peggy cooper cafritz
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Pioneering Educator and Founder of Washington, DC’s Duke Ellington School of Arts Dies
Peggy Cooper Cafritz, a socialite, social activist and founder of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, died this past weekend in Washington, D.C. The Washington Post reports that the 70-year-old trailblazer died as a result of complications from pneumonia, her son, Zach Cafritz, said. Cooper Cafritz will be remembered for breaking down barriers, starting…