The Voices of U Street

Before chain coffeeshops and luxury high-rises, before even the beginning of desegregation and the 1968 riots, Washington’s Greater U Street was known as Black Broadway.

WALK THROUGH THE PAGES OF BLAck broadway.

Author and U Street Historian, Briana A. Thomas will take you on an immersive experience through private and group walking tours of U Street.

Meet the author

Briana A. Thomas has been published in Washingtonian Magazine, the historic Afro-American newspaper, and the Washington Post throughout her journalism career. Briana earned a Master of Journalism degree from the University of Maryland–College Park and a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and communications from Greensboro College. She is the co-pastor of a Maryland-based multisite church Open Bible Ministries.

What People Say

Her book is a detailed history of the rise of black culture in the District

-KOJO NNAMDI

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