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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 12:38 PM Original message |
When did the Hays-Adams first rent rooms to African-Americans? |
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ellacott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
1. In this instance I don't think the use of exclusive is meant to describe race |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 01:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. No, it's about being even more expensive than the Willard, and certainly more than the Mayflower... |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 05:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
15. I'm certain that "exclusive" doesn't refer to race these days. I'm not sure |
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S_E_Fudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
2. I don't know but... |
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Dennis Donovan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
3. I don't think Washington, DC has ever considered itself a "Southern" city... |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 12:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. the slave trade was prohibited in DC in 1850 and slavery as a whole prohibited in 1862 |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 01:06 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. It most certainly was - and considered itself to be a southern city. Everything... |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 01:13 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Have Never Heard of Paper Bag Segregation |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 01:18 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Yep. |
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Dennis Donovan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 02:27 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Now, see... I didn't know that. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 02:35 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Oh, to be in Massachusetts right now..... |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 03:23 AM Response to Reply #11 |
20. How's your weather in Massachusetts? |
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Dennis Donovan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 09:17 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Cold... |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 01:52 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Not surprising. I went to school in Western Massachusetts and I remember that it was so cold |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 05:15 AM Response to Reply #8 |
21. The White House special that C-span ran last week had a jaw-dropper video clip |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 05:50 PM Response to Reply #3 |
16. "Washington is a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm." |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 05:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
17. Ah that's easy.... |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
4. I'm sure it is an exclusive (meaning expensive) hotel as many hotels are. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
7. I can remember staying at the Hay as a kid in the mid-sixties |
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Laura PourMeADrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
13. Obama will change our country for the better more than we will ever know now - I actually |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 05:34 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. "They " being the Secret Service? |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
18. I did find this general account: |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
19. Hotels in DC were desegregated before Obama was born |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
23. Your post is curious and interesting, but Washington, D.C. = "southern city"??? |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 01:54 AM Response to Original message |
25. Yesterday. |
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