Escape Allée (1838)

Historical marker location:

1922 Frederick Douglass Court Southeast, Douglass, District of Columbia

( Marker is on Frederick Douglass Court Southeast north of Bruce Place Southeast, on the right when traveling north.)

Douglass Community Center

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.