1730 First St
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Edward Brooke's family rented 1730 First St before moving to Brookland in 1941.
This file appears in: Bloomingdale Tour: 1730 First Street
Bloomingdale Tour: 1730 First Street
In the late 1920s, young Edward Brooke moved with his family to 1730 First Street, on the west (African American) side of the First Street racial barrier. He graduated from Dunbar High School in 1936, then earned a B.S. in sociology at nearby Howard…