was noted to have said of her, "I'd rather have the devil after me than Mrs. Jackson. Give her what she wants." Ultimately, her efforts built the Baltimore NAACP into the largest branch of the organization in the United States with a peak membership of 17,600. Death and legacy Jackson died from a myocardial infarction and was interred at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Baltimore. Jackson's will called for the home she lived in for twenty-two years, 1320 Eutaw Place in Baltimore, to be turned into a museum. As the only museum named after a woman and the only civil rights museum in the state of Maryland, it serves as a repository of civil rights artifacts including documents, framed memorabilia and household furnishings. Prominent amongst these was a life-sized photo of Jackson with Rosa Parks just inside the building's entrance. Upon its 1976 opening the museum enjoyed a modest flow of visitors. By mid 1990 its maintenance had become untenable to the extent that the structure was no longer viable as a museum. In 1997 Morgan State University took responsibility for the facility and as curators placed its contents in storage. The facility then became dormant, awaiting sufficient matching funds to put in use a grant which was received from the state of Maryland. A re-opening of the museum is currently planned for June 2016. In 1986, Jackson was posthumously inducted into the Maryland Women's Hall of Fame. Bibliography Hathaway, Phyllis. "Lillie May Jackson," Notable Maryland Women, ed. Winifred G. Helmes (Maryland: Tidewater Publishers, 1977), 187-191. Williams, Juan. Thurgood Marshall: American Revolutionary. New York: Random House, 1998. Davis, Michael D. and Clark, Hunter R. Thurgood Marshall: Warrior At The Bar, Rebel On The Bench. New York: Carol Publishing Group, 1992. Aldred, Lisa. Thurgood Marshall: Supreme Court Justice. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1990. Hughes, Langston. Fight For Freedom: The Story of the NAACP. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1962. 176-179. References External links Baltimore City Paper Online "Charmed Life: Mother Figure" by Tom Chalkley Dr Lillie May Carroll Jackson (1889 - 1975) - Find A Grave Memorial Mitchell Family of Civil Rights Activists Gives Papers to Library (March 24, 1997) - Library of Congress Information Bulletin: Political pioneers: Mitchell family's influence resonates in Baltimore and beyond Lillie Carroll Jackson (1889-1975) Baltimore Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Baltimore Sun bio African-American activists Burials at