European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 24, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Marian Andersons concert at the Lincoln memorial on easter sunday in 1939 was a landmark event in Black and Washington history.  Cit new Guidebook to Washington by Mike Feinsilber associated press w Hen the rest of America thinks of Washington the City a not Washington the world capital what easily comes to mind is crime drugs poverty corruption. Washington did have 438 homicides last year More than one a Day. It does have an infant mortality rate like that of third world countries. A fifth of its people do live in poverty its mayor was put on trial for using cocaine. All too True but incomplete. Washington is also a Community a place to grow up in a place where people worry about tent caterpillars Harangue the City government to get a new trash can and take Pride in sons and daughters marching to Quot pomp and circumstance Quot at High school graduations. It has a Quot state Quot Bird the Wood Thrush lower the american Beauty Rose and tree the Scarlet Oak. Two things make it different. It is the National capital. And it is the blackest big City in America. Seventy percent of its residents Are Black a higher proportion than Atlanta Detroit Newark n j. Or Birmingham Ala. Washington s status As capital and Black City have intersected for generations. And history largely hidden has been made at the intersection. A new Guidebook the guide to Black Washington by two washingtonians one White one Black offers a Chance to glimpse Washington As a Black place and As a place where Blacks made history. The guide is intended to fit into a car s Glove compartment offering a few paragraphs on the schools churches Heaters Homes hotels monuments cafes even the alleys important to Washington s history As a Black City. A for 200 years a say authors Sandra Fitzpatrick and Maria r. Goodwin Quot the threads of two distinct communities have been Woven through the intricate web of Federal and local interests in Washington a the traditionally dominant White population and a vibrant thriving Black Community which has attained majority status Over the past three  so while other guidebooks Tell How Many Steps there Are to the top inside the Washington Monument 898this one suggests How confusing the ground rules must have been when Washington was rigidly segregated by Law and custom. A a a a. Here show confusing Black people could sit in the audience of Constitution Page 16 the stars and stripes Black professional baseball teams shared Griffith m up it. J  a Tartu a m Washington o.c., during the 1930s and 1940s. Friday August 24, 1 920