Church of God on Georgia Avenue, about 1950

ID: 3946 ~ Source: Courtesy of The Historical Society of Washington, D.C. (WY 1049)
This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Housing - Church of God and Elder Michaux
Church of God on Georgia Avenue, about 1950
This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Housing - Church of God and Elder Michaux

Much of Michaux's life work was devoted to advancing black economic independence. Soon after his arrival in DC around 1928, Michaux brokered a deal with the city to house evicted families in a building at Seventh and T streets NW, not far from where…