HISTORIC West Woodlawn - A Wonderful Walkable Village

Click on the images below to access a short biography of the honored ancestor as well as the living luminary who is paired with them

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Katherine Dunham (Choreographer)

Christina Rice (Mentor)

Richard Hunt (Sculptor)

Gerald Williams (Painter)

Carl Hansberry (Political Activist)

Terrance Miller (Community Organizer)

Gwendolyn Brooks (Author)

Carmella Muhammad (Healer)

Lorraine Hansberry (Playwright)

Dorothy Leavell (Publisher)

Earl Neal (Statesman)

Naomi Davis (Transformer)

Samuel B. Fuller (Industrialist)

Sandra Bivens (Organizer)

Jewel Lafontant (Stateswoman)

Jennifer Maddox (Protector)