The sites were chosen by the African American Heritage Trail Advisory Commitee: HONORARY CO-CHAIRS The Honorable Anthony Williams, DC Mayor, 1999-2007 The Honorable Linda Cropp, DC Councilmember, 1990-2006 The Honorable Eleanor Holmes Norton, DC Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives, 1991 to present COMMITTEE MEMBERS Dr. Thomas C. Battle, Director, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University Roxanna Deane, Change Agent, D.C. Public Library Sandra Fitzpatrick, co-author, The Guide to Black Washington Maria Goodwin, co-author, The Guide to Black Washington Francine Henderson, former curator for Africana Library Development, Special Collections, Gelman Library, The George Washington University Anthony Hood, Vice-Chair, Zoning Commission Eugene D. Kinlow, Executive Director, Washington East Foundation Dr. Gail S. Lowe, Historian, Research Department, The Smithsonian's Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History and Culture Honorable Alexander M. Padro, Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner for the Shaw Area Rohulamin Quander, Administrative Law Judge, District of Columbia Janet Lee Ricks, Vice Chair, History Committee, Mount Zion United Methodist Church Harry Robinson, President, Robinson Group Ed Smith, Chair, American Studies Department, American University Frank Smith, Founder and Director of the African American Civil War Memorial Freedom Foundation James T. Speight, Jr., First Chair, DC Historic Preservation Review Board Bob Stanton, Director Emeritus, National Park Service Dreck Spurlock Wilson, Architectural Historian Dr. Marya Annette McQuirter, Historian and Project Director Jane Freundel Levey, Historian and Director of Publications, Cultural Tourism DC, Inc. Kathryn S. Smith, Historian and Executive Director, Cultural Tourism DC, Inc. |