Mr. Barboza promotes the cause on the editorial pages of The Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, New York Times and elsewhere.  The piece connects the Marian Anderson incident in 1939 and his aunt’s struggles between 1980 and 1984 to the need for the memorial and the symbolism of the site on the Mall.

“When the pressure became too great, and the DAR was prepared to accept Ferguson into a local chapter, she refused to join unless they would agree to bar discrimination in membership…and identify each and every black soldier who served in the American Revolution and publish their names.”

 

-- Maurice A. Barboza, Founder