Kennedy Playground (Washington, D.C.)

USA / District of Columbia / Washington / Washington, D.C.
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Coordinates:   38°54'32"N   77°1'15"W

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  • Why can't I see the map????????
  • This is the Kennedy Playground built on the ruins of the arson and looting of mostly Jewish-owned stores that took place on Seventh Street after the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968. It was the site of three schools that were part of the segregated school system that had fallen into disuse. The building in the northwest corner is the new community center. Councilmember Jack Evans hauled away the large hill built from the ruins of the riots and replaced it with a baseball lot that no one uses.
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