D.C. Icon Denied: GOP Kills Chuck Brown Post Office Plan

Congressional Republicans withdrew a bill that would have named a Northeast Washington post office after Chuck Brown, the creator of go-go music, citing his decades-old murder conviction as their reason for blocking the honor. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton and other D.C. officials expressed deep disappointment with the decision, emphasizing Brown's transformative impact on the city's musical and cultural identity. Brown, who developed his musical talents while incarcerated at Lorton prison and went on to create an entirely new genre of music, is already honored annually by the District of Columbia.