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Adams Morgan (the name was originally hyphenated) came to be in 1955 as the Supreme Court decision of Bolling v. Sharpe desegregated two schools known by the monikers Thomas P. Morgan (an all black school) and John Quincy Adams (an all white school). In the five-square-block area where most of the commercial establishments are located,
one can choose from a variety of ethnic cuisines, among them Spanish, Ethiopian, Guatemalan, Mexican, Italian, Dutch, Vietnamese, Ghanaian, Cajun, Brazilian, Palestinian, Peruvian, Indian, Israeli, Thai, Lebanese, Eritrean (!), and Chinese.