the East Coast's largest African American museum occupying an 82,000 square-foot facility with permanent and special exhibition space, interactive learning environments, auditorium, resource center, oral history recording studio, museum shop, café, classrooms, meeting rooms, outside terrace and reception areas. It highlights the history and accomplishments of African Americans with a special focus on Maryland's African American community. The museum is also a Smithsonian affiliate. Lewis was counsel to the New York-based Commission for Racial Injustice. Death Lewis died at age 50, from brain cancer. His wife, Loida Nicolas Lewis took over the company a year after his death. Personal life Lewis was married to Loida Nicolas Lewis, a Filipina lawyer. They had two daughters, Leslie and Christina. Lewis was Catholic. A PBS documentary aired in February 2018 and chronicled the life of Lewis. References External links Reginald F. Lewis official website Reginald F. Lewis Museum of African American Culture & History Reginald F. Lewis Fellowship - Harvard The Lewis College Reginald F. Lewis High School - Baltimore Reginald F. Lewis Fan Club Articles Reg Lewis, TLC Beatrice international Often Said Afrocentricnews - TLC Beatrice to Liquidate http://articles.latimes.com/1989-09-13/business/fi-2062_1_mccall-pattern Books Amazon.com: Books: "Why Should White Guys Have All the Fun?": How Reginald Lewis Created a Billion-Dollar Business Empire https://www.amazon.com/America-Wrong-Donald-L-Barlett/dp/0836270010/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1347210532&sr=1-1&keywords=america+what+went+wrong Amazon.com: Books: Reginald F. Lewis Before TLC Beatrice: The Young Man Before The Billion-Dollar Empire, by Lin Hart https://www.amazon.com/Reginald-Lewis-Before-Beatrice-Billion-Dollar/dp/0985347929/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1452631776&sr=8-1&keywords=Reginald+F.+Lewis+Before+TLC+Beatrice 1942 births 1993 deaths African-American businesspeople American chief executives of food industry companies African-American lawyers African-American non-fiction writers American businesspeople in retailing American business writers American financiers American grocers American manufacturing businesspeople American real estate businesspeople Businesspeople from Maryland American drink industry businesspeople Deaths from brain cancer in the United States Harvard Law School alumni Maryland lawyers Businesspeople from Baltimore Virginia State University alumni Virginia State Trojans football players 20th-century American non-fiction writers 20th-century American businesspeople Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison people 20th-century American lawyers 20th-century African-American writers African-American Catholics