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A presentation examining the racial politics of First Lady Lou Hoover's Invitation of Jessie DePriest to a White House Tea in 1929, from the perspectives of the first lady, the DePriests, and DePriest family descendants.
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The Working White House exhibit explores the occupational culture—the stories, traditions, memories, and skills—of the men and women who have operated, maintained, and helped preserve the Executive Mansion.
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Lafayette Square—known first as President's Square—is a landscape with a rich and varied African-American history. Prior to emancipation, both free and enslaved African-Americans lived and worked on the Square.
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Explore the central and behind-the-scenes roles that African Americans have held, as well the landmark events in which they have participated in the history of the White House, 1790 - present.
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For most of its history, Decatur House served as home to numerous enslaved and free African Americans who lived and worked at the site - and its architecture, in several ways, reflects the status of those residents.
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White House Slave, Free Man and Conspirator for Freedom, African-American servant to James Madison, Paul Jennings, wrote one of the very first White House memiors: "A Colored Man's Reminiscences of James Madison."
Photo courtesy of Sylvia Jennings Alexander Estate
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