Location: Northeast corner of intersection of Eighth and Q Streets, NW
Style: Modern Fire
Condition: Missing altogether
Follow-Up:
Subject of Plaque: Asa Philip Randolf - 817 QSt
Vignette Title: A Neighbor, A Leader
Draft Text:
History on Every Corner
There’s history on every corner of the Shaw neighborhood, on every street. The storefront at 1600 8th Street, NW, was occupied by a carpentry shop in the 1910s. Later, a succession of churches rented that space. In 1939, Elijah Mohammad (1897-1975) briefly preached there until moving to 1527 9th Street, NW, to establish what became the Nation of Islam’s Temple #4.
Across the street, at 1554 8th Street, NW, the Archdiocese of Washington ran the Immaculate Conception Academy for Girls until the early 1950s. Fides Neighborhood House, a Roman Catholic settlement house, was there until 1973. The Ujamaa School moved there in 1978.
And at 817 Q Street, NW, the International Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters had their Washington office from 1943 to 1978. From there, union president Asa Philip Randolph helped plan the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
Text Source: Alex Padro
Image: Asa Philip Randolph (1889-1979)
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:A._Philip_Randolph_1963_NYWTS.jpg
Follow-up: Obtian/verify photograph rights; approve text; contact DDOT for missing modern fire style callbox and installation.
Image of current condition (06/2012)
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