M Street Voices

M Street built leaders who transformed a nation. Today, that legacy lives through civic pioneers, direct descendants, and the young people who are carrying it forward.

Anna Julia CooperM Street Principal and TeacherPhD sociologist, feminist author, and scholar of Black intellectual life.Chyann WickerM Street Youth Advisory CouncilStudent advocate who leads with voice and action.Carter G. WoodsonM Street TeacherFather of Black History; Harvard PhD who made February matter.Ryann SpiveyM Street Youth Advisory CouncilBrings people together and shines light on untold narratives.Charles H. HoustonM Street StudentArchitect of Brown v. Board; trained Thurgood Marshall to dismantle segregation.Kyree WilliamsM Street Youth Advisory CouncilHungry to lead and make change in his community.Nellie QuanderM Street StudentFounded Alpha Kappa Alpha; fought for suffrage and racial equalityJudge R. QuanderM Street Project Poster Contemporary LeaderJudge and historian who traced 350 years of family legacy; descendant of M Street graduatesHillyard RobinsonM Street StudentFirst Black Columbia architecture graduate; designed Tuskegee Airbase and public housing that became a national modelMarnique HeathM Street Project Poster Contemporary LeaderArchitect and community leader advancing civic stewardship through designSadie T. M. AlexanderM Street StudentFirst Black woman PhD in economics; first to practice law in PennsylvaniaLailan Fells-WatsonM Street Youth Advisory CouncilLeads with calm determination, even when it's uncomfortable.Mary Church TerrellM Street FacultyCo-founded NAACP and NACW; first Black woman on a major city school board.George Lacy, Jr.M Street Center Board PresidentAttorney and civil rights advocate whose father graduated from M Street in 1915.George Lacy, Sr.M Street StudentFirst Lieutenant, 369th Harlem Hellfighters; pioneering Black prosecutor