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Richard Allen (1830-1909) —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in slavery
in Richmond,
Va., June 10,
1830.
Republican. Member of Texas
state house of representatives 14th District, 1870; candidate
for Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1878; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Texas, 1884.
Baptist.
African ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., May 16,
1909 (age 78 years, 340
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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Fenton L. Bland, Jr. (b. 1962) —
of Petersburg,
Va.
Born in Petersburg,
Va., March 7,
1962.
Democrat. Mortician;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates 63rd District, 2002-05; resigned 2005;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia,
2004;
pleaded
guilty, January 26, 2005 to one count of conspiracy to commit bank
fraud; sentenced
in April to 57 months in prison
and ordered to pay $1.2 million in restitution;
surrendered
his funeral director's license rather than contest charges of ethical
violations.
Baptist.
African ancestry. Member, Kappa
Alpha Psi.
Still living as of 2006.
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Pamela E. Bridgewater (b. 1947) —
of Virginia.
Born in 1947.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Benin, 2000-.
Female.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2001.
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Robert Lee Brokenburr (1886-1974) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Phoebus, Elizabeth City County (now part of Hampton),
Va., November
16, 1886.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Indiana
state senate, 1941-44.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Kappa
Alpha Psi.
Died March 24,
1974 (age 87 years, 128
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Ronald Harmon Brown (1941-1996) —
also known as Ronald H. Brown —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born August 1,
1941.
Democrat. Chairman of
Democratic National Committee, 1989-93; U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1993-96; died in office 1996.
African ancestry. Member, Urban
League.
Killed in a plane
crash, during a storm, in
Croatia,
April
3, 1996 (age 54 years, 246
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Blanche Kelso Bruce (1841-1898) —
also known as Blanche K. Bruce —
of Floreyville (unknown
county), Miss.
Born in slavery
near Farmville, Prince
Edward County, Va., March 1,
1841.
Republican. School
teacher; planter; Bolivar
County Sheriff and Tax Collector, 1872-75; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1875-81; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Mississippi, 1880,
1884;
Register of the U.S. Treasury, 1881, 1897-98; District of Columbia
Recorder of Deeds, 1891-93.
African ancestry.
The Blanche K. Bruce Foundation (arts and high-risk youth) is named for
him.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 17,
1898 (age 57 years, 16
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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D. W. Burley (born c.1844) —
of Texas.
Born in Virginia, about 1844.
Member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1871.
African ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Williana Jones Burroughs (1882-1945) —
also known as Williana J. Burroughs; Williana Jones;
Mary Adams —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Moscow, Russia.
Born in Petersburg,
Va., 1882.
Communist. School
teacher; joined the Communist party in 1926; used the pseudonym
"Mary Adams"; in 1933, she led a demonstration
to the New York City Board of Education, and as a result, she was fired
from her teaching job; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1934; announcer and editor for the
English-language broadcasts of Radio
Moscow, 1937-45.
African ancestry.
Died in 1945
(age about
63 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Daniel L. Burrows (b. 1908) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Cape Charles, Northampton
County, Va., January
23, 1908.
Democrat. Real
estate and insurance
business; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 19th District, 1939-44;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1940.
African ancestry. Member, NAACP; Urban
League; Elks.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Calvin C. Campbell —
of Illinois.
Born in Roanoke,
Va.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; circuit judge in
Illinois; Judge, Illinois Appellate Court 1st District, 1978-.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1993.
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Peter J. Carter —
of Virginia.
Republican. Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1871-79; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Virginia, 1880.
African ancestry.
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Northampton County, Va.
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Cardiss Collins (b. 1931) —
also known as Cardiss Robertson —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., September
24, 1931.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 7th District, 1973-97; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1996,
2000,
2004;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Illinois, 2004.
Female.
Baptist.
African ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Still living as of 2009.
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Jerry R. Curry —
of Virginia
Beach, Va.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia,
1988;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 1988.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1988.
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Stephen Curtis (born c.1806) —
of Brazos
County, Tex.
Born in slavery
in Virginia, about 1806.
Delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1868-69.
African ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Maurice A. Dawkins —
of Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia,
1988;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1988.
African ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward Richard Dudley (1911-2005) —
also known as Edward R. Dudley —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in South Boston, Halifax
County, Va., March 11,
1911.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Minister to Liberia, 1948-49; U.S. Ambassador to Liberia, 1949-53; borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1961-64; appointed 1961;
candidate for New York
state attorney general, 1962; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1964;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1965-85.
African ancestry.
Died, of prostate
cancer, in St. Luke's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
10, 2005 (age 93 years, 336
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Rae Oley. |
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James Farmer (1920-1999) —
of New York.
Born in Marshall, Harrison
County, Tex., January
12, 1920.
Candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1968.
African ancestry.
Founder of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE).
Died in Fredericksburg,
Va., July 9,
1999 (age 79 years, 178
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Jendayi Elizabeth Frazer —
also known as Jendayi Frazer —
of Virginia.
U.S. Ambassador to South Africa, 2004-05.
Female.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2005.
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Alphonso Grant —
of Lynchburg,
Va.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Virginia, 1988.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1988.
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H. Clay Harris —
of Virginia.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia,
1880.
African ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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James H. Harris (d. 1898) —
of North Carolina.
Born in St. Mary's
County, Md.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; received
the Medal
of Honor in 1874 for action at New Market Heights, Virginia,
September 29, 1864; delegate to Republican National Convention from
North Carolina, 1868,
1880,
1884,
1888.
African ancestry.
Died January
28, 1898.
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Jean Louise Harris (c.1931-2001) —
of Richmond,
Va.; Eden Prairie, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Virginia, about 1931.
Republican. Physician;
mayor
of Eden Prairie, Minn., 1995-2001; died in office 2001; candidate
in primary for Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 2000.
Female.
Episcopalian
or Lutheran.
African ancestry.
Died, of lung
cancer, in a hospital
at Eden Prairie, Hennepin
County, Minn., December
14, 2001 (age about 70
years).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Eden Prairie, Minn.
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Paul Clinton Harris (born c.1964) —
also known as Paul C. Harris —
of Manassas,
Va.
Born about 1964.
Republican. Member of Virginia
state house of delegates; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Virginia, 2004;
speaker, 2000.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2004.
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Jerome Heartwell Holland (1916-1985) —
also known as Jerome H. Holland; Brud
Holland —
of Virginia.
Born January
9, 1916.
U.S. Ambassador to Sweden, 1970-72.
African ancestry.
Died January
13, 1985 (age 69 years, 4
days).
Interment at Fort
Hill Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.
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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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John Mercer Langston (1829-1897) —
also known as John M. Langston —
of Washington,
D.C.; Petersburg,
Va.
Born in Louisa, Louisa
County, Va., December
14, 1829.
Republican. U.S. Minister to Haiti, 1877-85; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Santo Domingo, 1883-85; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 4th District, 1890-91.
African ancestry.
Died November
15, 1897 (age 67 years, 336
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Raphael O'Hara Lanier (1900-1962) —
of Hampton,
Va.
Born in 1900.
U.S. Minister to Liberia, 1946-48.
African ancestry.
Died in 1962
(age about
62 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Henry Lewis (1868-1949) —
also known as William H. Lewis; Bill Lewis —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Dedham, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Berkley, Norfolk County (now part of Norfolk),
Va., November
28, 1868.
Son of Ashley Lewis and Josephine (Baker) Lewis.
Republican. As a student at Harvard, was the first
black All-American football player (1892-93); lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1902.
Baptist;
later Catholic.
African ancestry.
Died, of heart
failure, in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
1, 1949 (age 80 years, 34
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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John Roy Lynch (1847-1939) —
also known as John R. Lynch —
of Natchez, Adams
County, Miss.
Born in slavery
in Concordia
Parish, La., September
10, 1847.
Son of Patrick Lynch and Catharine Lynch.
Republican. Member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1869-73; Speaker of
the Mississippi State House of Representatives, 1871-73; Mississippi
Republican state chair, 1871-89; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Mississippi, 1872,
1884
(Temporary
Chair), 1888,
1892;
U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 6th District, 1873-77, 1882-83;
major in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War.
African ancestry.
Died in 1939
(age about
91 years).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Thurgood Marshall (1908-1993) —
also known as Thoroughgood Marshall —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., July 2,
1908.
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1961-65; U.S. Solicitor General,
1965-67; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1967-91.
Episcopalian.
African ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
NAACP;
National
Bar Association; Alpha
Phi Alpha; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Received Spingarn
Medal in 1946 First
African-American Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Died, from a heart
attack, in the National
Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., January
24, 1993 (age 84 years, 206
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; memorial monument at Lawyers'
Mall, Annapolis, Md.
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Relatives:
Married, September
4, 1929, to Vivien Burey (died 1955); married, December
17, 1955, to Cecilia
Suyat; father of Thurgood
Marshall, Jr.. See Marshall
family of New York. |
| | | Cross-reference: William
Curtis Bryson |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Thurgood Marshall: Juan
Williams, Thurgood
Marshall : American Revolutionary — Randall W. Bland,
Justice
Thurgood Marshall, Crusader for Liberalism : His Judicial
Biography — Mark V. Tushnet, Making
Constitutional Law: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court,
1961-1991 — Mark V. Tushnet, Making
Civil Rights Law: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court,
1936-1961 |
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Thurgood Marshall, Jr. (b. 1956) —
of Falls
Church, Va.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., 1956.
Son of Thurgood
Marshall and Cecilia
Marshall.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1996;
assistant to Pres. Bill
Clinton, 1997-2001.
African and Filipino
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; National
Bar Association.
Still living as of 2007.
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Arthur Wergs Mitchell (1883-1968) —
also known as Arthur W. Mitchell —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born near Lafayette, Chambers
County, Ala., December
22, 1883.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1935-43; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1940.
African ancestry.
While a student at Tuskegee Institute, he served as office boy for
Booker T. Washington. First
African-American Democrat ever elected to the U.S. Congress.
Died near Petersburg, Dinwiddie
County, Va., May 9,
1968 (age 84 years, 139
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Dinwiddie County, Va.
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Parren James Mitchell (1922-2007) —
also known as Parren J. Mitchell —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., April 29,
1922.
Son of Clarence M. Mitchell, Sr. and Elsie (Davis) Mitchell.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; college
professor; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 7th District, 1971-87.
Episcopalian.
African ancestry.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Greater Baltimore Medical
Center, Baltimore,
Md., May 28,
2007 (age 85 years, 29
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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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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J. W. Poindexter —
of Virginia.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia,
1880.
African ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Michael K. Powell (b. 1963) —
of Fairfax Station, Fairfax
County, Va.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., March 23,
1963.
Son of Colin
Luther Powell and Alma (Johnson) Powell.
Republican. Lawyer; member, Federal Communications
Commission, 1997-2005; chair, Federal Communications
Commission, 2001-05.
African ancestry. Member, Theta
Delta Chi.
Still living as of 2010.
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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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Ronald L. Rice (b. 1945) —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Richmond,
Va., December
18, 1945.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War; police
detective; member of New Jersey
state senate 28th District, 1996-; candidate for mayor of
Newark, N.J., 2006.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2011.
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Wilhelmina Jackson Rolark (1916-2006) —
also known as Wilhelmina J. Rolark; M. Wilhelmina
Jackson —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Portsmouth,
Va., September
12, 1916.
Democrat. Lawyer;
co-founder of Washington Informer newspaper;
member, Washington, D.C. city council, 1977-92; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, 1980.
Female.
African ancestry.
Inducted in 2001 to the Washington, D.C. Hall of
Fame.
Died, of colon
cancer, in Greater Southeast Community Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., February
14, 2006 (age 89 years, 155
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Calvin Rolark (1927-1994). |
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George Lewis Ruffin (1834-1886) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Richmond,
Va., December
16, 1834.
Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1869-71; Labor Reform candidate
for Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1871; municipal judge in Massachusetts,
1883.
African ancestry.
First
black graduate of Harvard Law School, 1869.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
19, 1886 (age 51 years, 338
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Robert Cortez Scott (b. 1947) —
also known as Robert C. Scott; Bobby Scott —
of Newport
News, Va.
Born in Washington,
D.C., April 30,
1947.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1978-83; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Virginia, 1980,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
member of Virginia
state senate, 1983-92; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 3rd District, 1993-; defeated, 1986.
Episcopalian.
African ancestry. Member, NAACP; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Still living as of 2009.
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Mark T. Southall (b. 1911) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Norfolk,
Va., June 1,
1911.
Democrat. Real
estate and insurance
business; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New York, 1960;
member of New York
state assembly, 1963-74 (New York County 12th District 1963-65,
79th District 1966, 74th District 1967-74).
Baptist.
African ancestry. Member, Urban
League; NAACP.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Joanne Arrington. |
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William Stanhagen —
of Falls
Church, Va.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia,
1988.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1988.
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Noel C. Taylor (1924-1998) —
of Roanoke,
Va.
Born in Bedford
County, Va., July 15,
1924.
Republican. Baptist
minister; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Virginia, 1972;
mayor
of Roanoke, Va., 1975-92.
African ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
NAACP.
First
black mayor of Roanoke.
Died in Roanoke,
Va., October
29, 1998 (age 74 years, 106
days).
Interment somewhere
in Bedford County, Va.
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Silas F. Taylor —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Danville,
Va.
Democrat. Druggist;
member of Massachusetts
Democratic State Committee, 1928-48; Presidential Elector for
Massachusetts, 1940,
1944,
1948;
defeated, 1956;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1944,
1948,
1952,
1956.
Baptist.
African ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Josiah Thomas Walls (1842-1905) —
of Florida.
Born in Virginia, 1842.
Republican. Member of Florida state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1871-73, 1873-76 (at-large 1871-73,
1873-75, 2nd District 1875-76).
African ancestry.
Died in 1905
(age about
63 years).
Interment at Negro
Cemetery, Tallahassee, Fla.
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William E. Ward —
of Chesapeake,
Va.
University
professor; mayor
of Chesapeake, Va., 1990-.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2002.
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Lawrence Douglas Wilder (b. 1931) —
also known as L. Douglas Wilder —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born January
17, 1931.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1980;
Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia; elected 1985; Governor of
Virginia, 1990-94; candidate for Democratic nomination for
President, 1992;
Independent candidate for U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1994; mayor
of Richmond, Va., 2005-.
African ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Received the Spingarn
Medal in 1990.
Still living as of 2009.
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Smallwood Edmond Williams (b. 1907) —
also known as Smallwood E. Williams —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Lynchburg,
Va., October
17, 1907.
Democrat. Minister;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia,
1964,
1972.
Pentecostal.
African ancestry. Member, NAACP; Urban
League.
Presiding Bishop, Bible Way Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
Burial
location unknown.
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