Geneva Valentine opened a Western Union branch on the first floor of 1011 U Street NW.

ID: 4213 ~ Source: Western Union Branch Office, Series 2, Box 12, MS2340 Geneva Valentine papers, Special Collections Research Center, George Washington University Libraries, Washington DC

This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Housing - Equitable Realty, Opening Neighborhoods

Geneva Valentine opened a Western Union branch on the first floor of 1011 U Street NW.

This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Housing - Equitable Realty, Opening Neighborhoods

Civil Rights Tour: Housing - Equitable Realty, Opening Neighborhoods

When entrepreneur and former law student Geneva Valentine (1901-1971) opened Equitable Realty Co. on U Street in the early 1930s, she immediately went to work on "breaking" all-white blocks in Park View, where racially restrictive covenants barred…