Oscar DePriest - 140 S. Central Ave.
          DePriest (1871-1951) was the first Black Congressman of the 20th century, taking
          his seat in 1930.  He was also the first African American member of the Chicago
         City Council.
          
Nathaniel R. Dett - 2306 W. Maypole Ave.
          Dett (1882-1943) was a great composer and arranger who was a great choral leader.

Frederick Douglas - 543 N. Waller Ave.
          Douglas (1871-1895) was an ex-slave and abolitionist who founded The North Star
          newspaper. He was an orator of great acclaim and an advocate for women's rights.

Dr. Charles R. Drew - 9300 S. Princeton Ave.
           Drew (1904-1950) headed the Freedman's Hospital in Washington, D.C. and was
           founder of the blood plasma banks for the International Red Cross.

William Burghardt DuBois - 330 E. 133rd St.
          DuBois (1868-1963) was an internationally acclaimed educator, historian, sociologist
           and political activist.  He was founder of the NAACP and leader of the Pan African
           movement. He died in Ghana, West Africa, where he is buried.

 Alexander Dumas - 6650 S. Ellis Ave., 6615 S. Kenwood Ave.
          Dumas (1802-1870) published over 200 works, includung The Three Muskateers and
           the Count of Monte Cristo. He was also a newspaper publisher.

Jean Baptist Pointe DuSable - 4934 S. Wabash
            DuSable (1745-1818) was from Haiti and settled in Chicago in 1772. His cabin and
            trading station was built on the north bank of the Chicago River.

Edward (Duke) Ellington - 224 N. Central Ave.
           Ellington (1899-1974) Over six thousand tunes were written by "Duke" Ellington,
           including jazz and religious compositions, broadway hits and motion picture scores.
           His  legendary music is played around the world and he  performed in every
          major country of the world.
 
Medgar Evers - 9811 S. Lowe Ave.
           Evers (1925-1963) was a staff member of the NAACP and the only full-time staff
            worker in Mississippi during the early civil rights movement. His dedicated work in
            the civil rights movement was a threat to many and in 1963, he was brutally
            assassinated.

Marcus Garvey - 10309 S. Morgan St.
           Garvey (1887-1940) was born in Jamaica and came to the U.S. in 1916. He founded
             the Universal Negro Improvement Association (U.N.I.A.) which became one of the
             largest mass movements in the history of the United States. In 1923, some six
             million persons were members of the U.N.I.A.

Frank Gillespie - 9301 S. State St.
         Gillespie (1876-1925) was founder of the Liberty Life Insurance Co. in 1919. This
          company became the Supreme Life Insurance Co., located in Chicago.

Elaine O. Goodlow - 2040 W. 62nd St.
          Goodlow (1931-1977) was a dedicated and successful teacher in the Chicago Public
          Schools. She worked at Marshall and Harper High Schools.

Wendell E. Green - 1150 W. 96th St.
          Green (1887-1959) was an attorney and the first African American to become a
          circuit court  judge in Cook County. He was a graduate of  the University of
          Chicago Law School and a Board member of Provident Hospital.