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Alex-St. James —
also known as "Sirknight" —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in Liberia.
Republican. Candidate for Governor of
California, 2003.
Catholic.
African ancestry. Member, NAACP; Knights
of Columbus.
Still living as of 2003.
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Allen Allensworth (d. 1914) —
of Bowling Green, Warren
County, Ky.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky,
1884.
African ancestry.
Died in 1914.
Interment at Angelus-Rosedale
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Marguerite Archie-Hudson —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1988,
2000;
member of California
state assembly, 1990-96.
Female.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2000.
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Robert Ard —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1988.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1988.
|
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Saundra Brown Armstrong (b. 1947) —
of California.
Born in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., March 23,
1947.
Police
officer; lawyer;
member, Consumer Product Safety Commission, 1983-86; superior court
judge in California, 1989-91; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of California, 1991-.
Female.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2000.
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Charlotta Amanda Spears Bass (1874-1969) —
also known as Charlotta Bass —
of California.
Born February
14, 1874.
Editor and
publisher of the California Eagle, 1912-1951.; Independent
Progressive candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 14th District, 1950; Progressive
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1952.
Female.
African ancestry.
Died, of a cerebral
hemorrhage, at the Su Ray Convalescent
Home, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 12,
1969 (age 95 years, 57
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Karen R. Bass —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Democrat. Member of California
state assembly 47th District, 2003-; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 2008.
Female.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2008.
|
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Mattie Bell —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1988.
Female.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1988.
|
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Pamela Benjamin —
of Union City, Alameda
County, Calif.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1988.
Female.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1988.
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David Harold Blackwell (b. 1919) —
also known as David Blackwell —
of Washington,
D.C.; Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Centralia, Marion
County, Ill., April 24,
1919.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; university
professor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1972.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1972.
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Thomas Bradley (1917-1998) —
also known as Tom Bradley —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Calvert, Robertson
County, Tex., December
29, 1917.
Son of Lee Thomas and Crenner (Hawkins) Thomas.
Democrat. Police
officer; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1972;
mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1973-93; defeated, 1969; candidate for Governor of
California, 1982, 1986.
Methodist.
African ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Kappa
Alpha Psi; Urban
League; NAACP.
Received the Spingarn
Medal in 1984.
Died, of a heart
attack, at Kaiser Permanente Medical
Center, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
29, 1998 (age 80 years, 274
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Inglewood
Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Calif.
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Willie Lewis Brown, Jr. (b. 1934) —
also known as Willie L. Brown, Jr. —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Mineola, Wood
County, Tex., March 20,
1934.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of California
state assembly, 1964-96; Speaker of
the California State Assembly, 1981-95; candidate for
Presidential Elector for California, 1968;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1972,
1988,
1996,
2000,
2004;
mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1996-2004; member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 2004.
Methodist.
African ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Still living as of 2009.
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Yvonne Brathwaite Burke (b. 1932) —
also known as Yvonne B. Burke; Perle Yvonne Watson;
Yvonne Brathwaite —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Marina del Rey, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
5, 1932.
Daughter of James A. Watson and Lola (Moore) Watson.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of California
state assembly, 1966-72; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1972
(alternate), 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
speaker, 1984;
U.S.
Representative from California, 1973-79 (37th District 1973-75,
28th District 1975-79); candidate in primary for California
state attorney general, 1978; member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 2004.
Female.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2008.
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Garland Ellis Burrell, Jr. (b. 1947) —
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., 1947.
Lawyer;
U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of California, 1992-.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2006.
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Lionel Cade (1918-1990) —
of Compton, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Stockton, San Joaquin
County, Calif.
Born in Texas, August
14, 1918.
Accountant;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor of
Compton, Calif., 1977-81; defeated, 1973, 1981.
African ancestry. Member, Rotary.
Died, while suffering from emphysema,
April
3, 1990 (age 71 years, 232
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park - Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Eldridge Cleaver (1935-1998) —
Born in Wabbaseka, Jefferson
County, Ark., August
31, 1935.
Peace and Freedom candidate for President
of the United States, 1968.
African ancestry.
Died in Pomona, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 1,
1998 (age 62 years, 243
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Altadena, Calif.
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Peter Dauterive —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1972
(alternate), 1988.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1988.
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Doris A. Davis —
of Compton, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Democrat. Mayor of
Compton, Calif., 1973-77; candidate in primary for California
state assembly 54th District, 1986.
Female.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1986.
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Michael Davis —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1988.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1988.
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Clifton DeBerry (1924-2006) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Union City, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Holly Springs, Marshall
County, Miss., 1924.
Painter;
factory
worker; Socialist Workers candidate for President
of the United States, 1964, 1980; Socialist Workers candidate for
mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1965; Socialist Workers candidate for Governor of
New York, 1970.
African ancestry.
Died, from heart
failure, in a hospital
in Alameda
County, Calif., March 24,
2006 (age about 81
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Ronald Vernie Dellums (b. 1935) —
also known as Ronald V. Dellums —
of Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.; Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., November
24, 1935.
Democrat. Social
worker; U.S.
Representative from California, 1971-98 (7th District 1971-75,
8th District 1975-93, 9th District 1993-98); arrested
during an anti-apartheid
protest outside the South African Embassy
in Washington, 1984; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1988,
1996,
2008.
Protestant.
African ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Still living as of 2009.
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Julian Carey Dixon (1934-2000) —
also known as Julian C. Dixon —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Washington,
D.C., August 8,
1934.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of California
state assembly, 1973-78; U.S.
Representative from California, 1979-2000 (28th District 1979-93,
32nd District 1993-2000); died in office 2000; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1988,
1996,
2000;
chair, Rules Committee, chair, 1984.
Episcopalian.
African ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Died, following a heart
attack, at a hospital
in Marina del Rey, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
8, 2000 (age 66 years, 122
days).
Interment at Inglewood
Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Calif.
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Douglas Dollarhide —
of Compton, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Mayor
of Compton, Calif., 1969-73; defeated, 1973.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1973.
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Roosevelt F. Dorn —
of Inglewood, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Checotah, McIntosh
County, Okla.
Democrat. Lawyer;
superior court judge in California, 1980-97; mayor
of Inglewood, Calif., 1997-; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 2000.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African ancestry. Member, National
Bar Association; American Bar
Association; NAACP.
Still living as of 2006.
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Richard Douglas —
of Pleasanton, Alameda
County, Calif.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1988.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1988.
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Joyce Dunn —
of Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1988.
Female.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1988.
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Mervyn Malcolm Dymally (b. 1926) —
also known as Mervyn M. Dymally —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Compton, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Cedros, Trinidad,
May
12, 1926.
Democrat. Member of California
state assembly, 1963-66, 2003-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1964,
1988,
2004,
2008;
member of California
state senate, 1967-75; Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1975-79; defeated, 1978; U.S.
Representative from California 31st District, 1981-93.
Episcopalian.
African ancestry. Member, Phi
Kappa Phi; Kappa
Alpha Psi; Freemasons;
Elks; NAACP; Urban
League.
Still living as of 2009.
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Christopher Edley, Jr. (b. 1951) —
also known as Chris Edley —
of Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in 1951.
Democrat. Law
professor; dean of the School of Law (Boalt Hall), University of
California Berkeley; member, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights,
1999-2005; member, Credentials Committee, Democratic National
Convention, 2008.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2008.
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F. Douglas Ferrell —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Democrat. Member of California
state assembly, 1963-66; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1964.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1966.
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Floyd Harold Flake (b. 1945) —
also known as Floyd H. Flake —
of Rosedale, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
30, 1945.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1984,
1988,
1996;
U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1987-97; resigned 1997.
Methodist.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Ezola Broussard Foster (b. 1938) —
also known as Ezola B. Foster; Ezola
Broussard —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Louisiana, August 9,
1938.
School
teacher; Republican candidate for California
state assembly, 1984; arrested
with others while protesting
recognition of the gay Log Cabin Republican organization, at the
California Republican state convention, 1987; Reform candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 2000.
Female.
Catholic.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2007.
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Walter A. Gordon (1894-1976) —
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., 1894.
Son of Henry B. Gordon.
Athletic
coach; police
officer; lawyer; Governor of
U.S. Virgin Islands, 1955-58; U.S.
District Judge for Virgin Islands, 1958-68.
African ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha; NAACP.
Died in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., April 1,
1976 (age about 81
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Mary Gray —
of Compton, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1988.
Female.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1988.
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Bill Greene —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Democrat. Member of California
state assembly, 1966-74; member of California
state senate, 1975-92.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1992.
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Elihu Mason Harris (b. 1947) —
also known as Elihu M. Harris —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., August
15, 1947.
Son of Elihu M. Harris, Sr. and Frances Mae (Cunningham) Harris.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of California
state assembly, 1978-90; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1988,
1996;
mayor
of Oakland, Calif., 1991-99.
African ancestry. Member, Kappa
Alpha Psi; National
Bar Association.
Still living as of 1999.
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James Harris (b. 1948) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; New York City (unknown
county), N.Y.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, 1948.
Socialist Workers candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1988; Socialist Workers candidate for President
of the United States, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2008.
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Augustus Freeman Hawkins (1907-2007) —
also known as Augustus F. Hawkins; Gus
Hawkins —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., August
31, 1907.
Democrat. Member of California
state assembly, 1935-62; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1940,
1944,
1960,
1964,
1988;
Presidential Elector for California, 1944;
U.S.
Representative from California, 1963-91 (21st District 1963-75,
29th District 1975-91).
Methodist.
African ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died, in Suburban Hospital,
Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., November
10, 2007 (age 100 years, 71
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Nate Holden —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1972
(alternate), 1988;
member of California
state assembly, 1974-78.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1988.
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Frank Holoman —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Member of California
state assembly, 1972-74.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1974.
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Jerome E. Horton —
of Inglewood, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Democrat. Member of California
state assembly 51st District, 2001-; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 2004.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2004.
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Martha House —
of Hacienda Heights, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1988,
2004.
Female.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2004.
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Teresa P. Hughes —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Member of California
state assembly, 1975-92; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1988,
2000;
member of California
state senate, 1993-2000.
Female.
African ancestry.
An elementary school in Cudahy, California, was named for
her in 1988.
Still living as of 2000.
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Relatives:
Married to Frank E. Staggers. |
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Louis Kemp —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1988.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1988.
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Vickie Lataillade —
of Inglewood, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1988.
Female.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1988.
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Barbara Lee (b. 1946) —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex., July 16,
1946.
Democrat. Member of California
state assembly, 1991-96; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008
(member, Credentials
Committee); member of California
state senate, 1997-98; U.S.
Representative from California 9th District, 1998-.
Female.
Baptist.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Juanita McDonald —
of Compton, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Democrat. Member of California
state assembly, 1992-96.
Female.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1996.
|
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Bella Meese —
of Folsom, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1988.
Female.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1988.
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Juanita Millender-McDonald (1938-2007) —
also known as Juanita M. McDonald —
of Carson, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., September
7, 1938.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1984,
1992,
1996,
2000,
2004;
member of California
state assembly, 1993-96; U.S.
Representative from California 37th District, 1996-2007; died in
office 2007.
Female.
Baptist.
African ancestry. Member, NAACP; Alpha
Kappa Alpha.
Died, of colon
cancer, in Carson, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 22,
2007 (age 68 years, 227
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park - Long Beach, Long Beach, Calif.
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John J. Miller (1932-1985) —
of Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born July 28,
1932.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of California
state assembly, 1967-78 (17th District 1967-74, 13th District
1975-78); delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1972;
Judge,
California Court of Appeal 1st District, 1978-85.
Episcopalian.
African ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; National
Bar Association; National
Lawyers Guild; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died, of diabetes,
on February
16, 1985 (age 52 years, 203
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Darryl L. Mobley (b. 1957) —
of Danville, Contra
Costa County, Calif.
Born in 1957.
Publisher of Family Digest magazine;
Independent candidate for Governor of
California, 2003.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2003.
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Gwen Moore —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Democrat. Member of California
state assembly, 1979-94; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1988,
2008.
Female.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2008.
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John Howard Morrow (1910-2000) —
of Durham, Durham
County, N.C.; New Brunswick, Middlesex
County, N.J.; Fountain Valley, Orange
County, Calif.
Born in Hackensack, Bergen
County, N.J., 1910.
U.S. Ambassador to Guinea, 1959-61.
African ancestry.
Died, of Alzheimer's
disease, in Fountain Valley, Orange
County, Calif., January
11, 2000 (age about 89
years).
Interment at Fairhaven
Memorial Park, Santa Ana, Calif.
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Kevin Murray (b. 1960) —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in 1960.
Son of Willard
H. Murray, Jr..
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of California
state assembly 47th District, 1995-98; member of California
state senate 26th District, 1999-; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 2000,
2004;
member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 2004.
African ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Sigma.
Still living as of 2004.
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Willard H. Murray, Jr. —
of Compton, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Democrat. Member of California
state assembly 52nd District, 1988-96.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1996.
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Gus Newport —
of Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Mayor
of Berkeley, Calif., 1979-86.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1986.
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Myles Anderson Paige (c.1898-1983) —
also known as Myles A. Paige —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., about 1898.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Pullman car
porter; lawyer;
Republican candidate for New York
state senate 19th District, 1926; American Labor candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937;
justice, New York City Court of Special Sessions, 1940-58; judge,
Court of Domestic Relations (later Family Court).
Catholic.
African ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Urban
League; Alpha
Phi Alpha; American
Legion; Catholic
Lawyers Guild.
New York City's first
black magistrate, 1936, and first
black judge, 1940.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 30,
1983 (age about 85
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Cecil F. Poole (1914-1997) —
of California.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., July 25,
1914.
U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of California, 1961-69; Judge of
U.S. District Court, 1976-79; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, 1979-96.
African ancestry. Member, NAACP; Urban
League.
Died, of complications of pneumonia,
in a nursing
home at San Rafael, Marin
County, Calif., 1997
(age about
82 years).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in a
private or family graveyard, Sonoma County, Calif.
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Leon Douglas Ralph (1932-2007) —
also known as Leon D. Ralph —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Richmond,
Va., August
20, 1932.
Son of Arthur Ralph and Leanna (Woodard) Ralph.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict;
administrative assistant to California House Speaker Jess
Unruh; member of California
state assembly, 1967-76; defeated, 1988; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1972;
minister.
African
Methodist Episcopal; later Church of
God. African ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
NAACP.
Died, in Long Beach Memorial Medical
Center, Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
6, 2007 (age 74 years, 170
days).
Interment at Rose
Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Arthur Ralph and Leanna (Woodard) Ralph; married, September
27, 1951, to Martha Ann Morgan; married to Ruth
Banda. |
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J. D. Rhodes —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1988.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1988.
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Paul Richards II —
of Lynwood, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Lynwood, Calif., 2001.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2001.
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Laura Richardson (b. 1962) —
of Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 14,
1962.
Democrat. Member of California
state assembly, 2006-07; U.S.
Representative from California 37th District, 2007-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 2008.
Female.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2008.
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Mark Ridley-Thomas —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
2000
(alternate), 2004,
2008;
member of California
state assembly, 2003-.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2008.
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Wilson Camanza Riles (1917-1999) —
also known as Wilson Riles —
of California.
Born near Alexandria, Rapides
Parish, La., June 27,
1917.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; California
superintendent of public instruction, 1971-83; defeated, 1982.
African ancestry.
Died, following a series of strokes
and heart
attacks, at Mercy Hospital,
Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., April 1,
1999 (age 81 years, 278
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Mary Louise Phillips. |
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Frederick Madison Roberts (1879-1952) —
also known as Frederick M. Roberts; Fred
Roberts —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio, September
14, 1879.
Son of Ellen Wayles (Hemings) Roberts.
Republican. Mortician;
member of California
state assembly, 1919-34; defeated, 1934; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1932,
1940,
1944,
1948;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 14th District, 1946.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African ancestry. Member, NAACP; Urban
League.
First
African-American state legislator in California; descendancy from
Thomas Jefferson confirmed by DNA evidence in 1998.
Died, from injuries received in an automobile
accident the day before, in Los Angeles County General Hospital,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 19,
1952 (age 72 years, 309
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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William Byron Rumford (d. 1986) —
also known as W. Byron Rumford —
of Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Democrat. Member of California
state assembly, 1948-66; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1956,
1960,
1964.
African ancestry.
Died June 12,
1986.
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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Bobby Seale (b. 1936) —
also known as Robert George Seale —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., October
22, 1936.
Joined U.S. Air Force in 1955; charged
with insubordination
and being AWOL,
and dishonorably
discharged; sheet metal
worker; co-founder, with Huey Newton, of the Black Panther Party,
1966; one of eight defendants charged
in 1969 with crossing state lines to incite a
riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago; the
judge ordered him bound and
gagged during the trial, and sentenced
him to four years in prison
for contempt
of court; Peace and Freedom candidate for California
state assembly 17th District, 1968; in 1970, he was charged
in New Haven, Conn., with ordering
the murder of Alex Rackley, a Black Panther who had confessed to
being a police informant; the jury was unable to reach a verdict, and
the charges were eventually dropped; candidate for mayor of
Oakland, Calif., 1973.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2011.
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Patricia G. Tilley (b. 1944) —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in Connecticut, January
31, 1944.
Lawyer;
Independent candidate for Governor of
California, 2003.
Female.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2003.
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Curtis R. Tucker, Sr. —
of Inglewood, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Democrat. Member of California
state assembly, 1974-88.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1988.
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Curtis R. Tucker, Jr. —
of Inglewood, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Son of Curtis
R. Tucker, Sr..
Member of California
state assembly, 1989-96; candidate for mayor
of Inglewood, Calif., 1998.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1998.
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Walter R. Tucker, Jr. (1924-1990) —
of Compton, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Oklahoma, August
27, 1924.
Dentist;
pastor;
mayor
of Compton, Calif., 1981-90; defeated, 1977; died in office 1990.
Baptist.
African ancestry. Member, Omega
Psi Phi.
Died, of stomach
cancer, October
1, 1990 (age 66 years, 35
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Walter Rayford Tucker III (b. 1957) —
also known as Walter R. Tucker III —
of Compton, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Compton, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 28,
1957.
Son of Walter
R. Tucker, Jr..
Democrat. Lawyer; ordained
minister; mayor of
Compton, Calif., 1991-92; U.S.
Representative from California 37th District, 1993-95; resigned
1995.
Baptist.
African ancestry.
Sentenced
in 1996 to 27 months in prison
for extortion
and tax
evasion.
Still living as of 2009.
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Edward Vincent (b. 1934) —
also known as Ed Vincent —
of Inglewood, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Steubenville, Jefferson
County, Ohio, 1934.
Democrat. Played professional football
for the Los Angeles Rams in 1956; mayor
of Inglewood, Calif., 1983-95; member of California
state assembly 51st District, 1996-2000; member of California
state senate 25th District, 2001-.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2004.
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Carl Washington —
of Compton, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Democrat. Minister;
member of California
state assembly, 1996-2002; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 2000.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2002.
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Maxine Waters (b. 1938) —
also known as Maxine Moore Carr —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., August
15, 1938.
Democrat. School
teacher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1976,
1980,
1984,
1988,
1992,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
member of California
state assembly 48th District, 1977-90; U.S.
Representative from California, 1991-2008 (29th District 1991-93,
35th District 1993-2008); member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 2004-08.
Female.
Christian.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Diane Edith Watson (b. 1933) —
also known as Diane E. Watson —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., November
12, 1933.
Democrat. Psychologist;
member of California
state senate, 1978-98; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from California, 1988,
1996,
2004,
2008;
U.S. Ambassador to Micronesia, 1999-2000; U.S.
Representative from California, 2001-08 (32nd District 2001-03,
33rd District 2003-08); member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 2004.
Female.
Catholic.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Herb J. Wesson, Jr. —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Democrat. Member of California
state assembly, 1999-2004; Speaker of
the California State Assembly, 2000; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 2004.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2004.
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Clifton Reginald Wharton, Sr. (1899-1990) —
also known as Clifton R. Wharton —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; California.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., May 11,
1899.
Lawyer;
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Monrovia, 1927-29; U.S. Consul in Las Palmas, 1932-38; Ponta Delgada, 1945-47; U.S. Minister to Romania, 1958-60; U.S. Ambassador to Norway, 1961-64.
African ancestry.
Died in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., April 25,
1990 (age 90 years, 349
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Clinton W. White (1921-2001) —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born October
8, 1921.
Lawyer;
superior court judge in California, 1977-78; Judge,
California Court of Appeal, 1978-95.
African ancestry.
Died, of diabetes
related respiratory
arrest, at Kaiser Permanente Medical
Center, Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., May 22,
2001 (age 79 years, 226
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Warren Widener —
of Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Mayor
of Berkeley, Calif., 1971-79; defeated, 1979.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1979.
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Anthony A. Williams (b. 1951) —
also known as Tony Williams —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 28,
1951.
Democrat. Mayor
of Washington, D.C., 1999-2007; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from District of Columbia, 2000,
2004.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2011.
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David W. Williams (1910-2000) —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., March 20,
1910.
Republican. Lawyer;
municipal judge in California, 1956-62; superior court judge in
California, 1963-69; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of California, 1969-81.
African ancestry.
First
black federal judge west of the Mississippi.
Died, of pneumonia,
at Cedars-Sinai Medical
Center, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 6,
2000 (age 90 years, 47
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Paul Revere Williams (1894-1980) —
also known as Paul R. Williams —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
18, 1894.
Son of C. S. Williams and Lila A. (Wright) Williams.
Republican. Architect;
first
African-American architect west of the Mississippi, and first to be
member of the American Institute of Architects; designed many
Southern California landmarks, including the homes of Hollywood
celebrities; received the Spingarn
Medal in 1953; delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1952,
1960;
member, California Housing Commission and California Civil Rights
Commission.
African ancestry. Member, American
Institute of Architects; Freemasons.
Died, from diabetes,
in California Hospital,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
23, 1980 (age 85 years, 339
days).
Interment at Inglewood
Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Calif.
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Lionel J. Wilson —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Democrat. Superior court judge in California; mayor of
Oakland, Calif., 1977-91; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1988.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1991.
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Crispus Attucks Wright (c.1904-2001) —
also known as Chris Wright —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born about 1904.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 26th District, 1958.
African ancestry.
In 1997, donated $2 million to the University of Southern
California's law school, which was the largest-ever gift to USC by an
African American.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
4, 2001 (age about 97
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Margaret Wright —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Shipyard worker during World War II; People's candidate for President
of the United States, 1976.
Female.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1976.
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Roderick D. Wright —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1988,
1996,
2000;
member of California
state assembly, 1996-2002.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2002.
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