The G Street Circle was honored today with a call box dedicated to Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. The much admired Justice lived a few hundred feet from the call box for many years with his wife Cissy and their family. The circle remains a peaceful treed area, protected by a gate from traffic on Delaware Avenue. It is in the shadow of the historic Friendship Baptist Church which, despite many ideas for its redevelopment, remains abandoned with a large "For Sale" sign out front.The call box art is the creation of Annie King Phillips, parishioner at St. Augustine's Church and well known collage artist. Her chosen medium is paper, and the images used in the call box are from her own experiences. This is the last of the call boxes taken on by the Southwest Neighborhood Assembly (SWNA) Call Box Task Force. This particular call box was sponsored by SWNA, ANC6D, St. Augustine's Church, and Friends of River Park. An outdoor ceremony preceded the unveiling today.
Photo: Annie King Phillips poses with her collage which appears in the G Street call box.
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4 comments:
I don't think Thurgood Marshall was ever a Chief Justice, just an Associate Justice (but hardly run of the mill).
You are correct. Justice Marshall was Associate Justice under the Warren, Burger, and Rehnquist courts.
Wow, this is absolutely fantastic!
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