Father of Ben O. Davis Jr; commander of the World War II Tuskegee airmen. (No address found) Hon. Oscar De Priest – First Black congressmen after reconstruction, lived here for his three terms in office. (419 U Street) Paul Laurence Dunbar – Black poet laureate and Howard University alumnus. (321 U Street) Duke Ellington – jazz legend, lived in the neighborhood with his family during his early childhood. (420 Elm Street) Major Christian Fleetwood – One of the first Blacks to be awarded the Medal of Honor. (319 U Street) Julia West Hamilton – Civic leader and member of N.A.C.W. (320 U Street) Rev. Jesse Jackson – Civil rights activist and founder of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition. (Corner of Fourth & T Streets) Ernest Everett Just – Professor in biology, researcher in biogenetics with significant contributions to zoology and biogenetics. (412 T Street) Doctor Harriet (Hattie) Riggs – A black educator from Calais, Maine, who taught at the M Street High School, lived at this location. Although Dr. Riggs earned her medical degree in 1892 from Howard University, she never practiced medicine. (418 T Street NW) Dr. Jesse Lawson and Dr. Anna J. Cooper – Both prominent educators who founded Frelinghuysen University to educate Blacks working-class adults. Lawson also was a Lawyer (Howard University Law, 1881) who advocated for the rights of poor D.C. residents. (201 T Street) Willis Richards – Prominent playwright credited with having the first serious play to be performed on Broadway. (512 U Street) Mary Church Terrell – Heiress and activist for civil rights and woman's suffrage. (326 T Street, National Historic Landmark) Walter Washington – the first mayor of DC elected under home rule. (408 T Street) Clarence Cameron White – A prominent ]educator in fine arts and Howard alumni (No address found) Dr. Garnet C. Wilkinson – Superintendent of Colored Schools during segregation. (406 U Street) Octavius Augustus Williams – U.S. Capitol barber and first Black to move into LeDroit Park in 1893 (338 U Street) John W. Garland - Former president of Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio. (near the corner of 6th and U Streets) References External links LeDroit Park Civic Association Left for LeDroit, neighborhood blog LeDroit Park African American Heritage Trail Rare 1880 Plan of LeDroit Park Why Is It Named LeDroit Park? 1907 Map of LeDroit Park and Bloomingdale Neighborhoods in Northwest (Washington, D.C.) Historic districts on the National Register