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Ain’t NoParty Like anHU Party

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NW Washington, DC
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Original flier for Official Howard University Back to School Party
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Back to School · Shaw / U Street corridor

Official Howard University Back to School Party

August 19, 1990

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Venue
W.U.S.T. Radio Music Hall
Address
815 V Street NW
Featured
T.D.H. Productions
Promoter
T.D.H. Productions
Admission
$5 before midnight2026 equivalent$5 ≈ $13
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From the flier

The hand-drawn flier includes its own neighborhood map, placing the venue 1½ blocks from Howard Plaza Towers and marking McDonald’s, Roy Rogers, Howard University Hospital and campus.

Historical Note

  1. The building later became the present-day 9:30 Club, which moved to 815 V Street in 1996 after renovating the former WUST Radio Music Hall.

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