See How Washingtonians Lived In The 1940s

Photographer Gordon Parks captured quotidian moments in the lives of the District's working class, particularly African Americans.

Street scene outside the Department of Labor in Washington D.C. ca. 1940 Stock Photo - Alamy

H)our History Lesson: Booker T. Washington, Julius Rosenwald, and Modernized Schools (U.S. National Park Service)

GORDON PARKS: THE NEW TIDE - Museum Exhibitions - The Gordon Parks Foundation

See How Washingtonians Lived In The 1940s

The Gritty History (and Gentrification) of Fells Point

GLOUCESTER FISHERMAN AND FULTON FISH MARKET, 1943 - Photography Archive - The Gordon Parks Foundation

The Long-Lasting Legacy of the Great Migration, History

Washington, D.C. A young boy who lives near the nation's capitol - PICRYL - Public Domain Media Search Engine Public Domain Image

Congressman John Lewis, the Civil Rights Icon and Lifelong Freedom Fighter, Was a Museum Advocate Who Recognized the Importance of Art and Artists - Culture Type

Over Apartments, But Can't Afford A House: Finding The Missing Middle Of D.C.'s Housing Market

PITTSBURGH GREASE PLANT, 1944/46 - Photography Archive - The Gordon Parks Foundation

Nursing leader Rachel Suggs Pitts' legacy is measured in generations

Harlem Gang Leader, 1948 - Photography Archive - The Gordon Parks Foundation

Congressman John Lewis, the Civil Rights Icon and Lifelong Freedom Fighter, Was a Museum Advocate Who Recognized the Importance of Art and Artists - Culture Type