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Oscar William Adams Jr. (1925-1997) —
also known as Oscar W. Adams —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., February
7, 1925.
Lawyer;
associate
justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1980-93.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry. Member, National
Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; Omega Psi Phi; NAACP.
First
African-American ever elected to statewide office in Alabama.
Died of an infection
related to cancer,
in Baptist Medical
Center-Montclair, Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., February
15, 1997 (age 72 years, 8
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William C. Baker (b. 1925) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind., July 18,
1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; dentist;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1972.
Protestant.
Member, Omega Psi Phi; American
Dental Association; NAACP; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Urban
League.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Esau Baker and Ella (Cranfielo) Baker; married 1955 to Mae
Helen Morgan. |
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Maurice Darrow Bean (b. 1928) —
of Maxwell Air Force Base, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Gary, Lake
County, Ind., September
9, 1928.
Served
in the Peace Corps; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to
Burma, 1977-79.
Member, Omega Psi Phi.
Still living as of 1991.
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Edward Bivens Jr. (b. 1923) —
of Inkster, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Indiana, Indiana
County, Pa., February
8, 1923.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate
for Michigan
state house of representatives 37th District, 1968; mayor
of Inkster, Mich., 1970-75, 1991-99; defeated, 1999; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1972.
Methodist.
African
ancestry. Member, Omega Psi Phi; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Elks.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Bivens, Sr. and Charlotte (McCreary) Bivens; married 1950 to Irene
Edna Stewart. |
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DeWitt T. Burton (1892-1970) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., November
15, 1892.
Democrat. Physician;
member of Wayne State
University board of governors, 1960-68.
Congregationalist.
Member, Urban
League; NAACP;
Omega Psi Phi; American Medical
Association.
Died in 1970
(age about
77 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Ralph Campbell Jr. (b. 1946) —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., December
7, 1946.
Democrat. North
Carolina state auditor, 1993-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from North Carolina, 1996,
2000,
2004.
Episcopalian.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP;
Omega Psi Phi; Freemasons.
Still living as of 2004.
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Eric D. Coleman —
of Bloomfield, Hartford
County, Conn.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1983-94; member of Connecticut
state senate 2nd District, 1995-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Connecticut, 1996;
member, Credentials Committee, 2008.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Omega Psi Phi.
Still living as of 2010.
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Edward Leon Douglas (b. 1927) —
also known as Edward L. Douglas —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., May 29,
1927.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 8th
District, 1961-62.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Urban
League; Omega Psi Phi.
Still living as of 1962.
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Relatives: Son
of Levi Douglas and Minnie (Robinson) Douglas; married to Kathleen
Ellis. |
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William Henry Hastie (1904-1976) —
also known as William H. Hastie —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., November
17, 1904.
Lawyer;
law
professor; U.S.
District Judge for Virgin Islands, 1937-39; dean,
Howard University law school, 1939-46; Governor of
U.S. Virgin Islands, 1946-49; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1949-71; took
senior status 1971.
African
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Omega Psi Phi; Freemasons;
American
Civil Liberties Union; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Received Spingarn
Medal in 1943.
Died, at Suburban General Hospital,
East Norriton, Montgomery
County, Pa., April
14, 1976 (age 71 years, 149
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Hutchins Franklin Inge (1900-2002) —
also known as Hutchins F. Inge —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.; Osterville, Barnstable, Barnstable
County, Mass.; New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Charlottesville,
Va., April
16, 1900.
Democrat. Physician;
member of New
Jersey state senate District 11, 1966-67; defeated, 1967.
African
ancestry. Member, Omega Psi Phi; Urban
League; NAACP; American Medical
Association.
Died, in St. Luke's Hospital,
New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass., March
28, 2002 (age 101 years,
346 days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Charlottesville, Va.
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Jesse Louis Jackson (b. 1941) —
also known as Jesse L. Jackson;
"Thunder" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C., October
8, 1941.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1972;
speaker, 1984,
1988;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1984,
1988;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia,
1996.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Council on
Foreign Relations; Omega Psi Phi.
Civil rights leader; associate of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.;
recipient of the Spingarn
Medal in 1989.
Still living as of 2021.
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Jesse Louis Jackson Jr. (b. 1965) —
also known as Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C., March
11, 1965.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
speaker, 1988;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 2nd District, 1995-2012; resigned
2012; investigated
by federal prosecutors in 2012 over misuse
of campaign funds, amounting to about $750,000 spent on personal
items, such as cashmere
capes and a fedora;
in February 2013, following his resignation
from Congress, he his wife pleaded
guilty; he was sentenced to 30 months in federal
prison; released in 2015.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Omega Psi Phi.
Still living as of 2021.
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Clarence Everett Lightner (1921-2002) —
also known as Clarence E. Lightner —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., August
15, 1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; funeral
director; mayor
of Raleigh, N.C., 1973-75; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1977-78; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from North Carolina, 1996,
2000.
Presbyterian.
African
ancestry. Member, Omega Psi Phi.
Died in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., July 8,
2002 (age 80 years, 327
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C.
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Shawn-Michael Malone (b. 1968) —
of St. Thomas, Virgin
Islands.
Born in St. Thomas, Virgin
Islands, August
29, 1968.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virgin
Islands, 1996,
2000,
2008;
member of Virgin
Islands legislature from St. Thomas-St.John, 2003-.
Catholic.
African
ancestry. Member, Omega Psi Phi.
Still living as of 2008.
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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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Willard Saxby Townsend (b. 1895) —
also known as Willard S. Townsend —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, December
4, 1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1940; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1948.
Episcopalian.
Member, Omega Psi Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Walter R. Tucker Jr. (1924-1990) —
of Compton, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Oklahoma, August
27, 1924.
Dentist;
pastor;
mayor
of Compton, Calif., 1981-90; defeated, 1977; died in office 1990.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Omega Psi Phi.
Died, of stomach
cancer, October
1, 1990 (age 66 years, 35
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Vaughn (b. 1934) —
also known as Ed Vaughn —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Abbeville, Henry
County, Ala., July 30,
1934.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1979-80, 1995- (8th District
1979-80, 4th District 1995-98); defeated in primary, 1976 (5th
District), 1980 (8th District).
Member, NAACP; Elks;
Omega Psi Phi.
Still living as of 1998.
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