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Leona Ford Washington
American activist
Leona Ford Washington (1928 – August 5, 2007) was a community activist in Texas and founder of the McCall Neighborhood Center in El Paso. She taught for 39 years in the El Paso Independent School District.[1] Washington composed the song, "The City of El Paso," which was adopted as the city's official song in the 1980s.[2]