Bipeds of Brookland: Rohulamin Quander

Posted by Abbott Klar Real Estate on Friday, August 19th, 2016 at 5:56am

Bipeds of Brookland: Rohulamin Quander

Rohulamin Quander

Rohulamin Quander served for 20 years as an administrative law judge for the District of Columbia, then retired and became a tour guide.  He enjoys leading tours of the memorials, as well as tours that are focused on African American history in the DC area, which is a personal passion. Judge Quander explained that the Quander Family has been in the DC area since the 1600s and some of his ancestors “were George Washington’s slaves at Mt Vernon.”  The family was recently featured in a Washington Post article A thorny question for African American museum: Whose story do we tell? “We have an exhibit opening at Mt. Vernon October 1st, called Lives Bound Together: Slavery at George Washington’s Mount Vernon. History is important to document, preserve, protect and share.  So that is my life mission.  I’ve published three books already and I’m working on the fourth, a history of the Quander family.”  The family will have its 91st family reunion in Virginia this year, expecting over 100 people. “We are many but we are one” is one of the family’s themes.

Judge Quander has lived in Brookland over 40 years, but grew up in Petworth, and in 1950 he “integrated Sacred Heart School, the first African American to go into second grade.” He moved to Brookland “on Thanksgiving Day 1975, and raised our three children here. I like Brookland, it is very idyllic.” He had family ties to Brookland. “My aunt and uncle lived on Hamlin St.  The house was historic because the grandson of Dr. Mudd -who fixed John Wilkes Booth’s leg-, they bought it from him.”  Judge Quander’s books and information about his tours can be found at his website Quander Quality.

Bipeds of Brookland: A weekly series introducing the people who make Brookland their home, one step at a time. Interview and photo by Tom Sabella.

 

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