Around the time of the Jim Crow era, U street became the Mecca for black businesses in Washington, D.C. It became black broadway before Harlem became Harlem. After the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., much of 14th Street and U took a turn when the riots of 1968 began. This short film examines the history of black U street and explores what happened to the 300 businesses that existed. It shows the black businesses that still exist today and why supporting black businesses, as a whole, matters everywhere.