Poetic Obituaries: They called their creation the Ebony Museum

of Negro History and Art. It would become the DuSable Museum, which today boasts a collection of more than 100,000 pieces in its Washington Park building, with plans to expand.

Mrs. [Margaret] Burroughs also helped start the National Conference of African-American Artists.

She taught art and poetry to prison inmates, according to the Chicago Park District. For the last 35 years, she and the Rev. Jesse Jackson spent Christmas Day at the Cook County Jail.

"Dr. Burroughs was a pillar of strength and character in our community," Jackson said in a statement. "Dr. Margaret Burroughs radiated hope."

Mrs. Burroughs bowled and took up roller-skating in her 80s.

In 1989, she was inducted into the Chicago Women's Hall of Fame. President Jimmy Carter appointed her a member of the National Commission on African-American History and Culture.

from Chicago Tribune: Margaret Burroughs: Co-founder of DuSable Museum and prominent artist
then People's World: Dr. Margaret Burroughs, 1917-2010, once asked, "What will your legacy be?"

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