Home Rule demonstration at the District Building, 1973

ID: 4018 ~ Source: Reprinted with permission of the DC Public Library, Star Collection, © Washington Post

This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Political Empowerment - John A. Wilson/District Building

Home Rule demonstration at the District Building, 1973

This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Political Empowerment - John A. Wilson/District Building

Civil Rights Tour: Political Empowerment - John A. Wilson/District Building

In 1874, as DC's African American population and political clout grew during Reconstruction (1865-1877), Congress stripped DC residents of the ability to elect their own mayor and city council, denying them the right of self-governance. For the…