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Lucille Gorham, born January 18, 1931, was an African-American civil rights activist in Baltimore communities. Born Lucille Alexander in Halifax, North Carolina, Gorham moved to Baltimore in 1934 and resided a community in East Baltimore. She attended city public schools and later earned a GED as well as studying at Sojourner Douglass College. The Baltimore Sun wrote an article in 1982 saying, "[Gorham] lived a quiet life as a 'homemaker and a churchgoer' until 1967, when she became president of Citizens for Fair Housing." The Baltimore Riot of 1968 resulting from the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. propelled Lucille Gorham's role in neighborhood activism. Baltimore Sun wrote an interview article in 2008 where Gorham retold of her, as well as her young daughter's, "[coming to] face-to-face" with the rioting after having man threw a Molotov cocktail bomb through the window of a coin operated laundromat she was in.

Lucille Gorham, longtime activist, whose quick wits and good-natured tenacity equipped her as the voice for impoverished East Baltimore neighborhoods. After experiencing the riots of 1968 and segregation in America, Gorham was compelled to make a change in the community. She soon led a successful community-owned and operated housing complex built on Madison Park Square between Caroline and Eden streets. [1] She went on to become the director of the Madison Square Housing Association, president of Citizens for Fair Housing, director of the Middle East Community, and the leader of a neighborhood 4-H Club. Ms. Gorham worked hard to reserve a sense of community against the erosions of property and displacement. Lucille Gorham died at 81 years old on November 3, 2012 from a battle with cancer. City Councilman Carl Stokes said in a statement about Gorham's death, "We have lost an able stalwart of the community whose wisdom, experience and proactive leadership will be dearly missed at a time when cities like [Baltimore] could benefit from her wisdom and expertise."