In the spirit of this ONE DC movement ancestor, we value internationalism and solidarity with liberation movements around the world.

ONE DC stands for this.

This abolitionist and political activist, who was born into slavery, made about 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 slaves in her lifetime.

This Historically Black College and University was established in 1867 and located in the Shaw neighborhood.

This street is located in Southeast DC and home to the ONE DC BWWC, Thurgood Marshall Academy, and named after a very well-known civil right activist.

In the spirit of this ONE DC movement ancestor, we value peoples' right to indigenous culture and stewardship of land.

ONE DC was founded in this year.

This poet, author, memoirist and civil rights activist is known for her book “I know Why the Caged Birds Sing,” and for her poem “Still I Rise.”

This street was once known as “Black Broadway” and a thriving center of Black culture and social change in the late 19th century and early 20th century.

Today we are celebrating this holiday that marks the abolition of slavery in DC.

In the spirit of this ONE DC movement ancestor, we value education, collective work and cooperation.

This all day event run by ONE DC has taken place the past two years and is designed with our value of participatory democracy in mind to build power among D.C.’s Black working class and engage longtime D.C. residents in our campaigns.

This civil rights activist was known for his prominence in the Nation of Islam and for his stance on urging his fellow Black Americans to protect themselves against white aggression “by any means necessary.”

This neighborhood in Southeast D.C. is named after the river that runs east of it and is also home to the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site.

This type of music is a style of funk heavy on bass and percussion and originated in DC, in the late 1970s. During this initial surge, Mayor Barry put on a Summer Youth Employment Program, inspiring teens to bring instruments and bond over the music.

In the spirit of this ONE DC movement ancestor, we value grassroots, democratic leadership.

This statement reads “to exercise political strength and create and preserve racial and economic equity.”

This political activist came to visit ONE DC for our 10th anniversary in 2016, she is also known as a prominent feminist and Marxist.

This holiday, recently made a national holiday, has been commemorated by ONE DC every year through events or rallies.

This historic high school was one of the nation’s first high schools for African Americans and represents an important development of Washington’s education system.

In the spirit of this ONE DC movement ancestor, we value grassroots organizing and strategic hell-raising for justice?

This building, located at 2500 MLK Ave. SE, used to be the United Black Fund but is now called another name.

This activist was a deputy chairman of the Black Panther Party and founded the Rainbow Coalition, an antiracist and multicultural movement.

This former mayor of D.C., from 1979-81 and 1995-99, was the first prominent civil rights activist to become chief executive of a major American city.

These three historic figures/ Movement ancestors are depicted in the Mural outside the BWWC