Songs

Historical marker location:

2640 16th St NW, Adams Morgan, District of Columbia

( Marker is on 16th Street Northwest just south of Fuller Street Northwest, on the right when traveling south. Reported permanently removed.)

Fryderyk Chopin. Creation.

The District was the site of the first U.S. public school for black students: The M Street School (later known as Dunbar High School) was founded in 1870 and was the first public school in the United States for black students. The school became known for its high academic standards and produced many notable alumni, including civil rights leader and educator Mary McLeod Bethune.