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MAYOR'S REMARKS UPTOWN! LIVE RECEPTION MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1986 HOWARD INN 2225 GEORGIA AVENUE, N.W. 6:30 P.M. -9:00 P.M. TONIGHT WE ARE GATHERED HERE TO CELEBRATE AND, HOPEFULLY, RECAPTURE THE RICH TRADITIONS OF THE PAST. WE ARE ALSO HERE TO SALUTE THOSE MEN AND WOMEN WHO OWNED AND OPERATED THE MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED BUSINESSES, PRODUCTIVE BUSINESSES I MIGHT ADD, WHICH OCCUPIED A TWENTY BLOCK AREA KNOWN AS THE "U" STREET CORRIDOR... THE PRESENCE OF THESE BUSINESSES CREATED HUNDREDS OF JOBS AND GAVE TO THOSE THAT LIVED AND WORKED THERE A SENSE OF PRIDE, DIGNITY AND FREEDOM. . . ALTHOUGH THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THOSE BUSINESSES EXISTED WAS BY NO MEANS IDEAL, THESE PIONEERS PREVAILED AND CONTINUED TO THRIVE... BUSINESSES SUCH AS CHISLEY'S AND LEE'S FLORISTS; MURRAY'S PRINTING CO., JARVIS FUNERAL PARLOR; FLORIDA AVENUE GRILL; THE HOLLYWOOD; TIM'S HOTDOG STAND, AND THE WHITELAW HOTEL, BUILT IN 1910 AS AN ELEGANT HOTEL FOR BLACKS UNABLE TO STAY IN THE "DOWNTOWN" HOTELS BECAUSE OF SEGREGATION.
Title
Uptown! Live Reception
Date
September 22 1986
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