Pittsburgh was closer to cities on the Atlantic coast with large black populations, cities such as New York, Washington,D.C.and Baltimore.

VOA: special.2010.03.28

Barbara Klein has more. The museum at Ford's Theatre was created to show Abraham Lincoln's life, and death,in Washington,D.C.

VOA: special.2009.07.24

He is most famous for designing central park in New York City and the grounds around the capitol building in Washington,D.C.

VOA: special.2009.11.16

This week: We play music by Somali-born hip-hop artist K'naan, And answer a listener question about the nation's capital,Washington,D.C.

VOA: special.2009.03.20

He composed it for the opening of the John F.Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington,D.C., in nineteen seventy-one.

VOA: special.2009.08.02

That was part of a speech that first lady Michelle Obama gave at George Washington University's graduation ceremony in Washington,D.C.

VOA: special.2010.05.28

It was also the opening film for the Environmental Film Festival in Washington,D.C., which we reported on last month.

VOA: special.2009.04.03

We talked to some people in Washington, D.C. and Miami, Florida about their resolutions, hopes and wishes for 2009.

VOA: special.2009.01.01

We would like to hear from you. Write to us at Special English, Voice of America, Washington,D.C., two-zero-two-three-seven,U.S.A.

VOA: special.2009.03.10

They include the New York Public Library, the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington,D.C., and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

VOA: special.2009.08.28

To get a better sense of the modern name game, we stopped some families out on the National Mall here in Washington,D.C.

VOA: special.2009.07.06

Bob Doughty has our report. Ian Shaw moved back to the Washington,D.C.,area from Colorado hoping to find work.

VOA: special.2009.04.03

We asked the Washington,D.C., arts blogger Bob Anthony how this summer's festival compared to those of past years.

VOA: special.2009.08.05

The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington,D.C., has one of the oldest known pairs of Levi's jeans in its collection.

VOA: special.2009.12.18

The museum is the only permanent exhibit organized by the Smithsonian Institution outside Washington,D.C., and New York City.

VOA: special.2010.05.12

Today we tell about 4 more individuals who are making a difference in the city of Washington, D.C.

VOA: special.2009.01.28

At the age of twenty-one, she won a national contest to design the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington,D.C.

VOA: special.2009.05.06

So begins the novel that takes Langdon hunting and hurrying around Washington,D.C., through museums,monuments and government buildings.

VOA: special.2009.10.09

Guided tours of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing are a popular activity for visitors to Washington,D.C.

VOA: special.2010.11.15

We attended this year's United States Air Guitar Championships in Washington,D.C.to learn more about this unusual activity.

VOA: special.2009.08.14

Today we tell about an exhibit of his work at the Smithsonian American Art Museupolleym in Washington,D.C.

VOA: special.2010.09.20

The orders came just two days after Mr. Obama was sworn-in as president in front of the largest crowd ever in Washington, D.C.

VOA: special.2009.01.24

This is because people who live in Washington,D.C., have no voting representation in the United States Congress.

VOA: special.2009.03.20

"The Heavens Are Hung In Black" by James Still is the first play being presented in the newly redecorated Ford's Theatre in Washington,D.C.

VOA: special.2009.02.09

Soon, reports of its great natural beauty were sent all the way back to Washington, D.C.

VOA: special.2009.01.07

And,we visit the Albert Einstein Planetarium at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington,D.C.

VOA: special.2010.09.29

Today, it is part of the permanent collection of the National Gallery of Art in Washington,D.C.

VOA: special.2010.07.25