Equitable Realty was on the second floor of 1011 U Street NW, with Valentine's name advertising the business.
This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Housing - Equitable Realty, Opening Neighborhoods
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…