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During the “Lavender Scare,” D.C. Became a Center of Gay Rights Activism

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By Ethan Ehrenhaft
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Today’s U.S. history textbooks are sure to mention the “Second Red Scare,” the 1950s fear campaign spearheaded by Senator Joseph McCarthy that ousted suspected communists from the government. But Americans are probably less familiar with a parallel wave of persecution known as the “Lavender Scare” that forced thousands of gay and lesbian federal employees from their jobs in the late 1940s through the 1960s.
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“Washington’s Other Monument”: The Remarkable Life of Alice Roosevelt Longworth

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By Ethan Ehrenhaft
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Alice Longworth Roosevelt was a social media star before the existence of social media. (Source: Library of Congress via White House Historical Association) Washington, DC, has been home to countless larger-than-life political figures. But perhaps no other Washingtonian has had such a long-lasting—and underappreciated—impact on American popular culture and politics as Alice Roosevelt Longworth, the eldest child of President Theodore Roosevelt.
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Frederick Douglass’s Son Charles Pioneered Black Baseball in D.C.

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By Ethan Ehrenhaft
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Charles Redmond Douglass served in the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. After the war he became one of he biggest proponents of baseball in Washington. (Photo source: Yale University Library) Washington, DC, has a rich baseball history stretching back over 160 years.
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