When the Guerras opened Howard Delicatessen on the southeast corner of Georgia Avenue and Fairmont Street, the city of Washington, D.C. was much different than it is today.
Row houses lined Georgia Ave. housing the black community, for segregation wouldn’t allow blacks to live in certain parts of the city. Racist policies limited when and where black people could shop and eat. However, Italian immigrants Frank and Murray Guerra opened their deli in the heart of the Howard University community, serving customers of all colors
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