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Leslie Joyce Abrams (b. 1974) —
Born in Madison, Dane
County, Wis., 1974.
U.S.
District Judge for the Middle District of Georgia, 2014-.
Female.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2017.
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Floyd Adams Jr. —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1996;
mayor
of Savannah, Ga., 1996-2003.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2003.
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Cameron Madison Alexander (b. 1932) —
also known as Cameron M. Alexander —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., February
12, 1932.
Democrat. Minister;
leader of the Antioch Baptist Church North, Atlanta, Ga.; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1988.
Baptist.
African ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Still living as of 2017.
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Herbert Arlene (1917-1989) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Harrison, Washington
County, Ga., September
5, 1917.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1959-66; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1960
(alternate), 1964,
1968,
1984;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 3rd District, 1967-80; first
Black member of the Pennsylvania state senate.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African ancestry. Member, NAACP; Urban
League; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died November
9, 1989 (age 72 years, 65
days).
Burial location unknown.
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A. T. Atwater (born c.1873) —
of Rome, Floyd
County, Ga.
Born in Georgia, about 1873.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Georgia, 1916,
1920,
1924,
1932,
1948.
African ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Thurbert E. Baker (b. 1952) —
of Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Stone Mountain, DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in Rocky Mount, Nash
County, N.C., December
16, 1952.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Georgia; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1996,
2000,
2004;
Georgia
state attorney general, 1997-2010; appointed 1997; candidate for
Governor
of Georgia, 2010.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2010.
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Sidney Barthwell (1906-2005) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Cordele, Crisp
County, Ga., February
17, 1906.
Democrat. Pharmacist;
delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 2nd
District, 1961-62.
Congregationalist.
African ancestry. Member, Urban
League; Kappa
Alpha Psi; Sigma
Pi Phi.
Died June 23,
2005 (age 99 years, 126
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jack Barthwell and Sarah (Eubanks) Barthwell; married to Gladys
Marie Whitfield. |
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Edwin Belcher (c.1838-1883) —
of Wilkes
County, Ga.; Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.; Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Abbeville, Abbeville District (now Abbeville
County), S.C., about 1838.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
Georgia
state house of representatives, 1868-72; postmaster at Macon,
Ga., 1873-75; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Georgia, 1876,
1880.
African ancestry.
Died, from typhoid
pneumonia,
in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., January
7, 1883 (age about 45
years).
Interment at Cedar
Grove Cemetery, Augusta, Ga.
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Robert Benham (b. 1946) —
of Cartersville, Bartow
County, Ga.
Born in Cartersville, Bartow
County, Ga., September
25, 1946.
Lawyer;
Judge,
Georgia Court of Appeals, 1984-89; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1990-94, 2001-; chief
justice of Georgia Supreme Court, 1995-2001.
African ancestry. Member, American
Judicature Society; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Still living as of 2014.
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Relatives: Son
of Clarence Benham and Jesse (Knox) Benham; married to Nell
Dodson. |
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Loretta Copeland Biggs (b. 1954) —
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., 1954.
U.S.
District Judge for the Middle District of North Carolina, 2014-.
Female.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2017.
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Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. (b. 1947) —
also known as Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. —
of Albany, Dougherty
County, Ga.
Born in Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala., February
4, 1947.
Democrat. Member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1977-91; member of Georgia
state senate, 1991-93; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 2nd District, 1993-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Baptist.
African ancestry. Member, Kappa
Alpha Psi.
Still living as of 2014.
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Julian Bond (1940-2015) —
also known as Horace Julian Bond —
of Georgia.
Born in Hubbard Hospital,
Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., January
14, 1940.
Democrat. A leader of the civil rights movement in the 1960s and
1970s; one of the founders of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating
Committee (SNCC) in 1960, and the Southern Povery Law Center in 1971;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1967-74; candidate for Democratic
nomination for Vice President, 1968;
member of Georgia
state senate 39th District, 1975-87; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1984 ;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 1986; chairman, NAACP, 1998-2010.
African ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
NAACP.
He received the Spingarn
Medal in 2009.
Died in Fort Walton Beach, Okaloosa
County, Fla., August
15, 2015 (age 75 years, 213
days).
Burial location unknown.
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S. S. Broadnax —
of Thomasville, Thomas
County, Ga.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia,
1912.
African ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Lofton Brown (1949-2011) —
also known as Robert Brown —
of Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.
Born in Greenville, Meriwether
County, Ga., January
30, 1949.
Democrat. Member of Georgia
state senate 26th District, 1991-2011; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Georgia, 2008;
candidate for mayor of
Macon, Ga., 2011.
African ancestry.
Died from a self-inflicted
gunshot
wound, in Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., December
8, 2011 (age 62 years, 312
days).
Interment at Middle Georgia Memory Gardens, Jones County, Ga.
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R. B. Butts —
of Greenville, Meriwether
County, Ga.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia,
1912.
African ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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John H. Calhoun —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Georgia, 1952.
African ancestry.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Carl Camon —
of Ray City, Berrien
County, Ga.
Democrat. Candidate for Georgia
state house of representatives 166th District, 1997; candidate
for Governor of
Georgia, 2010.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2010.
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Bill Campbell (b. 1953) —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., May 25,
1953.
Democrat. Mayor
of Atlanta, Ga., 1994-2002; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Georgia, 1996.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Tunis George Campbell (1812-1891) —
also known as Tunis G. Campbell —
of McIntosh
County, Ga.
Born in Middlebrook (unknown
county), N.J., April 1,
1812.
Minister;
abolitionist; delegate
to Georgia state constitutional convention, 1867; member of Georgia
state senate, 1868, 1869-72; expelled 1868; defeated, 1872; expelled
from the Georgia State Senate in 1868 based on the claim that only
whites could serve; charged
with falsely
imprisoning white men as Justice of of the Peace, and served a
year of hard
labor in Georgia's brutal leased labor system.
Methodist.
African ancestry.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
4, 1891 (age 79 years, 247
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Archibald James Carey (1868-1931) —
also known as Archibald J. Carey —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in slavery,
in Georgia, August
25, 1868.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; president,
Edward Waters College, Jacksonville, Fla., 1895; minister;
bishop;
delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 3rd District,
1920-22; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1924;
member, Chicago Civil Service Commission, 1927-29; indicted
in 1929 on charges
of accepting
bribes from job applicants; the case never came to trial.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African ancestry.
Died, from heart
disease, in Billings Memorial Hospital,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March
23, 1931 (age 62 years, 210
days).
Interment at Lincoln
Cemetery, Blue Island, Ill.
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Andrew Lamar Carter Jr. (b. 1969) —
Born in Albany, Dougherty
County, Ga., 1969.
U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 2011-.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2017.
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James Garneth Carter (b. 1877) —
also known as James G. Carter —
of Brunswick, Glynn
County, Ga.
Born in Brunswick, Glynn
County, Ga., December
15, 1877.
Merchant
tailor; letter
carrier; newspaper
manager; U.S. Consul in Tamatave, 1906-16; Tananarive, 1916-27; Calais, 1927-40; Bordeaux, 1940; U.S. Consul General in Tananarive, 1941-42.
African ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Irma Clark (b. 1937) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Georgia, April
14, 1937.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives 11th District, 1999-.
Female.
African ancestry. Member, NAACP; Optimist
Club.
Still living as of 2000.
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Eva McPherson Clayton (b. 1934) —
also known as Eva M. Clayton —
of North Carolina.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., September
16, 1934.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 1st District, 1992-2003;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1996,
2000.
Female.
Presbyterian.
African ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Still living as of 2014.
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Louis H. Crawford —
of Dalton, Whitfield
County, Ga.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia,
1912,
1928
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization).
African ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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John C. Daniels (1936-2015) —
also known as John Daniels —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., April
25, 1936.
Democrat. School
teacher; member of Connecticut
state senate, 1980; mayor
of New Haven, Conn., 1990-93.
United
Church of Christ. African ancestry.
Died March
14, 2015 (age 78 years, 323
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Benjamin Jefferson Davis (b. 1870) —
also known as Ben J. Davis; "Big
Ben" —
of Dawson, Terrell
County, Ga.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Dawson, Terrell
County, Ga., May 27,
1870.
Republican. Bricklayer;
school
teacher; newspaper
editor; delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia,
1896
(alternate), 1908,
1912,
1916,
1920
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1924,
1928,
1932,
1936
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1940
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1944;
member of Republican
National Committee from Georgia, 1924-28.
Baptist.
African ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Benjamin Jefferson Davis Jr. (1903-1964) —
also known as Benjamin J. Davis, Jr.; Ben
Davis —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Harlem, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Dawson, Terrell
County, Ga., September
8, 1903.
Communist. Lawyer;
candidate for New York
state senate 18th District, 1936; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York at-large, 1942; candidate for New York
state attorney general, 1946; arrested
in 1948, along with other party leaders, and charged
with advocating
the violent overthrow of the United States; convicted
in 1949, and expelled
from his New York city council seat; served more than three years in
prison.
African ancestry.
Died, from lung
cancer, in Beth Israel Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
22, 1964 (age 60 years, 349
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Madison Davis —
of Athens, Clarke
County, Ga.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia,
1876,
1880,
1888,
1892;
U.S. Surveyor of Customs, 1881; postmaster at Athens,
Ga., 1882-86, 1890-93.
African ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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William Levi Dawson (1886-1970) —
also known as William L. Dawson —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Albany, Dougherty
County, Ga., April
26, 1886.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Illinois
Democratic State Central Committee, 1930-32; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1940
(alternate), 1944
(speaker),
1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964,
1968;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1943-70; died in
office 1970.
African ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Alpha
Phi Alpha; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
9, 1970 (age 84 years, 197
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Griffin
Funeral Home Columbarium, Chicago, Ill.
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John Wesley Dobbs (1882-1961) —
also known as J. W. Dobbs —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Marietta, Cobb
County, Ga., March 6,
1882.
Republican. Co-founder of the Atlanta Negro Voters League, 1946;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia, 1948,
1952
(member, Resolutions
Committee).
African ancestry. Member, Prince
Hall Masons.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., August
30, 1961 (age 79 years, 177
days).
Interment at South View Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.; statue at John Wesley Dobbs Plaza, Atlanta, Ga.
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George H. Edwards (1911-1980) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Brunswick, Glynn
County, Ga., February
13, 1911.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1955-78 (Wayne County 11th
District 1955-64, 12th District 1965-72, 9th District 1973-78).
Episcopalian.
African ancestry. Member, Elks.
Died in 1980
(age about
69 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Clarence Jack Ellis (b. 1946) —
also known as C. Jack Ellis —
of Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.
Born January
6, 1946.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; mayor of
Macon, Ga., 2000-07.
Baptist
or Muslim.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2011.
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George Fleminster —
of Dallas, Paulding
County, Ga.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Georgia, 1988.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1988.
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A. N. Fluker —
of Argyle, Clinch
County, Ga.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia,
1912.
African ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Shirley Clarke Franklin (b. 1945) —
also known as Shirley Franklin —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born May 10,
1945.
Democrat. Mayor
of Atlanta, Ga., 2002-; member of Democratic
National Committee from Georgia, 2004; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Georgia, 2004,
2008.
Female.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Walter A. Gordon (1894-1976) —
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., 1894.
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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Ernest A. Greene —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Rome, Floyd
County, Ga.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives 1st District, 1937-42.
African ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha; NAACP.
Burial location unknown.
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Freeman P. Hankins (1917-1988) —
also known as Freeman Hankins —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Brunswick, Glynn
County, Ga., September
30, 1917.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; funeral
director; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1961-67; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 7th District, 1967-88; died in office 1988.
Baptist.
African ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Amvets;
NAACP;
Freemasons;
American
Woodmen; Elks.
Died, from heart
disease, in the University of Pennsylvania Hospital,
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
31, 1988 (age 71 years, 92
days).
Interment at Fernwood Cemetery, Upper Darby Township, Delaware County, Pa.
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Jeremiah Haralson (1846-c.1916) —
of Selma, Dallas
County, Ala.
Born near Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga., April 1,
1846.
Republican. Member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1870; member of Alabama
state senate, 1872; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Alabama, 1872
(alternate), 1876;
U.S.
Representative from Alabama 1st District, 1875-77.
African ancestry.
Killed by wild
animals near Denver (unknown
county), Colo., about 1916 (age about 70
years).
Burial location unknown.
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James E. Harris (b. 1948) —
also known as James Harris —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Washington,
D.C.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; New York City (unknown
county), N.Y.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, 1948.
Socialist. Socialist Workers candidate for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from the District of Columbia, 1971; Socialist
Workers candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1988; Socialist Workers candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1989; Socialist Workers candidate for President
of the United States, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012; candidate
for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 2009.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2012.
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Jim Hill (b. 1947) —
of Oregon.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., April
23, 1947.
Democrat. Member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1983-87; member of Oregon
state senate, 1987-93; Oregon
state treasurer, 1993-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Oregon, 2000.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2000.
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R. A. Holland —
of McDonough, Henry
County, Ga.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia,
1912,
1916
(alternate).
African ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Morris W. Hood Sr. (1908-2001) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in LaGrange, Troup
County, Ga., September
22, 1908.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,
1956;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 2nd
District, 1961-62.
African ancestry. Member, United
Auto Workers; NAACP.
Died, of Alzheimer's
disease, in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., January
14, 2001 (age 92 years, 114
days).
Interment at Roseland
Park Cemetery, Berkley, Mich.
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Maynard Holbrook Jackson Jr. (1938-2003) —
also known as Maynard H. Jackson;
"Buzzy" —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., March
23, 1938.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1968; mayor
of Atlanta, Ga., 1974-82, 1990-94; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Georgia, 1976,
1980,
1996,
2000;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Georgia; member of Democratic
National Committee from Georgia, 1993.
African ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Phi
Beta Kappa.
Collapsed (heart
attack) after getting off a plane at Reagan National Airport,
and died soon after, at Virginia Medical
Center, Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., June 23,
2003 (age 65 years, 92
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
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William James —
of Statesboro, Bulloch
County, Ga.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia,
1912,
1916
(alternate), 1920
(alternate), 1928.
African ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Henry C. Johnson Jr. (b. 1954) —
also known as Hank Johnson —
of Lithonia, DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in Washington,
D.C., October
2, 1954.
Democrat. Lawyer; DeKalb
County Commissioner, 2001-06; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 4th District, 2007-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 2008.
Buddhist.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Henry Lincoln Johnson (1870-1925) —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., July 27,
1870.
Republican. Blacksmith;
lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia, 1908,
1912,
1916,
1920,
1924;
Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia, 1912-16; member of Republican
National Committee from Georgia, 1920-24.
African ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Suffered a stroke of
apoplexy, and died a few days later in Freedmen's Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., September
10, 1925 (age 55 years, 45
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, September
28, 1903, to Georgia Douglas Camp. |
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Otis S. Johnson —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Mayor
of Savannah, Ga., 2004-.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2004.
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Vernon Angus Jones (b. 1960) —
also known as Vernon Jones —
Born in Laurel Hill, Scotland
County, N.C., October
31, 1960.
Member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1993-2000, 2017-20; DeKalb
County Executive, 2001-09; candidate in Democratic primary for U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 2008; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 2010 (Democratic primary, 4th
District), 2022 (Republican primary, 10th District); speaker, Republican National Convention, 2020.
African ancestry. Member, Kappa
Alpha Psi.
Still living as of 2022.
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Clennon Washington King Jr. (c.1921-2000) —
also known as Clennon King; "The Black Don
Quixote" —
of Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born about 1921.
Minister;
Independent Afro-American candidate for President
of the United States, 1960; candidate for mayor of
Miami, Fla., 1996.
African ancestry.
Attempted
to enroll in the then-all-white University of Mississippi in
1958, and was sent to the state's insane
asylum; attempted to join and integrate Jimmy
Carter's all-white Baptist Church in Plains, Ga., on the eve of
the 1976 presidential election. Jailed
on numerous occasions for his flamboyant tactics.
Died, of prostate
cancer, in Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., February
12, 2000 (age about 79
years).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Albany, Ga.
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Coretta Scott King (1927-2006) —
also known as Coretta Scott —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Heiberger, Perry
County, Ala., April
27, 1927.
Democrat. Speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1984,
1988.
Female.
African ancestry.
Inducted, National
Women's Hall of Fame, 2011.
Died in Playas de Rosarito, Baja
California, January
30, 2006 (age 78 years, 278
days).
Entombed at King
Center Grounds, Atlanta, Ga.
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John Robert Lewis (1940-2020) —
also known as John Lewis —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Troy, Pike
County, Ala., February
21, 1940.
Democrat. Among the leaders of the civil rights movement of the
1960s; chair, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, 1963-66;
board member, Southern Christian Leadership Conference; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1987-; defeated, 1977;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
received the Spingarn
Medal in 2002.
Baptist.
African ancestry.
Died July 17,
2020 (age 80 years, 147
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Isaiah Henry Lofton (c.1862-1931) —
also known as Isaiah H. Lofton; Isaac
Loftin —
of Hogansville, Troup
County, Ga.
Born in Grantville, Coweta
County, Ga., about 1862.
Republican. Postmaster of Hogansville, Ga.; on September 15, 1897, he
was ambushed, shot,
and left for dead, by four unknown men, presumaly white residents who
had objected to his appointment; no one was ever prosecuted for the
crime; resigned as postmaster soon afterward, and assigned to a job
in Washington.
African ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 8,
1931 (age about 69
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Jefferson Franklin Long (1836-1901) —
also known as Jefferson F. Long; Jeff Long —
of Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.
Born in slavery
near Knoxville, Crawford
County, Ga., March 3,
1836.
Republican. Merchant
tailor; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 4th District, 1870-71; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Georgia, 1876,
1880.
African ancestry.
Died in Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., February
4, 1901 (age 64 years, 338
days).
Interment at Linwood
Cemetery, Macon, Ga.
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Joseph Echols Lowery (b. 1921) —
also known as Joseph E. Lowery —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala., October
6, 1921.
Democrat. Pastor;
leader in the civil rights movement; co-founder of the Southern
Christian Leadership Conference; escaped death in 1963 when his hotel
room in Birmingham, Ala., was bombed,
and in 1979 when Klansmen in Decatur, Ala., opened
fire on Lowery and other protesters; arrested
while demonstrating
in support of a garbage workers' strike in Atlanta, 1968; arrested
during protests
in Cullman, Ala., 1978; arrested
while protesting
apartheid at the South African Embassy
in Washington, D.C., 1984; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1988 ; delivered eulogies at the funerals of Rosa Parks and Coretta
Scott King; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Georgia, 2008.
Methodist.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Judson Whitlocke Lyons (1860-1924) —
also known as Judson W. Lyons —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in slavery,
in Burke
County, Ga., August
15, 1860.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia,
1880,
1892,
1896,
1904,
1908;
lawyer;
first
African-American licensed to practice law in Georgia; orator;
member of Republican
National Committee from Georgia, 1896-1908; Register of the U.S.
Treasury, 1898-1906.
African ancestry.
Died in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., June 22,
1924 (age 63 years, 312
days).
Interment at Cedar
Grove Cemetery, Augusta, Ga.
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Tony F. Mack (b. 1966) —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ga., January
8, 1966.
Democrat. Mercer
County Freeholder, 1997-2008; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New Jersey, 2000;
mayor
of Trenton, N.J., 2010-14; removed 2014; arrested
in September 2012, and charged
with accepting
a bribe, fraud,
and extortion;
tried
and convicted
in 2014, and sentenced
to five years in prison.
African ancestry. Member, NAACP; Urban
League.
Still living as of 2014.
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Denise L. Majette (b. 1955) —
of Stone Mountain, DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 18,
1955.
Democrat. Lawyer;
state court judge in Georgia, 1993-2002; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 4th District, 2003-05; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 2004;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 2004.
Female.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Randal Mangham —
of Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga.
Democrat. Member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 2001-10; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Georgia, 2008;
candidate for Governor of
Georgia, 2010.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2010.
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Blanche Martin (b. 1937) —
of East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Georgia, January
16, 1937.
Democrat. Dentist;
member of Michigan
State University board of trustees, 1969-84.
Protestant.
African ancestry. Member, Kiwanis;
American
Dental Association.
Still living as of 1984.
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Lee May (born c.1976) —
of Lithonia, DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born about 1976.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 2008.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2008.
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Billy McKinney —
Democrat. Police
officer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives; elected 1972.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2007.
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Cynthia Ann McKinney (b. 1955) —
also known as Cynthia A. McKinney —
of Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga.; Stone Mountain, DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., March
17, 1955.
Member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1989-92; U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 1993-2003, 2005-07 (11th District
1993-97, 4th District 1997-2003, 2005-07); defeated, 1986 (Democratic
primary), 2002 (Democratic primary), 2006 (Democratic primary), 2012;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1996,
2000;
Green candidate for President
of the United States, 2008; Green candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 2020.
Female.
Catholic.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2020.
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Matthew McNeely (b. 1920) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Millen, Jenkins
County, Ga., May 11,
1920.
Democrat. Education
director, United Auto Workers Local 306; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1956
(alternate), 1960
(alternate), 1972;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1965-86 (26th District 1965-72,
16th District 1973-82, 3rd District 1983-86); defeated in primary,
1958.
Baptist.
African ancestry.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Harold D. Melton —
of Georgia.
Born in Washington,
D.C.
Lawyer;
justice
of Georgia state supreme court, 2005-.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2008.
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Ralph Harold Metcalfe (1910-1978) —
also known as Ralph H. Metcalfe —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., May 29,
1910.
Democrat. Won gold,
silver and bronze Olympic medals in 1932 and 1936; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1952
(alternate), 1956
(alternate), 1964
(alternate), 1968;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1971-78; died in
office 1978.
Catholic.
African ancestry. Member, Amvets;
American
Legion; Urban
League; NAACP; Elks; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
10, 1978 (age 68 years, 134
days).
Interment at Holy
Sepulchre Cemetery, Alsip, Ill.
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S. S. Mincey (d. 1930) —
of Ailey, Montgomery
County, Ga.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia,
1908
(alternate), 1912,
1916,
1920.
African ancestry.
Taken from his home by a group of Ku Klux Klan members, and lynched,
in Uvalda, Montgomery
County, Ga., July 29,
1930.
Interment at Live
Oak Baptist Church Cemetery, Ailey, Ga.
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Elias Camp Morris (1855-1922) —
also known as Elias C. Morris —
of Helena (now part of Helena-West Helena), Phillips
County, Ark.
Born in Spring Place, Murray
County, Ga., May 7,
1855.
Republican. Preacher;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Arkansas, 1892,
1900,
1908
(alternate), 1912
(alternate).
Baptist.
African ancestry.
Died in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., September
5, 1922 (age 67 years, 121
days).
Interment at Dixon Cemetery, Helena-West Helena, Ark.
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Monroe B. Morton —
of Athens, Clarke
County, Ga.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia,
1888
(alternate), 1896
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1908,
1912;
postmaster at Athens,
Ga., 1897-1902.
African ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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James McKinley Neal (1899-1982) —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Greensboro, Greene
County, Ga., March 8,
1899.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; pharmacist;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Jackson County 4th District,
1947-64.
Baptist.
African ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Omega
Psi Phi; American
Legion; Urban
League; NAACP.
Died in Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan., November
11, 1982 (age 83 years, 248
days).
Interment at Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery, Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
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Henry G. Parks Jr. (born c.1917) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., about 1917.
Democrat. Founder and chairman, H. G. Parks Inc. (meat
products); alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Maryland, 1964.
African ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Virginia Byrd. |
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William Fletcher Penn (1871-1934) —
also known as William F. Penn —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Tuskegee, Macon
County, Ala.
Born in Glasgow, Rockbridge
County, Va., January
16, 1871.
Republican. Physician;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia, 1908
(alternate), 1912,
1916
(alternate).
African ancestry.
Died in Tuskegee, Macon
County, Ala., May 31,
1934 (age 63 years, 135
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Isham Penn and Maria (Irvine) Penn; married 1899 to Lula
(Tompkins) Wright. |
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Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (1837-1921) —
also known as P. B. S. Pinchback —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Macon
County, Ga., May 10,
1837.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate
to Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1868, 1879;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Louisiana, 1868,
1884,
1888;
member of Louisiana
state senate, 1868-71; Lieutenant
Governor of Louisiana, 1871-72; Governor of
Louisiana, 1872-73.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
21, 1921 (age 84 years, 225
days).
Interment at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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William Anderson Pledger (1852-1904) —
also known as William A. Pledger —
of Athens, Clarke
County, Ga.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Georgia, February, 1852.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia,
1880,
1888,
1892,
1896.
African ancestry.
Died in Georgia, January
8, 1904 (age 51 years, 0
days).
Interment at Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery, Athens, Ga.
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Pauline Sims Puryear (b. 1900) —
also known as Pauline Puryear —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., June 6,
1900.
Republican. Social
worker; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
New Jersey, 1948.
Female.
Methodist.
African ancestry. Member, Alpha
Kappa Alpha.
Burial location unknown.
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Bobby Lee Rush (b. 1946) —
also known as Bobby L. Rush —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Albany, Dougherty
County, Ga., November
23, 1946.
Democrat. Candidate for Illinois
state house of representatives, 1978; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1993-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
candidate for mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1999.
Protestant.
African ancestry.
As a Black Panther, spent six months in prison
on a weapons
charge.
Still living as of 2014.
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Willie Louis Sands (b. 1949) —
also known as W. Louis Sands —
Born in Bradley, Jones
County, Ga., 1949.
Lawyer;
assistant prosecuting attorney; superior court judge in Georgia,
1991-93; U.S.
District Judge for the Middle District of Georgia, 1994-2014;
took senior status 2014.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2017.
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David Scott (b. 1946) —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Aynor, Horry
County, S.C., June 27,
1946.
Democrat. Member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1974-82; member of Georgia
state senate, 1982-2002; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 13th District, 2003-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 2004,
2008.
Baptist.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Thomas Scott (born c.1954) —
also known as Tom Scott —
of Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Born in Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., about 1954.
Minister;
Hillsborough
County Commissioner, 1996-2004; member, Tampa City Council,
2007-11; candidate for mayor of
Tampa, Fla., 2011.
Church
of God. African ancestry.
Still living as of 2011.
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Mary Stenson Scriven (b. 1962) —
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., 1962.
U.S.
District Judge for the Middle District of Florida, 2008-.
Female.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2017.
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Leah Ward Sears (b. 1955) —
Born in Heidelberg, Germany,
of American parents, June 13,
1955.
Lawyer;
justice
of Georgia state supreme court, 1992-2005; chief
justice of Georgia Supreme Court, 2005-.
Female.
African ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; National
Bar Association; Alpha
Kappa Alpha.
Still living as of 2014.
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William J. Shaw —
also known as W. J. Shaw —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia,
1944
(alternate), 1948,
1952,
1956
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1960
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
African ancestry.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Horace L. Sheffield (b. 1916) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Vienna, Dooly
County, Ga., 1916.
Democrat. International
Representative, United Auto Workers, 1942-67; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1960,
1964.
African ancestry. Member, United
Auto Workers.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Stephen S. Simmons (born c.1876) —
of Lithia Springs, Douglas
County, Ga.
Born in Georgia, about 1876.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Georgia, 1916,
1924.
African ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Clay Smith —
also known as Henry C. Smith —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Cartersville, Bartow
County, Ga.
Democrat. U.S. Consul in Tamatave, 1893; Santos, 1893-96, resigned 1896; at the time of his resignation
as consul, he was about to be dismissed
over unspecified
misconduct.
African ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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J. C. Styles —
of Dawson, Terrell
County, Ga.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia,
1896,
1912.
African ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Louis Wade Sullivan (b. 1933) —
of Georgia.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., November
3, 1933.
Physician;
medical
school professor; U.S.
Secretary of Health and Human Services, 1989-93.
African ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2019.
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Clarence Thomas (b. 1948) —
of District of Columbia.
Born in Pin Point, Chatham
County, Ga., June 23,
1948.
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1990-91; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1991-.
Catholic.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Larry D. Thompson —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Republican. U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, 1982-86; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia, 1988.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1988.
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L. B. Toomer —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1960
(alternate).
African ancestry.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Louis B. Toomer (1842-1904) —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in South Carolina, 1842.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia,
1880.
African ancestry. Member, Prince
Hall Masons.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., October
18, 1904 (age about 62
years).
Burial location unknown.
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A. C. Touchstone —
of Griffin, Spalding
County, Ga.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia,
1948,
1952,
1956
(alternate), 1960.
African ancestry.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Cicely Tyson (b. 1924) —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
19, 1924.
Democrat. Model;
actress;
speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1984.
Female.
African ancestry. Member, Delta
Sigma Theta.
Recipient of the Spingarn
Medal in 2010, and the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 2016.
Still living as of 2019.
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James Leroy Usry (1922-2002) —
also known as James L. Usry —
of Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J.
Born in Athens, Clarke
County, Ga., February
2, 1922.
Republican. Professional
basketball player, 1946-51; mayor
of Atlantic City, N.J., 1984-90; defeated, 1982; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1988;
arrested,
on July 28, 1989, along with thirteen others, and charged
with bribery;
he later pleaded
guilty to improper reporting of campaign
contributions.
African ancestry.
Died in Absecon, Atlantic
County, N.J., February
25, 2002 (age 80 years, 23
days).
Interment at Atlantic
County Veterans Cemetery, Estell Manor, N.J.
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Charles T. Walker —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia,
1908
(alternate), 1912,
1916.
African ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Walter Edward Washington (1915-2003) —
also known as Walter Washington —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Dawson, Terrell
County, Ga., April
15, 1915.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Washington, D.C., 1975-79; defeated in primary, 1978.
African ancestry.
Died, in Howard University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., October
27, 2003 (age 88 years, 195
days).
Interment at Lincoln
Memorial Cemetery, Suitland, Md.
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Allen Bernard West (b. 1961) —
also known as Allen West —
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., February
7, 1961.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Gulf War; colonel in
the U.S. Army during the Iraq War; U.S.
Representative from Florida 22nd District, 2011-13; defeated,
2012.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2013.
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Kanye Omari West (b. 1977) —
also known as Kanye West —
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., June 8,
1977.
Rap
musician; music
producer; The Birthday Party candidate for President
of the United States, 2020; Alliance candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 2020.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2021.
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Charline White (1920-1959) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., September
1, 1920.
Democrat. Florist;
advertising
business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1951-59 (Wayne County 1st
District 1951-54, Wayne County 11th District 1955-59); died in office
1959.
Female.
African ancestry.
Died September
7, 1959 (age 39 years, 6
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Leroy G. White. |
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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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Hosea Lorenzo Williams (1926-2000) —
also known as Hosea Williams —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in Attapulgus, Decatur
County, Ga., January
5, 1926.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; walked
with a cane due to wartime injury; ordained
minister; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1972; member of Georgia
state house of representatives 54th District, 1975-85; candidate
for mayor
of Atlanta, Ga., 1989.
African ancestry. Member, NAACP; Phi
Beta Sigma; Elks; Freemasons;
Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; American
Legion.
Civil rights leader; active in sit-ins
and protest
marches in Savannah and elsewhere; arrested
at least 135 times. As Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "field general"
in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, led the 1965
Selma-to-Montgomery march which helped galvanize support for Black
voting rights. In 1968, he was present at the Lorraine Motel in
Memphis, Tenn., when King was assassinated. Convicted
in 1981 of leaving
the scene of an accident, and jailed
for six months.
Died, of cancer,
at Piedmont Hospital,
Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., November
16, 2000 (age 74 years, 316
days).
Entombed at Lincoln
Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
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Juanita Elizabeth Terry Williams (1925-2000) —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born January
3, 1925.
Member of Georgia
state house of representatives 54th District, 1985-93.
Female.
African ancestry.
Died, of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (a type of anemia),
at Emory University Hospital,
Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., August
23, 2000 (age 75 years, 233
days).
Entombed at Lincoln
Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
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A. N. Wilson —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia,
1884;
postmaster at Savannah,
Ga., 1885-86.
African ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Christopher C. Wimbish (b. 1895) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., 1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Illinois
state senate 3rd District; defeated, 1938; elected 1942, 1946;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1948.
African ancestry. Member, Urban
League; NAACP; American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Burial location unknown.
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Andrew Jackson Young Jr. (b. 1932) —
also known as Andy Young —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., March
12, 1932.
Democrat. Ordained
minister; one of the founders of the Southern Christian
Leadership Conference, 1957; close advisor of Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr. until his assassination; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1973-77; defeated,
1970; U.S. Representative to United Nations, 1977-79; mayor
of Atlanta, Ga., 1982-90; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1988 ;
candidate for Governor of
Georgia, 1990.
United
Church of Christ. African ancestry. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Prince
Hall Masons.
Received the Spingarn
Medal in 1978; received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1981.
Still living as of 2021.
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Johnny Young (b. 1940) —
of Pennsylvania; Kensington, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., February
6, 1940.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Sierra Leone, 1989-92; Togo, 1994-97; Bahrain, 1997-2001; Slovenia, 2001-04.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Joseph F. Young Sr. (1927-1993) —
also known as Joe Young, Sr. —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Milledgeville, Baldwin
County, Ga., July 15,
1927.
Democrat. Candidate for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 5th
District, 1961; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1974-78, 1983-93 (15th District
1974-78, 14th District 1983-92, 3rd District 1993); defeated in
primary, 1964, 1966; died in office 1993; candidate for Michigan
state senate 1st District, 1978.
African ancestry. Member, NAACP; United
Auto Workers.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., April 9,
1993 (age 65 years, 268
days).
Burial location unknown.
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