09 Mar 2022

Students Create Virtual Tour to Showcase Decades of U Street’s Black Culture and History As part of its BreakThrough Tech DC at University of Maryland’s micro-Sprinternship this winter, an all-female led team of Terps aka Sprinterns worked with University of Maryland’s Merrill College alum, Shellée Haynesworth, the Executive Producer/Creator…

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08 Mar 2022

On its way to Broadway, A Strange Loop arrived at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company from November 22, 2021 –  January 9, 2021. Before the Harlem Renaissance, the Black arts and culture movement thrived on D.C.’s U Street later known as “Black Broadway.” Woolly is honored to be partnering with…

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22 Mar 2021

In celebration of 2021 Women’s History Month, the Black Broadway on U Project commemorates and honors a few pathbreaking and pioneering black women achievers, artisans, business owners and thought leaders who during the first half of the 20th century empowered and mobilized the greater U Street corridor’s black community…

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19 Feb 2021
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By: Brianna Rhodes (Founder, Brianna Rhodes Writes) and the Black Broadway on U Project =========================================================== Let’s explore a time when Black excellence reigned in the nation’s capital. From its music, art and commerce, Washington, D.C.’s U Street community thrived as a bustling area full of achievement, culture, intellect and…

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04 Jun 2014

Black Broadway on U: A Transmedia Project’s Executive Producer/Creator, Shellée Haynesworth national appearance on TV One’s News One Now with Roland Martin.

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13 May 2014
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29 Apr 2014

Shellée Haynesworth, Emmy Award winning producer, writer, director, and storyteller, discusses her documentary “Black Broadway on U Street”, and the jazz musicians and vocalist who performed there. Learn about Washington, D.C.’s “Black Broadway on U Street” and its impact on the cultural development in Washington, D.C. In addition, we…

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