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05/29/2026
What makes D.C. special? If you're proud to call the capital your home, tell us your story.
For America’s 250th anniversary, join us in highlighting the voices that have shaped our rich history and continue to inspire Washington, D.C.’s future.
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She spent her days dressing the First Lady. She spent her evenings feeding people the government classified as property.
Elizabeth Keckley was born enslaved in 1818. She bought her own freedom for $1,200, moved to DC, and built a dressmaking business employing 25 seamstresses. Mary Todd Lincoln was her most prominent client.
Keckley founded the Contraband Relief Association in 1862 with 40 women from her church. Frederick Douglass fundraised for them. The First Lady donated $200 and wrote to President Lincoln about what she had seen.
What Keckley built became one of the first mutual aid organizations in American history, run by and for Black Americans.
The Founding Fathers were not the only founders of our nation.
From the plantation of Mount Vernon to the nation's capital and beyond, Rohulamin Quander celebrates the many enslaved people and Black families who shaped American history.
▶️ Watch on the full discussion: https://www.youtube.com/live/mP30RTEbdN8?si=Z6wYwwZ-R_uVx-ND
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