U Street Neighborhood Looks to Future
812 views · Published 3 December 2008 · 3:46 · Indexed 20 September 2026
Channel: Voice of America · 2008 · Travel & Events
On the day President-elect Barack Obama made history, spontaneous celebrations broke out in a Washington, DC neighborhood that had one been torn apart by racial tensions and rioting. The riots exploded onto U Street 40 years ago on the night civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Junior was assassinated. VOA's Chris Simkins went back to U Street and found a neighborhood that has emerged from its troubled past to again become a symbol on election night.
