Deanwood students raise funds to fight polio, around 1943.
The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. addresses a home rule rally in Deanwood, 1965. The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. addresses a home rule rally in Deanwood, 1965.
Deanwood’s tradition of self-reliance continues to be passed from generation to generation. In 2001 neighborhood children spearheaded a campaign to restore Watts Branch Park, the community’s beloved but sometimes neglected centerpiece. Today Marvin Gaye Park, as it was renamed in 2006, sparkles with new life, a testament to the neighborhood’s spirit and will to endure. were owned and operated by their neighbors. There was even a movie theater, several blocks east on Nannie Helen Burroughs Avenue. Deanwood’s tradition of self-reliance continues to be passed from generation to generation. In 2001 neighborhood children spearheaded a campaign to restore Watts Branch Park, the community’s beloved but sometimes neglected centerpiece. Today Marvin Gaye Park, as it was renamed in 2006, sparkles with new life, a testament to the neighborhood’s spirit and will to endure.
These children were part of a group that petitioned the City Council to clean up Watts Branch in 2001. These children were part of a group that petitioned the City Council to clean up Watts Branch in 2001.
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