The Digital Museum
The Portrait Gallery
Every figure below hangs in the market, each with a QR code plaque that links directly to their page. Can't visit today? Browse the full collection here.
Public Service & Politics Barbara Jordan
Congresswoman, Orator & Houston Icon
1936 – 1996
Education & Leadership Booker T. Washington
Educator & Institution Builder
1856 – 1915
Freedom & Abolition Frederick Douglass
Orator, Statesman & Abolitionist Leader
1818 – 1895
Freedom & Abolition Harriet Tubman
Abolitionist & Conductor of the Underground Railroad
1822 – 1913
Civil Rights & Journalism Ida B. Wells
Journalist, Investigator & Crusader for Justice
1862 – 1931
Business & Enterprise Madam C. J. Walker
Entrepreneur & Philanthropist
1867 – 1919
Business & Enterprise Maggie L. Walker
Banker & Civic Leader
1864 – 1934
Civil Rights & Scholarship W. E. B. Du Bois
Scholar, Author & Civil Rights Pioneer
1868 – 1963