Shepherd Park
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Shepherd Park is a neighborhood in the northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C. In the years following World War II, restrictive covenants which had prevented Jews and African Americans from purchasing
Intersection of 14th and Hemlock Streets NW in Shepherd Park, February 2018
Alexander Robey Shepherd
The Juanita E. Thornton/Shepherd Park Neighborhood Library in 2018
7700 16th Street NW
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7700 16th Street NW, a private house in the Shepherd Park neighborhood of Washington, D.C., is the former home of the Hanafi Madh-Hab Center.
Shepherd Park
…east side of Rock Creek Park where white flight was stemmed in those years. In 1973, 7 family members of Hamaas Abdul Khaalis family were murdered at 7700 16th Street NW, which had been purchased by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and donated for use of the Hanafi Muslims. In 1985, residents learned that the owner of an apartment…
The house in 1973