ACLU District of Columbia, May 19, 2023, D.C. NATIVE ARTECKA BROWN BRINGS HEALING TO CHOCOLATE CITY
Artecka is one of the residents that ACLU-D.C. and the District recognize on D.C. Natives Day. This holiday celebrates the people and culture that have made D.C. “Chocolate City” since 1957, when D.C. became the first major city in the U.S. to have a majority-Black population. D.C. Natives Day was established in 2019, the same year that a National Community Reinvestment Coalition study showed that between 2000 and 2013, D.C. had the highest intensity of gentrification and displacement of Black residents than any city in the country. In 13 years, more than 20,000 Black D.C. residents were displaced from low-income neighborhoods.
