Honors
After Slowe's death, Howard University named a graduate women's residence hall in her honor. Lucy Diggs Slowe Hall opened in 1943. Located at 1919 Third Street, NW, the hall today operates as a co-ed residence. And, the District of Columbia honored her by naming Lucy Diggs Slowe Elementary School. In 1986, the 70th Convention of the National Association of Women Deans, Administrators and Counselors' formally recognized Slowe's contributions. They presented a plaque dedicated to her to hang at their headquarters in Washington, DC.
More recently, Lucy Diggs Slowe was one of the women champions featured in the exhibit Breaking The Barriers: The ATA and Black Tennis Pioneers, sponsored by the International Tennis Hall of Fame and Museum from August 25 to September 9, 2007.
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