100 Years of Afro-American History

Historical marker location:

4315 Nannie Helen Burroughs Avenue Northeast, Deanwood, District of Columbia

( Marker is on Nannie Helen Burroughs Avenue Northeast east of Minnesota Avenue Northweast, on the right when traveling east.)

By Jerome Johnson

The District did not have full voting rights until 1961: Although residents of the District of Columbia have been paying federal taxes since 1861, it was not until 1961 that they were granted the right to vote in presidential elections. It wasn't until 1973 that residents were granted the right to elect their own mayor and city council.