Environmentalist Josephine Butler, along with Rev. Morris Samuel and Howard Coleman, forms the Friends of Meridian Hill Park to clean up the space and redeem it from a reputation as the “most murderous” section of Washington, D.C. Smith, J.Y. “Josephine Butler Dies.” Washington Post, March 30, 1997. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1997/03/30/josephine-butler-dies/235830ab-9652-4237-b77f-130ad424aa00/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.fbb1d86bd855 

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