Photograph of several Praise Dancers performing in costumes 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 two Praise Dancers performing in costumes 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 several Praise Dancers in costumes performing 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 in costumes 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 Praise Dancers performing in costumes during 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 several 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.

Photograph of several Praise Dancers in costumes standing next to each other during a performance 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 two Praise Dancers performing in costumes as guests look on 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 luncheon attendees staring at each other 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 in costumes 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 several Praise Dancers in costumes performing around a table of seated women 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 several luncheon attendees, two of whom are seated, 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 Olivia Williams, First Ladies Luncheon Chair (far left); Patricia Maples, former TBAAL Board Member (left); Jerldine Estelle, First Ladies Luncheon Chair (middle); and, one other woman standing 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Reverend Oweda Lee giving an envelope to a luncheon attendee while posing 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.