232 AFRICAN AMERICAN
SHEROES AND HEROES
BORN IN BALTIMORE CITY
Created & Compiled By: Dr. Marvin L. ‘Doc’ Cheatham, Sr.
President – National Action Network – Greater Baltimore Chapter
[Past President – National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Baltimore City Branch]
{Past President – Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Baltimore City Chapter}
(Past President – Baltimore City Election Board)
[1st African American Past President - Maryland Association of Election Officials]
{Past President, Matthew A. Henson Community Association}
[Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. – Past President - Zeta Sigma Chapter & Epsilon Nu Sigma Chapter]
Past International Director of Social Action, Past Eastern Regional Director & Past International Coordinator of the Million Man March]
{Founder & Past President Maryland Voting Rights Restoration Coalition}
(Visionary & Founder – Men’s Blue Suit Health Awareness Weekend)
{1st African American and Past President – N.L.R.B. Union Local 5}
(Past President – Gladiators Association, Inc.)
Talent/Talk Host – Radio One, Inc. - WOLB
410/669-8683 – pbsdsc124@verizon.net - Last update – 3/26/2012
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BORN IN BALTIMORE CITY, MD
Created and Compiled by: Dr. Marvin L. Cheatham. Sr.
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LILLIE MAE CARROLL JACKSON – Pioneer Civil Rights Activists. “Invariably known as “Dr. Lillie”
“Ma Jackson” and the “mother of the civil rights movement.”
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VICTORINE Q. ADAMS - organized the Colored Women's Democratic Campaign Committee in the Old
Fourth District. Baltimore pioneer in African-American politics and civic leader, became the first black woman
on the City Council nearly four decades ago.
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CARL MURPHY - was an African-American Journalist, publisher, civil rights leader, and educator
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CONGRESSMAN ELIJAH CUMMINGS - is the U.S. Representative for Maryland's 7th congressional
district, serving since 1996
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REGINALD LEWIS - was an American businessman, who was one of the most successful business leaders
during the 1980s. He was the richest African American man in the 1980s.
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CEDRIC ‘RICKY’ WALKER – Founder and chairman, UniverSoul Circus
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TAMARA DOBSON – American actress and model. Stood 6 feet 2 inches. Vogue fashion model know as
Cleopatra Jones
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THURGOOD MARSHALL - was an American jurist and the first African American to serve on the
Supreme Court of the United States
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EUBIE BLAKE - was an American composer, lyricist, and pianist of ragtime, jazz, and popular music.
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CLARENCE M. MITCHELL, JR. - was a civil rights activist and was the chief lobbyist for the NAACP for
nearly 30 years
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PARREN J. MITCHELL- a Democrat, was a U.S. Congressman who represented the 7th congressional
district of Maryland from January 3, 1971 to January 3, 1987. He was the first African-American elected to
Congress from Maryland.
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LOUIS S. DIGGS – writer of 8 books. Since full retirement in 1989, Louis found his nitch in retirement
life by researching his family roots and researching and writing local African American history. In 1995, Louis
published his first book, “It All Started on Winters Lane.” So successful was his first book that Louis decided to
continue his research of other historic African American communities in Baltimore County. In 1997, he
published his second book, “Holding On To Their Heritage,” a book that documented the history of two other
historic African American Communities in Baltimore County, MD: Bond Avenue in Reisterstown and Piney
Grove in Boring.
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‘SISQO’ MARK ALTHAVAN ANDREWS - is an American R&B singer and actor. He is best known as
the lead singer of R&B group Dru Hil
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MARIO DEWAR BARRETT – performs as Mario an American R & B singer, songwriter, actor, model
dancer and philanthropist.
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IRENE MORGAN KIRKALDY - was an important predecessor to Rosa Parks in the successful fight to
overturn segregation laws in the United States. Like the more famous Parks, but eleven years earlier, in 1944, the
27-year-old Baltimore-born African-American was arrested and jailed in Virginia for refusing to give up her seat
on an interstate Greyhound bus to a white person.
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ETHEL LLEWELLYN ENNIS - is an American jazz musician
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FRANCIS ELLEN WATKINS HARPER - was an African American abolitionist and poet. Born free in
Baltimore, Maryland, she had a long and prolific career, publishing her first book of poetry at twenty and her first
novel, the widely praised Iola Leroy,
18 DR. E. FRAN JOHNSON - The hallmark of the life of Elizabeth Johnson is a compilation of numerous
outstanding activities that collectively achieve a permanent legacy of social change through public service. She
provided leadership during one of the most dynamic periods of the Federal government. She directed a large
share of the newly launched Head Start programs that served at-risk children and their parents.
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ESTER MC CREADY - Upon the initial denial of admission and with the help of the NAACP civil rights
giants Charles Hamilton Houston, Donald Gaines Murray and Thurgood Marshall, she sued for admission to
Maryland's school. On April 14, 1950, the Maryland Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Esther McCready. She
finally won the right to attend the University of Maryland School of Nursing. Her case opened the way for
African Americans not only at the University's School of Nursing, but also at the other professional schools, as
well as the undergraduate school at College Park.
20 CLARENCE MUSE - was an actor, screenwriter, director, composer, and lawyer. He was inducted in the
Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame in 1973. Muse was the first African American to "star" in a film. He acted for
more than sixty years, and appeared in more than 150 movies.
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TRACIE THOMAS - is an American television, film, and stage actress. She is best known for her roles in
Rent, Cold Case, The Devil Wears Prada, Death Proof, and the short-lived Fox television series Wonderfalls.
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JADA KOREN PINKETT - is an American actress, producer, director, author, singer-songwriter and
businesswoman. She began her career in 1990, when she made a guest appearance in the short-lived sitcom True
Colors. She starred in A Different World, produced by Bill Cosby, and she featured opposite Eddie Murphy in
The Nutty Professor
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KWEISI MFUME - is the former President/CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of
Colored People (NAACP), as well as a five-term Democratic Congressman from Maryland's 7th congressional
district,
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BISHOP VASHTI MURPHY MC KENZIE - was elected as the first female bishop in the African
Methodist Episcopal Church. She is also the national chaplain of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated and
the granddaughter of Delta founder Vashti Turley Murphy
25 JOE GANS - Gans was rated as the greatest lightweight boxer of all time by boxing historian and Ring
Magazine founder, Nat Fleischer and was known as the "Old Master".
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DR. E. FRANLKIN FRAZIER- was an American sociologist. His 1932 Ph.D. dissertation The Negro
Family in Chicago, later released as a book The Negro Family in the United States in 1939, analyzed the cultural
and historical forces that influenced the development of the African American family from the time of slavery.
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NICOLE ARI PARKER KODJOE - also known as Nikki Kodjoe, is an American actress and a former
model. She is perhaps best known for her role as attorney Teri Joseph on the Showtime television drama series
Soul Food.
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ANTONIO MICHAEL FREEMAN – Former American football wide receiver in the NFL most notably for
the Green Bay Packers. Attended Polytechnic Institute
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DR. ELIJAH SAUNDERS - professor of medicine, head of the Division of Hypertension and (former)
clinical director of the Hypertension and Vascular Biology Center at the University of Maryland School of
Medicine
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CHICK WEBB - was an American jazz and swing music drummer as well as a band leader.
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JUDGE WILLIAM MURPHY, SR. - judge and patriarch of a well-known political family. Community
activist Judge William H. Murphy, Sr. was been a progressive force in Baltimore, Maryland society for more than
a half century. He was born on April 20, 1917, into the Baltimore black elite. However, his life was spent
upholding the rights of the underprivileged. His concern for others came from his parents, both of whom were
politically and socially active. His grandfather founded Baltimore's black newspaper, The Afro-American. His
father worked as a high school principal and was also extremely involved in various community organizations,
including the NAACP and the Urban League.
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HOWARD ROLLINS - was an American television, film, and stage actor. He is perhaps best known for his
portrayal of Coalhouse Walker, Jr. in the film Ragtime, and as Virgil Tibbs on the NBC/CBS television series In
the Heat of the Night.
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CHARLES DUTTON - is an American stage, film, and television actor and director. He is perhaps best
known for starring in the television series Roc (1991–1994)
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TYRONE ‘MUGSY’ BOGUES - is a retired American professional basketball player. The shortest player
ever to play in the NBA, the 5 ft 3 in Bogues played point guard for four teams during his 14-season career in the
National Basketball Association. Best known for his involvement with the Charlotte Hornets, he also played for
the Washington Bullets, Golden State Warriors and the Toronto Raptors.
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SHELIA ANN DIXON – First Female Mayor of Baltimore City elected November 2007. became Mayor
and service out the remaining year of O’Malley’s term
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ANNA DEAVERE SMITH – American actress, playwright, and Professor.
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KURT SCHMOKE – Baltimore City’s 1st Elected African American Mayor – Rhodes Scholar
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ALLEN HARPER ‘SKIP’ WISE, JR. Sensational high school player from Dunbar High School
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CHARLES VERNON PITTMAN – Former NLF football player recruited out of Edmondson
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COUNTEE Leroy Porter CULLEN – There is some disputed as to where Countee Culler was actually born,
but it is know that he was born to by parents that may have abandoned him and he was raised by his grandmother
Porter in Baltimore. Poet, anthologist, novelist, translator, children’s writer and playwright, was one of the
leading American poets of his time and one of the lights of the Harlem Renaissance.
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KYLE HARRISON – Once the nation’s leading lacrosse player. Led Johns Hopkins to NACC Division I
National Championship in 2005
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REV. CHARLES RANDOLPH UNCLES – First black American ordained a Roman Catholic priest in the
United States. One of the founders of the St. Joseph Society of the Sacred Heart.
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HASIM SHARIF RAHMAN – American professional boxer, is the former WBC, IBF and IBO world
heavy weight champion after defeating Lennox Lewis by KO
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HARRY SYTHE CUMMINGS – Baltimore’s First Black City Councilman and arguably the most
influential African-American for a half decade.
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REV. DR. PAULINE (PAULI) MURRAY – American civil rights advocate, feminist, lawyer, writer, poet,
teacher and ordained priest.
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SEN. LARRY YOUNG – Former Maryland State Senator & Delegate & Current one of the nations’ top
100 Talk Radio Show Host on WOLB 1010
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ATTORNEY GEORGE L. RUSSELL, JR. – Prominent Maryland Attorney 1st African American to serve
as associate judge of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore
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STEPHANIE RAWLINGS-BLAKE – 49TH Mayor of the City of Baltimore succeeded Mayor Shelia
Dixon. Admitted to the Maryland Bar in 1996 and Federal Bar in 1997.
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ATTORNEY LARRY S. GIBSON – 1ST African American law Professor at the University of Virginia and
has served as political advisor to many including Ellen Johnson Sirleaf President of Liberia and Marc
Ravalomanana the former President of Madagascar
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ATTORNEY WILLIAM ‘BILLY’ H. MURPHY, JR. – very prominent and very successful attorney who
handled a $185 million dollar law suit the largest single settlement in Maryland history along with many other
high profile civil and criminal cases. When the Governor of Maryland sought an attorney to serve on the Judicial
Appointments Committee, Governor Ehrlich called Judge Billy Murphy "an attorney who has won more cases in
front of more judges in Maryland" a man respected and known across the state for his legal acuity and expertise
inside and out of the courtroom.
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JOAN M. PRATT – An outstanding CPA that serves the City of Baltimore, in an outstanding manner as
Comptroller. One of three (3) City wide officials that serve on the Board of Estimates. She is trained in financial
management, including auditing, debt consolidation, financial planning and budgeting.
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HOWARD PETERS RAWLINGS – First African American to chair the powerful Appropriations
Committee in the Maryland House of Delegates.
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FRANK M. CONAWAY, SR. – Presently serving as Baltimore City Clerk of the Circuit Court he has also
served the citizen of Baltimore on House of Delegates and was both an Insurance Executive & Broker
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CLARENCE HENRY SEBASTIAN ‘DU’ BURNS – Served as Mayor of Baltimore City and prior to that
position a member of the Baltimore City Council for 16 years. Earned the nickname “Du” for he never stopped
delivering – stopped doing.
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LOUISE KERR HINES - Kerr v. Enoch Pratt Free Library argued by Charles H. Houston creating the
"Kerr Principle". A Baltimore library refused to admit Louise Kerr to a training program because she was black.
Not that it had anything against blacks, but its patrons did. When Kerr launched a civil suit against the library
alleging a violation of equal protection of the laws, the courts credited the library’s claim that it had no racist
purpose, but Kerr still prevailed. The Kerr principle forced us to address when and why is the state responsible
for enabling exclusive preferences, whether by an overextended applicable rule that assist them or by state
inaction that fails to block them.
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JOHN J. ‘JAKE’ OLIVER, JR. – C.E.O. and Publisher of the Afro American Newspaper. Past President of
the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) and also served as President of the MD-D.C. Delaware
Press Association and Chairman of the MD Higher Education Commission.
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BISHOP L. ROBINSON – 1ST African American to serve as Baltimore City Police Commissioner. He also
served as Secretary of the Maryland Department of Juvenile Justice.
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REGGIE LEWIS – American professional basketball player for the NBA Boston Celtics that played at
Dunbar High School.
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DAVID WINGATE – American professional basketball player who played 15 years and 7 teams with the
76ers being one. He too place for the Dunbar Poets.
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REGGIE WILLIAMS – American professional basketball player who also played on the same team as
Muggsy Bogues, Reggie Lewis and David Wingate.
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SAM CASSELL- American Basketball player who played for the Dunbar Poets along with the NBA
Bucks, Timberwolves, Clippers and Celtics.
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JUAN DIXON – American Basketball Player who played for Calvert Hall, University of Maryland and the
NBA Wizads, Raptors and Pistons.
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MONTEL WILLIAMS – American Television personality born to former Baltimore City Fire Chief
Herman Williams. Host of the Montel Williams Show
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BERNARD ROLLEN WLLIAMS, III – Winner of the Gold medal in 4x100 relay in 2000 summer
Olympics
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KEVIN LILES – American record executive and President of DEF JAM Recordings.
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MAYSA LEAK – American jazz singer know by fans of smooth jazz both for her solo work and for her
work with the British band Incognito.
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REV, ALVIN C. HATHAWAY, SR. – Pastor of Union Baptist Church a community activist and civil
rights leaders
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REV. VERNON N. DOBSON – Pastor of Union Baptist Church played a pivotal role in civil rights in
Baltimore during the 1950 and 1960s. Was a friend of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. and other civil rights
heavyweights such as Rev. Abernathy, Rev, Jesse Jackson and Andrew Young.
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SEN. JOAN CARTER CONWAY – Maryland State Senator and Chair of the Education, Health and
Environment al Affairs Committee.
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JUDGE MARCELLA A. HOLLAND – Chair, Conference of Circuit Judges for Baltimore City.
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SENATOR VERNA L. JONES-RODWELL – Maryland Senator for the 44th Legislative District
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SENATOR LISA A. GLADDEN – Maryland Senator for the 45th Legislative District & Majority Whip
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REV. DR. FRANCES ‘TONI’ DRAPER – Pastor of the John Wesley A.M.E. Zion Church now Freedom
Temple A.M.E. Zion Church. Past President of the Afro American Newspaper
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DONALD GAINES MURRAY – The First African American to enter the University of Maryland School
of Law since 1890 as a result of winning the landmark civil rights case Murray v. Pearson in 1935.
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JUDGE ANDRE M. DAVIS – U.S. Judge on the U.S. Curt of Appeals for the 4th Circuit. Re-nominated by
President Barack Obama and was confirmed by the Senate on November 9, 2009.
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JAMES AMOS PORTER - Professor, art historian, painter. Howard University, professor. He became the
most significant African American art teacher of his generation
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RALPH M. HUGHES – Member of the Maryland Senate from 1991 – 2007. Served on the Judicial
Proceedings Committee.
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ANNE WIGGINS BROWN – Was an African American soprano who created the role of “Bess” in the
original production of George Gershwin’s opera Porgy and Bess in 1935.
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ELLIS LANE LARKINS – Jazz Pianist. The 10 year old prodigy made hi debut as a pianist with the City
Colored Orchestra and a year later performed for Eleanor Roosevelt at Douglass High School. Developed his
own elegant and sophisticated style when he was playing james in New York.
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ISAAC MYERS, A labor leader and mason. Worked as a porter and shipping clerk for a grocer. In
response to a strike Myers proposed the creation of a union for black caulkers. The new created union the
Colored Caulkers Trade Union Society.
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MARVIN NATHANIEL WEBSTER – An American professional basketball player nicknamed “The
Human Eraser” and “Marvin the Magnificent”, Played in the ABA on season and the National Basketball
Association for 9 seasons. Went to Edmondson High School and Morgan State University.
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GARY BARTZ – American Alto and Soprano Saxophonist and clarinetist. Graduated from Baltimore City
College. Played with Miles Davis, Charles Mingus and Jackie McLean. Grammy Award in 2005.
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AGNES WELCH – Baltimore City Councilwoman who served for nearly 27 years before retiring at 86.
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ROBERT ‘BOB’ MOORE – Civil Rights Leader and strong Union organizer. Former President of 1199EDC a leading health care workers union in Baltimore.
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RALPH E. MOORE, JR. – Community Center Director for St. Francis Academy Center. One of 4 that
integrated Loyola Blakefield a Jesuit School in Towson. Devoted over 30 years to programs designed to support
city youth and underserved populations.
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BISHOP WALTER SCOTT THOMAS - Has served as the pastor of the New Psalmist Baptist Church in
Baltimore, Maryland since 1975. Under his leadership, the church body has grown from 200 to more than 7,000
active members.
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CAMERON MILES -Miles has helped to advocate for the closure of dangerous youth facilities like
Cheltenham and Hickey, and for other social justice issues affecting youth in the city. And while doing all of this,
he has run his own program, Mentoring Male Teens in the Hood, which helps at-risk youth by exposing them to
both places they don't want to end up, like Maryland Shock Trauma Center, and places they do, like colleges.
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RUBY GLOVER – Jazz Singer who spent her life – and career – in Baltimore. Ruby stood only 5 feet tall.
She was small in size but a ‘giant in eyes of the Baltimore jazz community.’ Ms. Glover shared the stage with
many of Baltimore's and the nation's top jazz musicians including Art Blakely, Sonny Stitt, Keter Betts, Andy
Ennis, Doug Cane, Vernon Wolst, Charles Covington, Carlos Johnson, Sir Thomas Hurley, Fuzzy Kane, Whit
Williams, Charlie Etzel, Dennis Chambers, Gaynell Colburn, Moe Daniels, Dave Ross and Mickey Fields just to
name a few.
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VERNA DAY-JONES - The very versatile Verna was not only one of the oldest SAG / AFTRA members
in Maryland, acting in hundreds of movies, plays, television programs and commercials over more than six
decades, she was also a pioneering African American actress both on stage and screen.
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ROSA ‘RAMBLING ROSE’ PRYOR - Rosa has been an R&B music enthusiast since 1957. She started as
a singer, songwriter and musician, playing saxophone and piano for the group she founded, "Little Johnny and
the Twilight's".
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PAUL ‘FAT DADDY’ JOHNSON - Of all the major cities in the USA who spawned great black disk
jockeys, Baltimore perhaps produced more than any other. Maurice 'Hot Rod' Hulbert, Chuck Leonard, Kelson
'Chop Chop' Fisher, Fred 'Rockin' Robin' Robinson, Larry Dean and Jocko Henderson are several that
immediately come to mind.
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BISHOP DOUGLASS I. MILES – Among the foremost community and civil rights leaders in Baltimore
City. In addition to pasturing the Koinonia Baptist Church, Bishop Miles is co-chairman of the advocacy group,
Baltimoreans United In Leadership (BUILD). Tremendous leadership in a plethora of areas one such being a cofounder of the Black Student Union at Johns Hopkins University.
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ROBERT PERNELL ‘BOB’ WADE – 1st African American Basketball Coach (Univ. of Maryland 1986–
1989), as well as football defensive back for the National Football League – Pittsburgh Steelers. ‘Coach Wade’
played college football at Morgan State University and is well respected in the athletic community.
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DR. ROSETTA STITH - As an educator and community activist for the past twenty years, she is known for
her work in Baltimore’s urban communities. Dr. “Ro” as she is affectionately called, has provided her unique
insight into the real problems and issues affecting women, men, children, adolescents on a day-to-day basis.
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IDA REBECCA CUMMINGS – One of the first kindergarten teachers in Baltimore. Convinced her
brother to introduce an ordinance that established kindergartens in the public schools of Baltimore, for both black
and white children.
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CHRISTIAN ABRAHAM FLEETWOOD – One of over 2,000 African Americans who joined the United
States Colored Troop and the U.S. Navy to fight for the Union and for and end to slavery. Was awarded the
highest military honor for his bravery in action during the Civil War.
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PHYLLIS ANN WALLACE – Revolutionized American economic thought especially during the 1970’s
and 1980’s. Her insightful work regarding the economic treatment of women, teenagers, single persons and
especially African American working women helped change attitudes in American society.
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JOHN HENRY MURPHY, SR. – Was the first of his family to own and publish the Baltimore Afro
American newspaper, one of the oldest, largest and most influential black-owned newspapers in the nation.
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DR. N. LOUISE YOUNG – led the way for African American women in the medical profession in
Maryland. An obstetrician and gynecologist, she began her practice at a time when few women of any race were
doctors.
100 AGNES KANE CALLUM- A researcher, writer, and lecturer on the United States Colored Troops and
Black Genealogy. Among her publications are her books Colored Volunteers of Maryland, 7th Regiment United
States Colored Troops 1863 - 1866, Bounty Records of the 9th Regiment United States Colored Troops 1863 1866, and History of the 9th Regiment United States Colored Troops Volunteers of Maryland, Civil War 1863 –
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101 REV. DR. JAMAL HARRISON-BRYANT. Radical, Revolutionary, Innovative, Anointed, and Cutting
Edge are some of the words often used to describe. Stepping out on faith, with the support of 43 people who
believed and met in his home for bible study, Dr. Bryant founded The Empowerment Temple. In just four years,
God has directed the path of over 6,000 members to Empowerment Temple, the fastest growing church in the
A.M.E. denomination.
102 BISHOP JOHN R. BRYANT - of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church has earned a reputation
as one of black America's most charismatic and committed religious leaders. A fiery preacher well schooled in
the cadences of African-American religious oratory. As Bishop of the AME Church's Fifth Episcopal District,
Bryant presides over churches in 14 Western states.
103 CARLTON C. DOUGLAS – Owner and Operator of Douglass Funeral Home. Past National President of
Funeral Director of Morticians of America. Civil and Human Rights Activists.
104 TRAVIS WINKEY – ‘Prince of Fashion”
105 DR. HELENA HICKS – Graduate of Morgan State University who participated in the 1955 Sit-in
demonstration at Read’s Drug Store in Baltimore, MD. Longtime civil rights leader and teacher in West
Baltimore. Lead the charge to commemorate and celebrate the nations’ 1st student led sit-in.
106 DELEGATE JILL P. CARTER – Attorney Elected as Delegate to the 41st Legislative District since 2002
that also practices law. Strong fighter for and on behalf of the community and daughter of one of Baltimore’s
greatest civil rights leaders in the late great Walter P. Carter.
107 DR. MILES G. HARRISON, JR. – Head of General Surgery at Maryland General Hospital. Also member
of the ‘Ten Bears’ Lacrosse Team at Morgan State University.
108 REV. P.M. SMITH – Pastor of Huber Memorial Church. Achieved success as formidable criminal
attorney. His mission is to “Rescue the children, Redeem the Family and Recreate the Community,” founded
H.O.P.E. Academy.
109 DAVID C. MILLER - The former director of Youth Links, a Johns Hopkins-sponsored program known for
its nontraditional approaches to curbing youth violence, is now Chief Visionary Founder of the Urban Leadership
Institute. It's a consulting firm that designs programs for children and families that infuse hip-hop, yoga and t'ai
chi into educational curriculums, as well as provides teacher training.
110 BROTHER, ELLSWORTH JOHNSON-BEY – Founder and CEO OF The Fraternal Order of X-Offenders
(FOXO) is a nonprofit, community-based and grassroots organization spear-headed by X-Offenders who have
personal experience, professional academic wisdom and understanding about juvenile delinquency and criminal
behavior. Based in Baltimore, Maryland, FOXO’s reach, membership and impact extends to diverse populations
across the nation.
111 DR. TEKEMIA DORSEY – CEO and Founder of Creative GRP, LLC – Educators, parents, community
leaders, and consultants hold doctoral degrees and have professional backgrounds with extensive experience in
for profit and non-profit programs, events and activities.
112 BERNARD C. ‘JACK’ YOUNG – President of the Baltimore City Council who became President when
Stephanie Rawlings Blake moved up to Mayor. Former City Council representing East Baltimore.
113 DR. MARVIN CHEATHAM – Served as Local President for three (3) of this nations largest and most
prominent civil rights organizations, i.e., Southern Christian Leadership Conference, National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People and National Action Network.
114 JOHN W. ANDERSON - Sheriff, Baltimore City, since January 1989. Deputy Sheriff, 1972-80, and
Supervisor Deputy Sheriff, 1980-89, Baltimore City.
115 DR. TYRONE POWERS - Rose from the cold, harsh streets of Baltimore City to the Maryland State Police
and the hallowed halls of the FBI. He survived the experience with his eyes open, his soul in tact and his love for
his people undiminished by his awareness of their problems.
116 MARIA BROOM - Although nationally known as an actress for her recurring roles in HBO’s “The Wire”
and “The Corner”, Maria is also a storyteller and dancer with more than forty years of performing and teaching in
the US and across the globe. She is a Fulbright scholar and former news reporter for the ABC affiliates in Miami
and Baltimore. Currently, she is on the theater faculty at the Baltimore School for the Arts.
117 ATTORNEY LAURA W. MURPHY - As director of the Washington, D.C., office of the American Civil
Liberties Union (ACLU), Laura W. Murphy is responsible for implementing the goals of that organization in the
American legislative arena. She works to mobilize the ACLU's national membership on civil liberties matters,
supervises a 35-person staff, and generally serves as the organization's public face, appearing on television and
radio discussion programs and writing opinion pieces for numerous publications.
118 MICHAEL EUGENE JOHNSON – C.E.O. The Paul Robeson Institute. Community Activist and Civil
Rights leader and outstanding youth advisor and mentor at Northwestern Senior High School.
119 MIN LEE MICHAELS - A native of Baltimore, Maryland, is an ordained minister and is currently the
program director and Morning Show host at WCAO-Heaven 600 AM. He has his feet planted firmly in the
broadcast industry with more than two decades of experience in the industry.
120 SANDI MALLORY - Program Director/Assistant General Manager of WEAA FM, Morgan State
University Radio. Also host the show Cool Vibes for your Midday where they talk about current events, books,
medicine, politics, finance, health and play Traditional, Contemporary and Classic Jazz and Neo Soul. She
routinely does interviews on Tips to Elevate Your Career with Nat Alston and The Envirominute Report with
Morning Sunday.
121 COUNTEE Leroy Porter CULLEN – There is some disputed as to where Countee Culler was actually born,
but it is know that he was born to by parents that may have abandoned him and he was raised by his grandmother
Porter in Baltimore. Poet, anthologist, novelist, translator, children’s writer and playwright, was one of the
leading American poets of his time and one of the lights of the Harlem Renaissance.
122 MICHAEL B. MITCHELL – Politician and businessman, former City Councilman and State Senator for
the 44th Legislative District.
123 DR. KEIFFER J. MITCHELL, SR. – Gastroenterologist currently practicing. Father of Keiffer J. Mitchell,
Jr.
124 CLARENCE M. MITCHELL, IV – Politician and now radio show talk host. Former member of the House
of Delegates and Senator for the 44th Legislative District.
125 KEIFFER J. MITCHELL, JR. – Politician. Former member of the Baltimore City Council and now a
member of the House of Delegates for the 44th Legislative District.
126 ROBERT L. CURBEAN, JR. - a former American astronaut, and Captain in the United States Navy.
African-American test pilot mission specialist astronaut. Flew on STS-85, STS-98, STS-116. Upon graduation
from the U.S. Naval Academy, commenced Naval Flight Officer training in 1984. In 1986 he reported to Fighter
Squadron
127 CLIFTON R. WHARTON - The distinguished career of Clifton R. Wharton, Sr. (1899-1990) spanned
nearly four decades. In addition to becoming the first black Foreign Service Officer, Wharton was the first black
diplomat to lead an American delegation to a European country and to become an ambassador by rising through
the ranks, rather than by political appointment.
128 SEAN YOES - As a newspaper journalist, a radio show host and an aspiring filmmaker Sean Yoes
represents a media triple threat and a major threat to all negative stereotypes of Black men.
129 CLEVELAND BRISTER – Director, a retired Baltimore City government manager, has more than 30 years
experience in the planning and management of large scale public events. During his public service career, he
received numerous awards for his outstanding leadership of highly publicized events as the former AFRAM
Festival that attracted over 500,000 participants in a three-day period.
130 WILFRED "MICKEY" FIELDS - a famed jazz musician who played mostly in Baltimore nightclubs for
more than four decades, died of kidney disease Monday at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Mr. Fields, 62, played his
last gig in October at Heritage Gardens in Parkville, retiring because of failing health. Fellow musicians marveled
that he could play at all in later years
131 MICHAEL E. CRYOR – Heads the Cryor Group, LLC with 30 years of strategic communications
experience in both the public and private sectors. Former Special Assistant to former Congressman Parren J.
Mitchell and past Associate Dean at Morgan State University.
132 DE WAYNE WICKHAM - A founding member of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ),
Wickham served as president from 1987 to 1989. In 1995, Wickham led the first delegation of black columnists
to the White House for a meeting with a United States President, Bill Clinton and led them back for another
lengthy session in 1997.
133 CLARENCE T. BISHOP - Director of Congressional, Intergovernmental and Public Affairs. Bishop most
recently served as Deputy Secretary of the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development under
Gov. Martin O’Malley. He also served four years as O’Malley’s chief of staff when O’Malley was Mayor of
Baltimore.
134 REV HEBER BROWN - is blessed to serve as pastor of Pleasant Hope Baptist Church in Baltimore City,
MD. Pleasant Hope is a distinct Faith Community in North Baltimore that is dedicated to being a good neighbor
to those around us, to building up Believers as they journey with God, and to being an intentional community
within a traditional church context.
135 ARNOLD WILLIAMS - Accounting and Consulting Services Director, is a founding partner and has
over 30 years of public accounting experience. His professional career began a Legislative Auditor in
government auditing with the State of Maryland and his knowledge and expertise in the area continues
to be enhanced.
136 JOSEPH HASKINS, JR. - Chairman, President & CEO of the Harbor Bank of Maryland. This man is
better known as the president and CEO of Harbor Bankshares Corp., one of the state’s leading community-based
financial institutions. Joseph Haskins, Jr. serves as the Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer at The
Harbor Bank of Maryland . Mr. Haskins has been the Chief Executive Officer at Harbor Bankshares Corp. since
1992.
137 REV. DR. KAREN ANNETTE BETHEA - Pastor is a Wife, Mother, Pastor, Teacher, Psalmist,
Recording Artist, Apostle and Author who is known for the deliverance mantle on her life. Under her anointed
teaching and preaching, many people have been set free from past addictions, pains, wounds, lifestyles and
brought into a spiritual and wholesome lifestyle. Set the Captives Free is the name of her church.
138 REV. LEAH E WHITE - Dr. White was formerly an educator, serving in the Baltimore City Public
Schools, the Maryland State Department of Education and the New Psalmist Christian School under the pastorate
of Dr. Walter S. Thomas. Dr. White served as Administrator at New Psalmist from its inception until she retired
to devote her attention full time to the growth of Greater Faith Baptist Church.
139 REV. DR. ALFREDA LYNETTE WIGGINS - First black female pastor of the almost 200 year old,
historic John Wesley United Methodist Church in Baltimore City. First black female law-clerk bailiff, Circuit
Court of Baltimore City First black female Commissioner-District Court, State of Maryland In July, 1989, she
was appointed First black female Chaplin, Baltimore City Fire Department
140 REV. DR. PEGGY E. WALL -is making history in the African Methodist Episcopal church as the first
woman to be appointed pastor in the history of St. John AME Church, one of the leading churches in the
Baltimore area.
141 HENRIETTA VINTON DAVIS - was an American elocutionist, dramatist, and impersonator. Lady Davis
was proclaimed by Marcus Garvey to be the "greatest woman of the (African) race today". She has come to be
considered the physical, intellectual, and spiritual link between the Abolitionist movement of Frederick Douglass
and the African Redemption Movement of the UNIA-ACL and Marcus Garvey.
142 GEORGE ALEXANDER HACKETT - Was one of the founders of the Chesapeake Marine Railway and
Drydock Company, an African American owned ship building company that operated from 1855 to 1873. A coal
yard operator and former livery stable owner, Hackett is one of the most prominent Africans in Baltimore at that
time. His lobbying efforts are credited with swaying public opinion among the citizens of Maryland to defeat the
1859 Jacobs Bill.
143 MONROE FREDERICK - Touch Monroe Frederick's business card, and you touch the man's soul. On one
side, there's the usual contact information, a slogan ("Some History--Plus a Postcard, too"), and a one-line bio
("25 Years NY Area Photographer Jet Magazine"). The business is called Heritage Postcards/Tours of Maryland.
Frederick is named as chief executive officer and president.
144 REV. ARNOLD HOWARD – Pastor of Enon Baptist Church, Former Leader with the NAACP and
member of the ACLC.
145 REV. WILLIE RAY - CEO & Founder, Save Another Youth/Stop the Killing Coalition For more than 30
years Rev. Willie Ray, the founder of Save Another Youth, Inc. and Stop the Violence Coalition has held rallies
and vigils to draw attention to the senseless killings in Baltimore.
146 CARL STOKES - He managed and then owned a retail clothing store before being elected to represent the
then second district on the Baltimore City Council in 1987, ran for Mayor and later elected Councilman for the
12th District and currently serves as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of The Bluford Drew Jemison STEM
Academy, a public charter middle schooll.
147 WARREN M. BRANCH – Baltimore City Councilman representing the 13th District. In 1979 Warren
received a General Education Diploma from Calvert Education Institution, then attended Baltimore City
Community College, where he majored in Business Administration. In 1983 Warren became a Certified
Emergency Medical Technician and for over 10 years was employed by American Ambulance System.
148 BILL HENRY - Has brought a wealth of experience across the public, private, and non-profit sectors to his
job representing the Baltimore City Council’s 4th District
149 BELINDA K. CONAWAY - represents the 7th District of the Baltimore City Council. Councilwoman
Conaway sponsored legislation to extend recreation center hours during the summer. She lobbied successfully for
renovations at Ashburton Elementary/ Middle School, playground repair at Robert Coleman Elementary,
150 SCHEROD C. BARNES - is an American politician and community activist who represented the 43rd
legislative district in Baltimore, Maryland as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates. Presently chair of
the Baltimore City Democratic State Central Committee.
151 WILLIAM ‘BILL’ WELCH – Councilman replacing his mother Agnes Welch for the 9th District.
Committees: Policy and Planning, Education, Executive Appointments, Health.
152 NATHANIEL OAKS - Member of House of Delegates, 1983-89, and since January 11, 1995. Member,
Health and Government Operations Committee, 2003- (health facilities, equipment & products subcommittee,
2003-04; health insurance subcommittee, 2003-04; insurance subcommittee.
153 CHERLY GLENN - Member of House of Delegates since January 10, 2007. Deputy Majority Whip, 2011-.
Member, Environmental Matters Committee, 2007- (ground rent work group, 2007; housing & real property
subcommittee, 2007-; local government & bi-county subcommittee, 2007-10; motor vehicle & transportation
subcommittee, 2007-). Member, Fiscal Subcommittee, Baltimore City Delegation, 2007
154 FRANK M. CONAWAY, JR. - Member of House of Delegates since January 10, 2007. Member, Judiciary
Committee, 2007- (estates & trusts subcommittee, 2007-). Member, Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland, 2007
155 MELVIN STUKES - Member of House of Delegates since January 10, 2007. Member, Ways and Means
Committee, 2007- (revenues subcommittee, 2007-08, 2011-; finance resources subcommittee, 2007-;
transportation subcommittee, 2009-10). Chaplain, Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland
156 ISRAEL CASON – Founder of I Can’t We Can, Inc. Since that first house, Israel Cason has converted 72
houses and apartments into residential treatment facilities in Baltimore, part of a large therapeutic community
called I Can’t We Can. It is now one of the largest treatment networks in the city having served over 8,000 clients
since its inception.
157 RUTH M. KIRK - Member of House of Delegates, January 12, 1983 to January 12, 2011. Member,
Constitutional and Administrative Law Committee, 1983-90; Economic Matters Committee, 1991-2011 death
care industry work group; workers' compensation subcommittee, 1995-2003; real estate & housing
subcommittee.
158 VICTOR CLARK, JR. – Republican Mainstay in Baltimore City. Victor is a strong community activist
and leader and run, on the republican ticket for Mayor, City Council and in gubernatorial election. He’s been
chair of the Republican State Central Committee.
159 DR. RODNEY A. ORANGE, SR. – Longtime civil rights servant, leaders and activists. Dr. Orange has
been a strong leader and servant of the NAACP Baltimore City Branch for more than 2 decades 6 years of which
he served as Branch President.
160 WARREN A. BROWN, ESQ. – Graduated from Boston University School of Law. Since then has
represented both rich and poor, black and white, utility and innocent.
161 DR. MICHAEL ZOLLICOFFER – Pediatrician and community activist. practices adolescent medicine in
Baltimore, Maryland and Pikesville, Maryland. Dr. Zollicoffer graduated with an MD 26 years ago.
162 ADAM J. JACKSON – Adam is a senior a Towson University majoring in Interdisciplinary Studies with a
track in Social Justice. He was an active member of Towson’s history-making debate team and a member of the
Black Student Union. He was been president of a campus group, Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle, which inspired
the creation of LBS in Baltimore City. In his time at Towson, Adam has organized numerous concerts, panels,
discussions and forums for students to come learn about important issues, both on-campus and abroad.
163 DAYVON LOVE - In his time at Towson, Dayvon was a policy debater for the Towson University debate
team. In 2008, he and his partner, Devon Cooper, won the Cross Examination Debate Association (CEDA)
National Championship. This was the first time in history that an all black team won the tournament. In 2009, he
was awarded Debater of the year and top speaker at the CEDA Championship.
164 PAMELA ‘MS. MAYBELLE’ LEAK – One of Baltimore City’s top Comedians. Active with many
community activities and could be heard, “…for information purposes only” on WOLB 1010 Larry Young
Morning sharing 3 and 4 digit numbers assumed to be for the lottery.
165 RICHARD BURTON – Community Activist and leader. Actor who has appeared on a number of
television programs including The WIRE.
166 ERTHA HARRIS – Community Activist and Chair of the 1995 Million Man March Baltimore Local
Organizing Committee and subsequent Marches, Strong businesswoman and servant of all.
167 LESLIE HOWARD – Local Attorney and strong civil rights and human rights activist. General Practice,
Civil, Criminal, Bankruptcy-Chap 7&13 Family Law. DWI, DUI, Wills, Accidents, Personal Injury Workers
Comp, Real Estate, Construction, Corporations and more.
168 DR. LAMONT SMITH - Born in west Baltimore (The former Lutheran Hospital). Raised in west
Baltimore. Garrison Middle School. Mergenthaler Vo-Tech High School, UMBC, UM Pharmacy School, UM
Medical School, Residency in Emergency Medicine and Fellowship Surgical Critical Care at Shock Trauma.
Shock Trauma Attending physician for 8 years. Now Critical Care Attending at University of Pittsburgh.
169 FARAJII MUHMMAD - A son of Baltimore, Farajii has dedicated nearly a decade of his life to working
with youth in his community. He co-founded his first youth development group at age 19 and currently hosts a
news radio show that focuses on the concerns of young Baltimoreans 170 KAREN FREEMAN BURDNELL - born and raised in West Baltimore, in the neighborhood of
Mondawmin Heights, a predominantly middle-class, African-American neighborhood. She attended James
Mosher and Lemmel Elementary Schools. In 1970, she graduated from Eastern High School and went on to
become one of the first three black women undergraduates to attend Johns Hopkins University. 171 FREDERICK I. SCOTT, JR. - Among those individuals who forever changed Johns Hopkins University.
A native of Baltimore, Mr. Scott graduated from Douglass High School and applied to Johns Hopkins University
on a dare from his friends who believed he would be rejected on the basis of his race after successfully
completing the application process and scoring high on the entrance exam, Mr. Scott entered Johns Hopkins as an
undergraduate freshman on February 1, 1945.
172 ROBERT CRADLE - Cradle, a talented barber with a heart for his community, demonstrates the character
of Dr. King in all aspects of his life. In 2001, Cradle was running a successful barber shop when he realized that
he wanted his career to make more of an impact. He decided to put his skills to use and started Rob's Barbershop
Community Foundation (R.B.C.F), which provides grooming services for the homeless and children in need
throughout Baltimore.
173 TESSA HILL ASTON - City Housing Department employee and public housing activist Tessa Hill-Aston
was elected by the Baltimore branch of the NAACP and took office January 2011. Hill-Aston, who served as
Vice-President and Chair of the Freedom Fund Banquet.
174 REV. CORTLY ‘C.D.’ WITHERSPOON – Former Founder of the African American Democratic Club
Rev. Witherspoon serves as President of the Baltimore Chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
175 CLIFF WILEY - is a former American track and field athlete, who competed in the sprints events during
his career. He is best known for winning the men's 400 meters event at the 1983 Pan American Games in
Caracas. Wiley set his personal best (44.70) in the 400 meters on 21 June 1981 in Sacramento. He was the world
record holder in the 4x100-meter relay William Collins-Steve Riddick-Cliff Wiley-Steve Williams), coming from
the team's winning run of 38.03 seconds at the 1977 IAAF World Cup
176 MESHELLE FORMAN SHIELDS - nurtures her humorous side most days as a professional comedian.
“MESHELLE, ‘The Indie-Mom of Comedy,’” has been seen on Nickelodeon’s “Search for the Funniest Mom in
America,” and Martin Lawrence’s “The First Amendment Stand Up.” But, to this wife and mother of three, youth
identity is no laughing matter.
177 ALICE PINDERHUGUES, ESQ. - has been licensed to practice law in the State Alice has 35 years of
experience. She is a certified mediator, and uses both mediation techniques and her years of experience to obtain
results, working towards clients’ often-complex and varied objectives.
178 DONALD MORTON ‘DONI’ GLOVER - has been publishing news via the web and doing talk radio in
the Baltimore/DC/Virginia area on a consistent basis for more than 7 years. Also the former editor of the
Sandtown-Winchester ViewPoint Newspaper for nearly a decade, he has been featured on a number of stations
including WOLB 1010 AM, WEAA 88.9 FM, WYPR - FM, WOL 1450 AM, and 92Q FM.
179 WANDA DRAPER - In 1991, she joined WBAL-TV as public affairs manager and was promoted to
director of public affairs in 1992. In 1999, she was promoted to executive-in-charge of production. Most
recently, in 2003, she was promoted to director of programming and public affairs, making her responsible for all
of the programming aired by the station.
180 LEONARD HAMM – Became Baltimore City Police Commissioner from 2004-2007. Grew up in
Baltimore's Cherry Hill neighborhood, attended Baltimore City College and joined the Baltimore City Police
Department in 1974.[2] He would eventually rise to the rank of Lieutenant and then Major under former
commissioner Thomas Frazier becoming the Baltimore Police Department's first African American officer to
command the Central District.
181 CHARLES BERNARD WRIGHT – Past National President of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. and
tremendous recruiter and leader with the National Foundation March of Dimes. Was instrumental in recruiting
and training thousands of men into Sigmadom. Also, past Vice President of Coppin State College now
University.
182 Dr. A. Skipp Sanders - interim executive director of the Reginald F. Lewis Museum, is the son of a
Baltimore City Police officer and a factory worker. He went to work for the Maryland State Department of
Education in 1980 and in 1990 was appointed Assistant State Superintendent under Superintendent Nancy
Grasmick. After retiring from the position he then went on to become the associate superintendent of the
Baltimore Archdiocese.
183 MALAIKA-TAMU COOPER ‐ is the owner operator of Dreadz N` Headz natural hair care center located
in Baltimore Maryland. She is the pioneer of natural hair care affectionately known as the “Loc Mama”. She is
the National Golden scissors award winner for natural hair care stylist of the year in years 2002, 2003, and 2004.
Malaika’s is the founder of the Baltimore Natural Hair Care Holistic Beauty and Wearable Art tradeshow and
expose as well as Baltimore Happy Nappy day event coordinator.
184 MARVIN MC DOWELL - 7-time South Atlantic Boxing Association champion, former professional
boxer, past president of the South Atlantic Boxing Association, USA Boxing certified trainer and a member of
Maryland’s boxing hall of fame. Founder and chairman of UMAR Boxing.
185 JAMES E. WOOD, JR., M.D. - Harbor Hospital has been appointed its Chairman of the Department of
Orthopedic Surgery. Dr. Wood is board-certified by the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery. He has served as
Chief of the Division of Orthopedics at Harbor for nearly 10 years.
186 JACKIE D. CORNISH - -Druid Heights Community Development Corporation - Executive Director-CEO,
she oversaw a long list of housing redevelopment projects, including the $12 million, 80-unit Baker/Division
Town home project, the $6 million, 47- unit Charles R, Uncles Senior Plaza, and the $2 million, 14 unit
McCulloh Place project.
187 THOMAS GATEWOOD, JR. - Is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football
League. He was drafted by the New York Giants in the fifth round of the 1972 NFL Draft. He played college
football at Notre Dame.
188 WALTER DEAN - 40-year educator, Baltimore area civil rights pioneer and former member of the
Maryland House of Delegates, who implored people to learn about the world around them, broaden their life’s
horizons and reach for the tools of education;
189 ANGELA C. GIBSON – President of Epsilon Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.; elected
members of the 41st Legislative District Democratic State Central Committee & Baltimore City Mayor’s
Legislative Liaison.
190 LAWRENCE C. BELL, III – Former Baltimore City Councilman, Former Baltimore City Council
President, Radio Talk show host from Atlanta and now Baltimore City. 191 NICK MOSBY – Baltimore City Councilman representing the 7th District. Business Leader and youth
advocate. Extensive record of public service including past president of the Bolton Park Neighbors, Inc.
192 BRANDON M. SCOTT – Baltimore City Councilman representing the 2nd District. Vice Chair of Public
Safety, Recreation and Parks; Labor; Budget and Appropriations.
193
THE OBLATE SISTERS OF PROVIDENCE - is a Roman Catholic women's religious institute, founded
by Mother Mary Lange, OSP, and Rev. James Nicholas Joubert, SS in 1829 in Baltimore, Maryland for the
education of girls of African descent. It has the distinction of being the first Roman Catholic religious institute
begun for Catholic women of African descent. The congregation is also a member of the Women of Providence
in Collaboration.
194 CORY V. MCCRAY - After graduating from High School, he completed a five-year apprenticeship
program with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 24. By the age of twenty-one,
he became an accomplished business owner in the Belair-Edison community.
195 ALVIN GILLARD – Executive Director of the Baltimore City Community Relations Commission.
196 TRAE LEWIS - brings a wealth of political experience and relationships to the Arc Adaptus, LLC team.
As current President of the Baltimore Area Young Republicans Mr. Lewis has been instrumental in building a
foundation for Maryland’s Republican Party in order to bring balance to the state’s political landscape.
197 CATALINA BYRD - A Realtor turned media personality and community activist - she now seeks to break
the ties between the Democratic party and it's hold over the African-American voters of Baltimore to usher in a
new era if leadership. Her show On Point can still be heard online.
198 DEBORARH MOORE-CARTER – Labor Commissioner for the Office of the Labor Commissioner for the
City of Baltimore under Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake.
199 AGNES KANE CALLUM - Has become a distinguished figure in Maryland genealogy, publishing
numerous articles and ten books of carefully collected source records. One of them is an index of the slaves, not
just the owners, in that 1864 registry. She has traced her mother's side back to "Irish Nell," a white woman who,
against all advice, fell in love with and married a black slave around 1700.
200 HATTIE CARROLL - Using toy cane, William Billy Zantzinger 1:30 in the morning assaulted — Carroll,
a barmaid.. Carroll died 8 hours after the assault. Autopsy showed hardened arteries, enlarged heart, and high
blood pressure. Spinal tap confirmed brain hemorrhage - cause of death. She died 9a.m. Feb. 9, 1963.
Zantzinger convicted of manslaughter on August 28, 1963, tried by panel of three judges. Sentence handed down
same day of King’s I Have a Dream speech in Washington. Bob Dylan, 22 wrote a song ‘Lonesome death…’ 201 BETTY CLARK – Community Activist and leader. Elected member of the Baltimore City Democratic
State Central Committee for the 40th Legislative District. 202 NINA HARPER – Community Activist and leader. Elected member of the Baltimore City Democratic
State Central Committee for the 45th Legislative District. 203 JOYCE J. SMITH – Community Activist and leader. Elected Member of the Baltimore City Democratic
State Central Committee for the 41st Legislative District. 204 DEBORAH E. WOOLFORD – Community Activist and leader. Elected Member of the Baltimore City
Democratic Central Committee for the 40th Legislative District. 205 KANIKA FEASTER - A true entertainer and performer, Kanika has been singing, dancing, modelling,
acting and public speaking since a little girl. Kanika started her media career by covering interviews with local
politicians for media company Bmore News. DEBORAH MOORE-CARTER – Labor Commissioner for the
Baltimore City Office of the Labor Commissioner. 206 DEBORAH MOORE-CARTER – Labor Commissioner for the Baltimore city Office of the Labor
Commissioner under Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake. 207 NATALIE ESTELLE - A former competitive figure skater and National Skating medalist in Freestyle,
began skating when she was 5 and continued into her sophomore year in college. Natalie has been featured on the
cover of the sports section of the Baltimore Sun and on Coffee with on WJZ.
208 MARY J. DEMORY – Outstanding community servant and leader with National Coalition of 100 Black
Women and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. 209 MICHELE MC NEILL-EMERY – Outstanding community servant and leader with National Coalition of
100 Black Women and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. 210 KARENTHIA A. BARBER – Community Activist and Leader. Elected member of the Baltimore City
Democratic Central Committee for the 43rd District. 211 SHARON PINDER - President and Chief Executive Officer of The Pinder Group, brings energy and
commitment to her work. Pinder leverages decades of business development, marketing and technology
experience to provide services to the private, public, educational and non-profit sectors.
212 MARSHALL T. GOODWIN – Chief of Police – Baltimore City Public School System and former Member
of the House of Delegates for the 40th District.
213 REV. DR. ALFRED C. D. VAUGHN - Senior Pastor of the Historic Sharon Baptist Church of Baltimore,
Maryland began his ministry in Moneta, Virginia at the Promise Land Baptist Church. In 1968 God lead him
back to his native roots of Baltimore Maryland to pastor Grace Memorial Baptist Church, where he remained
until he accepted the call of leadership to go back to his home church Sharon Baptist Church in 1986.
Concurrently, he served as interim pastor to several churches on the East Coast. He has also served as the Interim
President and Chairman of the board to Virginia Seminary and College where he graduated from. His
outstanding service in this nation has earned him national recognition from three great institutions in June of
2006. The Hampton University Minister’s Conference, Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African
American History and Culture, and the Afro American Newspaper honored him as a “Living Legend”. He is the
only person to have served as president of the Baptist Ministers Conference eight terms.
214 LEA GILMORE - is a blues, gospel and jazz singing civic activist who has lent her voice, literally and
figuratively, to advocacy for the underserved of the world and made a huge difference. A former deputy director
of the American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland and Program Director for the Association of Baltimore Area
Grantmakers, in addition Gilmore has testified before local, state and federal commissions on issues ranging from
immigration laws to the civil rights and liberties of women of color.
215 REV. NAOMI C. DURANT - Her Grace, Archbishop Naomi C. Durant, a native Baltimorean, is truly a
messenger sent by God to proclaim the Gospel. She serves the congregation of the New Refuge Deliverance
Cathedral, Inc.
216 REV. DR. JOHN LUNN ‐ is a multi-faceted educator with the unique ability to teach on many different
levels. He is a much sought after seminary and workshop leader known throughout the city of Baltimore,
nationwide and even internationally, having spoken the word as far away as the Bahamas. He is currently on the
academic staff of St. Mary's Seminary and University.
217 GRANDMA EDNA LAWRENCE – Griot, educator and longstanding community activist. She not only
fights for her children in the Baltimore City School System, but is a consistently speaks for and on behalf of all
children. Additionally, she stays consistently active with civil and human rights issue affecting everyone.
218 JANICE CURTIS GREENE - She is a wife and mother of three grown sons. She recently retired from the
position of Branch Chief in the Office of Systems at the Social Security Administration Headquarters in
Woodlawn, MD after 35years of service. Mrs. Greene is an accomplished storyteller, a Griot. She has been
telling African, African American and Multicultural stories for over 20 years.
219 SAMUEL T. DANIELS - a local leader in the civil rights movement who championed African-American
business enterprise and led the Prince Hall Masons for nearly four decades, Mr. Daniels had retired in 1989 after
more than 20 years as executive director of the Baltimore Council for Equal Business Opportunity, a private
organization that encouraged black participation in business. He was also a past grand master of the 5,000member Prince Hall Lodge, an African-American Masonic organization.
220 LETICIA A. FITTS She graduated from Morgan State University with a B.S. in Psychology. She was
briefly a rehabilitation counselor. She worked for the Baltimore City Public School System as a teacher and
Reading Specialist. She has taught at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. In 2003, she received her
M.A. Degree in Education with a Reading concentration from the College of Notre Dame of Maryland. She has
written African American centered literacy curriculums.
221 BISHOP REGINALD LAMONT KENNEDY. From the moment he preached his inaugural gospel
message at the tender age of 11, this anointed man of God has touched and is touching hundreds of lives as a
highly sought-after preacher, teacher, keynote speaker, lecturer and seminar leader in the religious and business
communities. Gospel Tabernacle Baptist Church, located in the heart of Baltimore’s inner city, acknowledges
that God sent this young pastor to them nineteen years ago knowing the future and heightened level of ministry
upon which they would embark together.
222 DR. PHILIP J. MERRILL is a nationally recognized expert in African American history and material
culture. His specialties include African American historical research, oral history and collecting and interpreting
cultural artifacts. An appraiser with the PBS television show Antiques Roadshow for six years, he lectures
extensively on African American history.
223 REV. JOHNNY N. GOLDEN, SR. - In November 1994, Rev. Golden was called to the pastorate of the
New Unity Baptist Church. A Visionary Leader and a true “People′s Person,” both attributes are evidenced in his
love of youth and his considerable concern for seniors. His loving care for the congregation at large has endeared
people to pastor, and pulpit to pew.
224 JAMES’ DICKEY’ KELLY – Former Dunbar High School Basketball Player with the 1965 MSA
Championship. Led the nation in 1973 at Bay College averaging 40 points a game as a sophomore to lead the
nation’s junior colleges.
225 JAMES SCHLOSS FUGGETT, JR. – Former professional American football tight end in the NFL. Played
eight seasons fro 1972-1979 for the Dallas Cowboys and Washington Redskins and was selected to the Pro Bowl
after the 1977 season.
226 REV. DR. PARIS J. EVANS – Vice President and Religions Affairs Chair for the National Action Network
Greater Baltimore Chapter. CEO/Founder of H.G. Ministries – International Funeral Planners LLC.
227 Carmena F. Watson – House of Delegates, Legislative District 44(D) 1996-1999. Harlem Park
Neighborhood Council; Total Health Care, Inc.; Citizens Democratic Action Organization; Harlem Park Trust, St
Pius V Housing Committee and Harlem Park/Lafayette Square Village Center.
228 DR. REBECCA E. CARROLL – Retired city schools deputy superintendent who wrote eloquently about
segregated Baltimore and racism. Began career as an elementary school teacher and ended as the second in
command of the entire system.
229 CARLOS JOHNSON - is an alto saxophonist and singer who played a role in Baltimore jazz. Johnson's
career began after joining the Bim Bam Boom Trio in the late 1960s, with Cornell Muldrow, an organist. He later
worked with Damita Jo DuBlanc, Ella Fitzgerald, Roy Ayers, Lena Horne, Count Basie, Stevie Wonder, Ray
Charles and Chuck Jackson
230 MARCUS ‘STRIDER’ DENT - As a young man he returned to the City as an original member of the
Guardian Angels during their first incarnation in Baltimore in the early 1980s. Before restarting the present Angel
chapter he has volunteered his time with a variety of organizations. He served as Director of the Tao Chuan Po
Kung Fu School in Essex where he volunteered to work with at-risk youth Because of his work and dedication he
was inducted into the World Christian Martial Arts Hall of Fame in 1996.
231 LONNIE C. SPRUILL, JR. – Longtime community activist and leader both in the communities in which he
has lived, but also on the campus of what was then Morgan State College (University, now). Lonnie’s leadership
was and is so noteworthy that he is one of the illustrious Founders of Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc. founded on
the campus of Morgan State University in 1963.
232 MICHAEL PENNY CARTER – A lifetime public school and community activist who had been director of
family and community engagement for the Baltimore City Public School System. Was counselor for Justice
Resources, Inc. and later worked in a similar capacity at the Franklin Square Red Shield Boy Club while he also
coached basketball. He once wrote ‘…education is the key to a productive life and it will always stand as the
great equalizer to the inequality and inequity that exist in our modern day society.’
“The purpose of this document is for
us to share it with youth and young
adults. We hope that they will have
an appreciation of the outstanding
sheroes and heroes born in Baltimore
City.
Finally, we pray that our leaders of
today and tomorrow will try to
emulate the great service rendered and
success had by one or more of these
individuals.”
‘Doc’ Cheatham
Be Concerned, Get Involved & Stay
“Committed”