Columbia Pike and the Civil Rights History of Arlington, VA | Northern Virginia Neighborhoods

Over the past 50 years, the neighborhood has welcomed immigrants from all over the world. Today, international diversity and culture are celebrated, along with Arlington's rich African American history at The Black Heritage Museum, which opened on the Pike in 2018.
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My junior high school, Kenmore in the late 60’s. We couldn’t win a game in any sport in 1967 and 1968.
Then integration started. The young black men joined our sports teams and suddenly we started to win, every game in every sport in 1969.
We did so well that sports illustrated wrote up the school. Not one word in that article was about the young African American young men who did all the work.