Mount Vernon Square in Northwest Washington in Washington, District of Columbia — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Washington, DC Walk of Fame

Washington, DC Hall of Fame Society

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1. Washington, DC Hall of Fame Society Marker

Inscription.
Inauguration of the Washington, DC Walk of Fame by the Honorable Muriel Bowser, Mayor
April 2020
Janette Hoston Harris (Founder) • Rudolph Harris • Malcolm E. Beech • L. Jeannette Mobley • Morris Hawkins • Mohamed El Khawas • Annette C. Jones • Chester Higgins • Vincent B. Orange, Sr. • Lelia Wyatt Brown • Pierpont Mobley • Gwynette Lacey • Barbara C. Milner • Levin Lee • Helen V. Tate

Chartered in 1998 to recognize significant contributions of local citizens
Patricia W. Morris • Mildred K. Ellis • James L. Jones • John Hechinger, Sr. • William Henry "Stud" Green • Joseph C. Cooke • Patricia Davidson • Mitch Snyder • Marine F. Singer • Patricia Roberts Harris • Hilda Howland M. Mason • Rev. Lewis M. Anthony • Carter G. Woodson • Jack H. Oldender
Class of 2000
Ralph Waldo "Petey" Greene • Mortimer Charles Lebowitz • Ben & Virginia Ali • Bishop Smallwood E. Williams • Rev. Edgar L. Williams, Sr. • John A. Koskinen • Paul Phillips Cooke • Ruth Hankins-Neshitt • Pearl Bailey • Doris Winifred Jones • Wilhelmina Jackson Rolark • Robert C. "Bobby" Mitchell • Mary Church Terrell • Jim Vance • W. Lester Henry • Billy

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Taylor • Russell D. Simmons
Class of 2001
Winnifred Coward Lee • Lucille Banks Robinson Miller • B. Doyle Mitchell • William S. "Turk" Thompson, Sr. • Simeon S. Booker • Georgette Seabrooke Powell • N. Joyce Payne • Frederick Chapman Green • William B. Bryant • Eddie N. Williams • Charles R. Drew • Lloyd Smith • Rev. Leon G. Lipscombe • William V. "Willie" Woods • Richard "Dick" Gregory • Warren K. Ashe • Marvin Gaye • Pamela Churchill Harriman
Class of 2002
Dorothy Irene Height • Leonard "Lenny" Ford • Norma L. Holloway Johnson • Cardozo Sisters • Barry F. Scher • Vivian W. Pinn • Denyce Graves • Patrick Ellis • Peggy Cooper Cafritz • Gilbert Hahn, Jr. • Gladys W. Mack • Todd Duncan • Sam Gilliam • H. Carl Moultrie • Michael McLeese • Margaret B. Stewart • George R. Carruthers
Class of 2003
Fred Valentine • Theodore Hagans • Vera M. White • Julia P. Marshall • Charles H. Atherton • Jerry Phillips • Margie Scott Word • Alfred L. Goldson • Eugene N. Hamilton • Kimi Gray • Zaki Sherif • Kent Amos • Lacey C. Wilson, Jr. • Rev. Ernest R. Gibson • Julia P. Cooper Mack • Rev. James O. West, Jr.
Class of 2004
William & Velma

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2. Washington, DC Hall of Fame Society Marker

Johnson • Jesse L. Bemley • Carl T. Rowan, Sr. • Charles H., Jr. & Roselyn Payne Epps • Charles H. Wesley • William Rasperry • Chester A. Higgins, Sr. • Joseph Hairston • Charlotte Chapman • Delores Kendrick • Elaine R. Jones • Hon. Sharon Pratt • Rev. A. Knighton Stanley • Barbara Talbert Jackson • Katherine "Kay" Meyer Graham • Cathy Hughes • A. Jose' Jones
Class of 2005
Arphelius Paul Gattling • James "JB" Brown • Hugh B. Price • Theresa Howe Jones • Joesph E. Roberts, Jr. • Bette L. Catoe • C. DeLores Tucker • Eleanor W. Traylor • Charles I. Bryant • Harry G. Robinson, III • Lorriane Anderson Williams • Rev. Dr. David Durham • Marilyn Tyler Brown • Rev. John W. Wimberly, Jr. • Robert "Bob" Headen • Susan Kidd • Vera Majett • Roland B. Scott
Class of 2006
Bruce Johnson • Camille Akeju • Frank P. Bolden • Howard G. Politzer • Maudine R. Cooper • Ronald C. Clark • Patricia McGuire • William Thomas "Keter" Betts • Rev. Dr. Cain Hope Felder • Barbara Lett Simmons • Paul S. Devrouax, Jr. • Allie B. Latimer • Harry L. Thomas, Sr. • Iraline Green Barnes • Joe Madison • Maria Tukevs
Class of 2007
William & Sharon Murphy • Charles

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3. Washington, DC Hall of Fame Society Marker

I. Cassell • Dorothy Butler Gilliam • Linda Cropp • Lou Stovall • Shelvie A.I. McCoy • Mary A. Gooden Terrell • William Earle Matory • Lucille W. Hester • John Dallas Bussey • Rev. Frank D. Tucker • Effie Slaughter Barry • Frances L. Murphy, II
Class of 2008
Barbara B. Lang • Bishop Samuel C. Madison • Elliott S. Hall • Warren James Studwick, Sr. • Lucille Adams-Campbell • Maureen Bunyan • Geralyn Clark Wicker • Anthony Gittens • Maurice Jackson • Jacqueline C. "JC" Hayward • William Henry Ramsey, Sr. • Garnett Elmer Wood • Rose Harper • Chuck Brown • Robert Dibble • Yetta Galiber
Class of 2009
Rev. Dr. C. Henry Gregory, III • Apostle Betty P. Peebles • Paul Milton Washington
Class of 2010
Bernice Hammond Jackson • Albert "Butch" Hopkins • Frank Smith, Jr. • Denise Rolark Barnes • Courtland Cox • Dorothy Pierce McSweeny • Rev. Ronald K. Austin • Princess D. Whitfield • Mason L. Clark • Gwendolyn Mayo Kurtz • Annice M. Wagner • Lorraine C. Miller • Addison Barry Rand • Samuel Edward McCoy
Class of 2011
Deryl McKissack • F. Alexis H. Roberson • Eddie Saah • Samuel L. E. Bonds • Romaine B. Thomas • Barbara Harrison • Rufus

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4. Washington, DC Hall of Fame Society Marker

G. King, III • Rev. Dr. Bernard L. Richardson • Constance Barry Newman • Lewis W. Marshall, Jr. • Willie "Stew" Stewart, Jr. • Marti Jett
Class of 2012
William Francis McSweeny, Jr. • Iola Y. Williams • Douglas H. Wheeler • Barron H. Harvey • Sandra H. Robinson • Paul J. Cohn • Hon. Eleanor Holmes Norton • Marshall E. Purnell • Rev. Dr. Morris L. Sherin • Edward Hill, Jr.
Class of 2013
Rev. Dr. Canon Michele V. Hagans • Lionell Thomas • Arthur L. Burnett, Sr. • Deborah Shore • Ronald L. Ausbrooks • Andres Roan • Hon. Anthony A. Williams • Wanda A. Oates • Leonard A. Upson • Rev. Dr. Cheryl J. Sanders • Patricia Grace Smith
Class of 2014
Rev. Willie F. Wilson • Beverly L. Perry • Anthony S. Fauci • E. Ethelbert Miller • Charlene Drew Jarvis • Donald L. Hense • Celia J. Maxwell • Donald M. Temple • Marie C. Johns • Earl W. Stafford • Craig T. Welburn • Sanya Tyler • Robin Holden
Class of 2015
Pedro Alfonso • Cora Masters Barry • Ralph H. Neal • Evelyn Woolson May • John L. Ray • Sam Ford • Brian & Ruth Hamilton • Joseph R. Robinson • Kevin P. Chavous • Vinna L. Freeman • Aprille Joy Ericsson
Class of 2016
Davey S.

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5. Washington, DC Hall of Fame Society Marker

Yarborough • Robert "Bob" Nixon • Douglas Jemal • Bruce D. Bradford • Joslyn Williams • Aisha Karimah • William R. "Billy" Martin • Terry Lynch • Sharon Malone • Carol Schwartz • Maurice R. Sykes
Class of 2017
Edwina "Saymendy" Lloyd • Kojo Nnamdi • Anita Josey-Herring • Vincent B. Orange, Sr. • Franklin L. Smith • Gina Adams • Donnie Simpson • Molly Smith • Rev. H. Lionel Edmonds • Edwin J. Nichols • Michael F. Jacobson • Patricia B. Briscoe
Class of 2018
Jan Adams • Janette Hoston Harris • Joe Davidson • Julianne Malveaux • Kerwin E. Miller • Rev. Dr. Barbara Williams-Skinner • Stephen Joel Trachtenberg • Charles "Chuck" Hicks • Therrell C. Smith • John Robinson • Samuel G. Wilson
Class of 2019
Anas "Andy" Shallal • Franklyn M. Malone • Milton Coleman • Kelsey E. Collie • Pierpont M. and L. Jeannette Mobley • Sonia Gutierrez • Alfred C. Liggins, III • Barbara J. Hatcher • Clive O. Callender • John F. Tatum Sr. • Wesley S. Williams Jr.
Class of 2020

Erected 2020 by Washington, DC Hall of Fame Society.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Charity & Public Work • Roads & Vehicles. A significant historical year for this entry is 1998.

Location. 38° 54.135′ N,

Washington, DC Walk of Fame image. Click for full size.

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6. Washington, DC Walk of Fame

77° 1.429′ W. Marker is in Northwest Washington in Washington, District of Columbia. It is in Mount Vernon Square. It is at the intersection of K Street Northwest and 9th Street Northwest, on the left when traveling east on K Street Northwest. The Walk of Fame shows in two sections beginning at the corner of 9th and K Streets; the second section starts at 9th Street and Allen Y. Lew Place Northwest. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 875 K St NW, Washington DC 20001, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Washington Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Upper South,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in the Tidewater,

and in the Chesapeake Bay Region.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: A different marker also named For the Working People (about 300 feet away); Central Public Library (about 300 feet away); Words and Deeds (about 600 feet away); Roots of Saint Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral / Remembering "the Village"

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(approx. 0.2 miles away); The Place to Shop (approx. 0.2 miles away); Asbury United Methodist Church (approx. 0.2 miles away); a different marker also named Asbury United Methodist Church (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Northern Baptist Convention (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Northwest Washington.

Other markers no longer nearby. For the Working People (was about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line but has been replaced with another marker now near it); a different marker also named Asbury United Methodist Church (was approx. 0.2 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Additional commentary.
1. About the Washington, DC Walk of Fame
As of 2025, the final year of inductees is from the year 2020.

— Submitted November 9, 2025, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.

Credits. This page was last revised on November 9, 2025. It was originally submitted on November 9, 2025, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 145 times since then and 71 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on November 9, 2025, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.