Illuminated Legacy

Activist

The First Woman Commissioned By the U.S. Government for a Major Artwork

Jazz Pianist and Singer

Co-Founder of The National Council of Negro Women (NCNW)

Second Poet Laureate to the District of Columbia

Internationally Renowned Opera Singer

First African American Graduate of Gonzaga High School

Self-Taught Musician

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Co-Founder of Ben's Chili Bowl

Played for the Baltimore/Capital/Washington Bullets from 1968 - 1981

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Activist and politician who served on the Council of the District of Columbia and the District of Columbia Board of Education

Founding Pastor of Our Lady of China Pastoral Mission in Chinatown

Opened Duke Ellington School of the Arts

Founded the Children's Defense Fund

Pastor of Mt. Carmel Baptist Church (1912-1958)

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