Walter Edward Washington

After the Civil War, mayors in Washington D.C. were appointed by the president. In 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Washington as the District's mayor-commissioner. Months later, after the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr, Washington took to the streets of the city to calm down potential rioters. "I walked by myself through the city and urged them to go home and help the recovery of people who had been burned out," he remembered years later. Washington was credited with avoiding major riots. "Few men can boast that they received a burning city and left it on its way to recovery," said D.C. Superior Court Chief Judge H. Carl Moultrie in 1979. President Richard Nixon reappointed Washington twice, and when Congress allowed mayors to be elected directly in the district, Washington, the great-grandson of a slave, became the first elected Black mayor of a major U.S. city. When he left office the city had a $40-million budget surplus. He died October 27 at age 88. From This is True for 26 October 2003 Suggestions for further reading: Streetwise Washington DC Map - Laminated City Center Street Map of Washington... by Streetwise Maps Amazon Price: $6.95 Customer Review: This map was great to have on our trip. It showed much of the Washington DC area including Georgetown. It also showed all of the subway stops on the street map which helped us to decide which stop to use many times. The lamination made the map ver...   Washington, D.C. (Eyewitness Travel Guides) by Alice L. Powers Amazon Price: $15.64 Customer Review: Took my Girl Scout troop to DC and found this book very helpful, easy to use with interesting tidbits added in! Would recommend highly! Actually found it in my public library and liked it so much decided to purchase it for future visits.   Streetwise Washington DC Metro Map - Laminated Washington DC Metrorail Map - ... by Streetwise Maps Amazon Price: $1.95 Customer Review: Used this map and nothing else to get around Washington DC a few weeks ago. LOVED that it had all the METRO stops on the front of the map as well as the separate METRO map on back. Small enough to fit in you back pocket, and laminated so sweat does...   Frommer's Washington, D.C. 2010 (Frommer's Complete) by Elise H. Ford Amazon Price: $12.23 Customer Review: Ordered this book since I wil be spending 10 weeks in DC and needed to learn the ins and outs of the area quickly. Received the book in 2 days as promised, with free shipping thanks to Amazon Prime (Yey!). Was reluctant to order at first but now coul...   Top 10 Washington DC (Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guides) by DK Publishing Amazon Price: $10.08 Customer Review: This is a great book. I carried it with me everyday while in DC in June. Of couse we had 90 plus weather and on Saturday it hit 102. Not the books fault. The subway system map is very helpful. It also covered all the places we wanted to see. I carred...   Newsfeed display by CaRP

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