H.D. Woodson and two partners built the seven-acre Suburban Gardens amusement park, shown here, ca. 1920s

ID: 3956 ~ Source: Scurlock Studio Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Civic Activism - Howard Woodson, Advocate for Northeast

H.D. Woodson and two partners built the seven-acre Suburban Gardens amusement park, shown here, ca. 1920s

This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Civic Activism - Howard Woodson, Advocate for Northeast

Civil Rights Tour: Civic Activism - Howard Woodson, Advocate for Northeast

Howard Dilworth Woodson, a civil engineer and civic leader, led successful campaigns for better services in neglected African American neighborhoods in far Northeast DC. Born in Pittsburgh, Woodson (1876-1962) earned a degree in civil engineering…