Adrienne Gaither

"Founder" of the West End Neighborhood.

Abolistionist.
School in West End named after him.
School no longer exists. 

Wrote O Captain My Captain in while living in the West End Neighborhood.

Longstanding Brewery in DC of the West End Neighborhood.

Abolitionist.
Opened the Normal School for Colored Girls.
Teacher of Emma V Brown who became one of the first black public school teachers in DC. 

Historian and Pan- African Activist. 
Grew up in the West End- went to Stevens School.

Inventor - blood transfusions. 
Grew up in the West End- went to Stevens School.

Singer. Actress. Activist.
Had a condo in the West End. 

Renowed Jazz musician.
Born in the West End.

Disk Jockey. TV Personality. Social Justice Commentator. Activist.
rew up in the West End- went to Stevens School.

Columnist. Historian.
rew up in the West End- went to Stevens School.

Historian. First full-time African American Professor@ GW.
First African American woman to obtain a PHd from Harvard University in History. 

Supreme Court Justice. Activist. 
2nd women to be appointed to supreme court, advanced women's rights.
Lives at Watergate.