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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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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;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 3rd District, 1967-80.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African ancestry. Member, NAACP; Urban
League; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks.
First
black member of the Pennsylvania state senate.
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,
1948.
African ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Sidney Barthwell (1906-2005) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Cordele, Crisp
County, Ga., February
17, 1906.
Son of Jack Barthwell and Sarah (Eubanks) Barthwell.
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:
Married to Gladys Marie Whitfield. |
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Robert Benham (b. 1946) —
of Cartersville, Bartow
County, Ga.
Born in Cartersville, Bartow
County, Ga., September
25, 1946.
Son of Clarence Benham and Jesse (Knox) Benham.
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 2009.
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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 2009.
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Horace Julian Bond (b. 1940) —
also known as Julian Bond —
of Georgia.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., 1940.
Democrat. Member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1965-74; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Georgia, 1968;
speaker, 1984;
member of Georgia
state senate, 1974-87; candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 1986.
African ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
A leader of the civil rights movement in the 1960s and 1970s.
Still living as of 1998.
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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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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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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 2009.
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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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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 2009.
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Louis H. Crawford —
of Dalton, Whitfield
County, Ga.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia,
1912,
1928.
African ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Benjamin Jefferson Davis (b. 1870) —
also known as Ben J. Davis —
of Dawson, Terrell
County, Ga.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Dawson, Terrell
County, Ga., May 27,
1870.
Son of Michael Davis and Katherine Davis.
Republican. Bricklayer;
school
teacher; newspaper
editor; delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia,
1896
(alternate), 1908,
1912,
1916,
1920,
1924,
1928,
1932,
1936,
1940,
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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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,
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., 1882.
Republican. Co-founder of the Atlanta Negro Voters League, 1946;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia, 1948,
1952.
African ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Houston Street in Atlanta was renamed
for him in 1994.
Died in 1961
(age about
79 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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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 2009.
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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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Freeman P. Hankins (1917-c.1988) —
also known as Freeman Hankins —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Brunswick, Glynn
County, Ga., September
30, 1917.
Son of Oliver Hankins and Anna (Pyles) Hankins.
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.
Baptist.
African ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Amvets; NAACP; Freemasons;
American
Woodmen; Elks.
In April, 2000, a Philadelphia branch post office was named for
him.
Died about 1988 (age about 71
years).
Interment somewhere
in Philadelphia, Pa.
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Jeremiah Haralson (1846-c.1916) —
of Alabama.
Born near Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga., April 1,
1846.
Republican. Member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1870; member of Alabama
state senate, 1872; 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 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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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 La Grange, Troup
County, Ga., September
22, 1908.
Son of Wheeler Hood and India (Benton) Hood.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,
1956;
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1960;
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.
Son of Maynard Jackson, Sr. and Irene Dobbs Jackson.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate in primary 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;
Presidential Elector for Georgia, 1992;
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 2009.
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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 (1880-1966;
poet). |
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Congress |
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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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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.
Daughter of Obediah Scott (1899-1998) and Bernice (McMurray) Scott
(1904-1996).
Democrat. Speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1984,
1988.
Female.
African ancestry.
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 (b. 1940) —
also known as John Lewis —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Troy, Pike
County, Ala., February
21, 1940.
Son of Eddie Lewis and Willie Mae Lewis.
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.
Baptist.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Jefferson Franklin Long (1836-1901) —
of Georgia.
Born in slavery
near Knoxville, Crawford
County, Ga., March 3,
1836.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Georgia 4th District, 1870-71.
African ancestry.
Died in Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., February
4, 1901 (age 64 years, 338
days).
Interment at Lynwood
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; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Georgia, 2008;
speaker, 1988;
delivered eulogies at the funerals of Rosa Parks and Coretta
Scott King.
Methodist.
African ancestry.
Joseph E. Lowery Boulevard in Atlanta is named for
him.
Still living as of 2008.
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Judson W. Lyons —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia,
1896,
1904,
1908;
member of Republican
National Committee from Georgia, 1896-1904.
African ancestry.
Interment at Cedar
Grove Cemetery, Augusta, Ga.
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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 2009.
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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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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.
Daughter of Leola McKinney and Billy
McKinney.
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 in Democratic
primary, 1986, 2002, 2006; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Georgia, 1996,
2000;
Green candidate for President
of the United States, 2008.
Female.
Catholic.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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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.
Still living as of 1986.
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Harold D. Melton —
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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M. 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.
African ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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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.
Still living as of 1977.
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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.
Son of Isham Penn (1837-1919) and Maria (Irvine) Penn (1850-1921).
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:
Married 1899
to Lula (Tompkins) Wright. |
| | | Image source: Yale University
Library |
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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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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 2010.
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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 2009.
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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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Leah Ward Sears (b. 1955) —
Born in Heidelberg, Germany,
of American parents, June 13,
1955.
Daughter of Thomas E. Sears and Onnye Jean Sears.
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 2009.
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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.
Still living as of 1964.
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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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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 November
3, 1933.
U.S.
Secretary of Health and Human Services, 1989-93.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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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; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1991-.
Catholic.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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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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Cicely Tyson (b. 1933) —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
29, 1933.
Daughter of William Tyson and Theodesia Tyson.
Democrat. Model;
actress;
speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1984.
Female.
African ancestry. Member, Delta
Sigma Theta.
Still living as of 2008.
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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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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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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 in primary 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 Georgia.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia,
1884.
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; candidate in primary for Governor of
Georgia, 1990.
United
Church of Christ. African ancestry. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Freemasons.
Received the Spingarn
Medal in 1978; received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1981.
Still living as of 2009.
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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 2010.
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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 in primary 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 in primary 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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