Black History- Howard Theater

This dance takes place in front of the Howard Theater near U Street also called the Black Broadway. The Howard was a Black owned theater which opened in 1910 and as you can imagine many prominent Black artist performed there. One of those artists was Charles Mingus who recorded an album there in 1948 with Lionel Hampton. David Morneau uses the sound of Mingus for this week's collaboration. The Howard Theater is supposedly returning to operation this summer.

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