The Bowen Homes community was home to "The Bowenettes," a girls' teen group that was active in intellectual, social, and religious affairs. They held weekly meetings in the community center. A.D. Williams Elementary School, an 86,000 square foot blue and white school named after Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s grandfather, as well as Frederick Douglas High School, were the educational institutions that served the children of Bowen Homes.