Eudora Lyles: Activist and Musician

Eudora Lyles

Lyles was an advocate for fair housing, founding the Inner City Civic Association and serving on the United Way Housing Committee.  She served as a mentor to young girls at the Meade Memorial Episcopal Church. A gifted musician who taught herself to play the piano and ukulele, Lyles was one of Parker-Gray High School’s first graduates. She used her gift to entertain the military at the local USO, and Robert Kennedy at the prestigious Jockey Club in Fredericksburg, Virginia.