Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes are the thematic backdrop for a walking tour telling the story of literary life in the U Street corridor, Howard University, and Shaw after World War I and into the Prohibition era -- a time of great expectations, change, and conflict then and now in the capital city.
You’ll start the tour with breakfast and pictorial overview by tour guide and cultural historian Michon Boston in the Hughes-themed Langston Room atBusboys and Poets. The walk begins from the Zora-themed Eatonville Restaurant and explores U Street, Zora's alma mater Howard University, the site of Griffith Stadium, DC's old Bakery Row, the Howard Theatre, ending on 7th Street, where Langston found "The Weary Blues."
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It is so important to have tours like this and more ways to keep alive the stories of those who lived, worked, even created great masterpieces just down the street from that sleek condo.
