It is the sound that is so DC. TheGo-Go syncopated beat, born and raised in Chocolate City. But it was also the rallying cry for a cultural protest three years ago named “Don’t Mute DC”, after new-comers to the quickly gentrifying U-Street corridor complained about local business playing it. There is a new battle brew in the district now. What is it and where is the “Don’t Mute DC” movement now?
Resources:
Generational Equity Movement
Don’t Mute DC Events/Ron Moten
Bre X, Activist, Filmmaker (Not Pictured)
Ronald Moten, Activist, Founder, Don’t Mute DC Movement
