Evelyn Salinger (ES): Today, we are interviewing Donnette Cooper, 20002.012, during a Daughters of Dorcas meeting in northeast Washington, D.C. This is March 22, 2005. The interviewer is Evelyn Salinger. Hi, Donnette. How are you? Donnette…

For Donnette Cooper, the question wasn’t whether she would support an African American museum in Washington, but when she would be able to. For almost three decades, the D.C. lawyer watched as the cultural community rallied…

National Hero Marcus Garvey said: "A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots." These words mean a lot to attorney-at-law Donnette Cooper, who on Saturday (September…