In 1935, Dr. Carl J. Murphy (1889-1967), Publisher and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Afro American Newspapers and Board member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), recruited Dr. Lillie May Carroll Jackson (1889-1975) to help revitalize the dormant Baltimore branch of the NAACP.
Dr. Jackson had been president of the Baltimore branch of the NAACP since 1935, a post she held until 1970.
To paraphrase, he asked what has been the worth of Dr. Lillie May Carroll Jackson to Baltimore, Maryland and the country?
Dr. Murphy estimated that Dr. Jackson’s worth to Baltimore in 1966 dollars was about $750 Million.
Dr. Lillie May Jackson and Dr. Carl J. Murphy would be proud to know that their legacies live on.