Nicole Hill

They would be like, nope, you're out. Richard has made the three out of four. So that means him, his wife, their son, and two daughters are officially members of the first family. And so that brings us to the star of today's story. This is one of Richard's daughters, Miss Louise Marla Francis, whom everybody calls Lulu.

They would be like, nope, you're out. Richard has made the three out of four. So that means him, his wife, their son, and two daughters are officially members of the first family. And so that brings us to the star of today's story. This is one of Richard's daughters, Miss Louise Marla Francis, whom everybody calls Lulu.

They would be like, nope, you're out. Richard has made the three out of four. So that means him, his wife, their son, and two daughters are officially members of the first family. And so that brings us to the star of today's story. This is one of Richard's daughters, Miss Louise Marla Francis, whom everybody calls Lulu.

Lulu is likely a fashionista, a little spunky and opinionated, likely educated. She would have been doing things like attending organizing meetings for women's suffrage at the city's first black Presbyterian church, the 15th Street Presbyterian Church. She's a woman described by the Washington Post at the time as the belle of colored DC. So basically she is our ideal rom-com heroine.

Lulu is likely a fashionista, a little spunky and opinionated, likely educated. She would have been doing things like attending organizing meetings for women's suffrage at the city's first black Presbyterian church, the 15th Street Presbyterian Church. She's a woman described by the Washington Post at the time as the belle of colored DC. So basically she is our ideal rom-com heroine.

Lulu is likely a fashionista, a little spunky and opinionated, likely educated. She would have been doing things like attending organizing meetings for women's suffrage at the city's first black Presbyterian church, the 15th Street Presbyterian Church. She's a woman described by the Washington Post at the time as the belle of colored DC. So basically she is our ideal rom-com heroine.

I wish I had a picture of her, but I do not. But let's cast her in our mind. Who do you think could play this person?

I wish I had a picture of her, but I do not. But let's cast her in our mind. Who do you think could play this person?

I wish I had a picture of her, but I do not. But let's cast her in our mind. Who do you think could play this person?

I was thinking Lori Harvey.

I was thinking Lori Harvey.

I was thinking Lori Harvey.

So once Lulu hits marrying age, inquiring minds would want to know who's it going to be. Who's she going to pick? Much like Lori Harvey. At this time, she could have ended up with a young WB Du Bois. They're in the same class. Or maybe his mortal enemy, Booker T. Washington. Let's say you're Lulu. What would your ideal husband at this time be?

So once Lulu hits marrying age, inquiring minds would want to know who's it going to be. Who's she going to pick? Much like Lori Harvey. At this time, she could have ended up with a young WB Du Bois. They're in the same class. Or maybe his mortal enemy, Booker T. Washington. Let's say you're Lulu. What would your ideal husband at this time be?

So once Lulu hits marrying age, inquiring minds would want to know who's it going to be. Who's she going to pick? Much like Lori Harvey. At this time, she could have ended up with a young WB Du Bois. They're in the same class. Or maybe his mortal enemy, Booker T. Washington. Let's say you're Lulu. What would your ideal husband at this time be?

And for context, let me just tell you that her sister married a man with a good government job working at the pension office. So that means they're economically secure, socially elite.

And for context, let me just tell you that her sister married a man with a good government job working at the pension office. So that means they're economically secure, socially elite.

And for context, let me just tell you that her sister married a man with a good government job working at the pension office. So that means they're economically secure, socially elite.

Her brother goes to Howard University and then the University of Michigan where he graduates magna cum laude and then he comes home to D.C., marries an elite Black woman at the 15th Street Presbyterian Church, becomes a doctor. All right, so you're Lulu.

Her brother goes to Howard University and then the University of Michigan where he graduates magna cum laude and then he comes home to D.C., marries an elite Black woman at the 15th Street Presbyterian Church, becomes a doctor. All right, so you're Lulu.