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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
Godfather of Go-Go
Self-Taught Musician
Co-Founder of Ben's Chili Bowl
Played for the Baltimore/Capital/Washington Bullets from 1968 - 1981
Activist and politician who served on the Council of the District of Columbia and the District of Columbia Board of Education
Founding Pastor of Chinese Community Church
Opened Duke Ellington School of the Arts
Pastor of Mt. Carmel Baptist Church (1912-1958)
