Thomas E. Miller - 3030 W. Harrison St.
         Miller (1849-1938) was a lawyer who became a U.S. Congressman in 1889, a position
         he held for two years.

Irvin C. Mollison - 4415 S. King Drive
          Mollison, born in Chicago, became the first Black to be appointed as judge of the
          Customs Court in 1945.

Anthony Overton- 221 E. 49th St., 4935 S. Indiana Ave.
          Overton (1864-1946) was an ex-slave, who graduated from law school, became a
           banker, judge, newspaper publisher and entrepreneur. His businesses were very
           important  to the development of the African American community  of  Chicago.
 
Walter Payton
 

Adam Clayton Powell - 7530 S. Shore Dr.
           Powell (1908-1960) was elected to the New York City Council in 1940, and the U.S.
           Congress in 1945, where he served until his death in 1960. He also succeeded his
           father as minister of the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem.