(Front row left to right) Speakers on the
program for the Rosa Parks Villas Ground
Blessing: Barbara Alexander (cousin of Mrs.
Parks), LA City Councilmember Herb Wesson,
Jackie Dupont-Walker of Ward Economic
Development Corporation and retired attorney Leo
Branton, Jr. who first envisioned the Rosa Parks
Villas. (Back row left to right): Thomas
Williamson (first cousin of Rosa Parks), Rev.
Dr. C. Dennis Lewis of Ward AME and Willis
Edwards of the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute
for Self Development
