Ph.D. Southwest Washington is home to notable African Americans who have made significant contributions in human and civil rights, social justice, law, education, music, and health care such as Joe Madison “The Black Eagle,” Dr. Dorothy Height, Justice Thurgood Marshall, Rev. James Dent, Dick Gregory, and […]
Gedney, Parks Photo Collections Provide Window into Southwest Before Urban Renewal
A boy poses in an inhabited Southwest alley. Photograph by Gordon Parks, courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black-and-White Negatives By Carolyn Swope and Thelma D. Jones Southwest Neighborhood Assembly History Task Force Subcommittee on Black History Before urban renewal began […]