The Marilyn Preston Killingham Memorial Scholarship
Awarded annually to a youth who resides in the District of Columbia, the scholarship promotes an educational understanding of the quest for Statehood.
Mrs. Marilyn Killingham was an avid supporter of Statehood for the District of Columbia. The scholarship is awarded in Mrs. Killingham’s memory for her activism and global efforts to improve the quality of life for youth and citizens.
Marilyn Preston KillinghamShe will "be remembered, in part, for her persevering spirit, and for that, I salute her. May she live long in memory and rest forever in peace." -Lea Adams
A Letter to Our Friends
A Thesis - The Statehood Movement’s Founding: The History of the Statehood Party during the 1970sIn June of 1970, from the small office of the DC Gazette, the paper’s leftist editor, Sam Smith, wrote the work that would consume District of Columbia politics off and on for the next two decades. “The Case for Statehood” was the first written analysis of the possibility of DC becoming a state without a constitutional amendment. Uncompromising and relentless, like many of the movement’s leaders, the article received |
