Dempsey Travis (February 25, 1920-2009) - As president and founder of the Travis Realty Company, Travis created one of the largest Black owned business in America. As an author and publisher, Travis has produced twenty best selling books on a variety of subjects, including: jazz, Chicago, the Civil Rights Movement, and real estate. In 1960, Travis was instrumental in organizing Martin Luther King Jr's civil rights march in Chicago and since has been a trustee for several organizations, including Northwestern Memorial Hospital, the Chicago Historical Society, and as president of the NAACP Chicago Chapter.