The name Adams Morgan -- once hyphenated -- is derived from the names of two formerly segregated area elementary schools -- the older , all-black Thomas P. Morgan Elementary School ( now defunct ) and the all-white John Quincy Adams Elementary School .
The name Adams Morgan was originally hyphenated . It is derived from the names of two , formerly segregated area elementary schools -- the older , all-black Thomas P. Morgan Elementary School ( now defunct ) and the all-white John Quincy Adams Elementary School .