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9. FREDERICK DOUGLASS MUSEUM
Another site associated with the statesman and abolitionist, this was Douglass's
home for nearly 10 years from the mid-1870s. Artifacts associated with Douglass are
displayed here.
320 A St, NE • Open 9am-4pm daily, by appt. only • 202 544 6130
• Free
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10. BENJAMIN BANNEKER PARK
This waterfront park is named in honor of a renowned 18th-century free black math-
ematician and astronomer.
10th and G Sts, SE
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Top 10 African-American Figures
1. Ralph Bunche
The first African-American to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, because of his dip-
lomatic efforts in the UN.
2. Duke Ellington
The musical genius was a native Washingtonian. He played his first paid per-
formance on U Street.
3. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr
The charismatic leader of the civil rights movement.
4. Paul Lawrence Dunbar
Dunbar rose from poverty to gain recognition as a poet - the first African-Amer-
ican to do so - publishing his first collection in 1892.
5. Harriet Tubman
The best-known figure who freed slaves through the Underground Railroad.
