Photograph of several luncheon attendees in costumes sitting around a table during the 7th Annual First Ladies Luncheon held by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas, Texas on April 21, 2007.

Photograph of several luncheon attendees standing and praying around a table during the 7th Annual First Ladies Luncheon held by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas, Texas on April 21, 2007.

Photograph of several luncheon attendees sitting at a table during the 7th Annual First Ladies Luncheon held by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas, Texas on April 21, 2007.

Photograph of several luncheon attendees seated at a table during the 7th Annual First Ladies Luncheon held by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas, Texas on April 21, 2007.

Photograph of several luncheon attendees standing and applauding during the 7th Annual First Ladies Luncheon held by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas, Texas on April 21, 2007.

Photograph of Carrie Holmes, wife of famed Minister, Reverend Zan Holmes, major financial donor (left); Patricia Maples, former TBAAL Board Member (middle); and, Sylvia Pope, First Ladies Luncheon member and long time TBAAL Donor (right); reading a document from behind a podium during the 7th Annual First Ladies Luncheon held by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas, Texas on April 21, 2007.

Photograph of Debra Parish (left), Olivia Williams (middle), and one other woman, standing behind a podium taken at the 7th Annual First Ladies Luncheon held by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas, Texas on April 21, 2007.

Photograph of Patricia Maples, former TBAAL Board Member (left) and Carrie Holmes, wife of famed Minister, Reverend Zan Holmes, a major financial donor (right), standing at a podium during the 7th Annual First Ladies Luncheon held by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas, Texas on April 21, 2007.

Photograph of a First Ladies Luncheon Committee Member standing behind a podium during the 7th Annual First Ladies Luncheon held by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas, Texas on April 21, 2007.

Photograph of Patricia Maples, former TBAAL Board Member, standing next to several luncheon attendees who are sitting around a table with plates of food in front of them during the 7th Annual First Ladies Luncheon held by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas, Texas on April 21, 2007.

Photograph of two Praise Dancers performing at the 7th Annual First Ladies Luncheon held by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas, Texas on April 21, 2007.