Washington D.C.

She was the co-host of “All Things Considered” in the 1970s and ’80s.

We commemorate the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks by remembering the past and considering the future.

He kept an immensely useful archive of each president’s daily activities.

He mentored a young Michael Jordan and encouraged him to sign with Nike.

Her other No. 1 hits included “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face.”

Baker helped establish National HIV Testing Day, taking place annually on June 27.

Lucy came up with the slogan of Memphis sanitation strikers, declaring “I Am a Man.”

He earned the military’s highest honor while serving in combat in the Vietnam War.

Reagon was also a co-founder of protest singing group The Freedom Singers.

Singer spearheaded the debate about the ethics of genetic engineering.