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David Abner (1826-1902) —
of Texas.
Born in slavery
in Selma, Dallas
County, Ala., 1826.
Farmer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1874; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1875.
Baptist.
African ancestry.
Died in 1902
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Old
Powder Mill Cemetery, Marshall, Tex.
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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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Leroy K. Arnold III —
of Cypress, Hale
County, Ala.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Alabama, 1968.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1968.
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Richard Arrington Jr. (b. 1943) —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Livingston, Sumter
County, Ala., October
19, 1943.
Democrat. University
professor; mayor
of Birmingham, Ala., 1979-99; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alabama, 1996.
African ancestry. Member, Sigma
Xi; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Still living as of 1999.
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William Quincy Atwood (d. 1910) —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Wilcox
County, Ala.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,
1888.
African ancestry.
Died December
19, 1910.
Burial location unknown.
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Richard Henry Austin (1913-2001) —
also known as Richard H. Austin —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Stouts Mountain, Cullman
County, Ala., May 6,
1913.
Democrat. Accountant;
delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 6th
District, 1961-62; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Michigan, 1964,
1980,
1984,
1992;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1964; candidate for
mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1969; secretary
of state of Michigan, 1971-94; defeated, 1994; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1976.
African ancestry. Member, Urban
League; Kappa
Alpha Psi; NAACP.
Died, of a heart
attack and Alzheimer's
disease, in Henry Ford Hospital,
Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., April
20, 2001 (age 87 years, 349
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Richard H. Austin and Lelia (Hill) Austin; married to Ida B.
Dawson. |
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memorial |
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Henry Edward Autrey (b. 1952) —
Born in Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala., 1952.
U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri, 2002-.
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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Cora M. Brown (1914-1972) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Bessemer, Jefferson
County, Ala., April
19, 1914.
Democrat. Social
worker; police
officer; member of Michigan
state senate, 1953-56 (2nd District 1953-54, 3rd District
1955-56); defeated in primary, 1950, 1951; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1956.
Female.
Baptist.
African ancestry. Member, Alpha
Kappa Alpha; Order of the
Eastern Star.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., December
17, 1972 (age 58 years, 242
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Ed Brown (born c.1840) —
of Rusk
County, Tex.
Born in Alabama, about 1840.
Member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1875.
African ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Janice Rogers Brown (b. 1949) —
Born in Greenville, Butler
County, Ala., 1949.
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 2005-.
Female.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2017.
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William Benson Bryant (1911-2005) —
also known as William B. Bryant —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Wetumpka, Elmore
County, Ala., September
18, 1911.
Democrat. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the District of Columbia, 1965-82; took senior
status 1982.
African ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
14, 2005 (age 94 years, 57
days).
Interment at Fort
Lincoln Cemetery, Brentwood, Md.
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Arthur Cartwright (1909-1984) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Madison
County, Ala., May 24,
1909.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 2nd District,
1963-64; defeated in primary, 1965; member of Michigan
state senate 5th District, 1967-78; defeated in primary, 1964;
resigned 1978.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Died in Warren, Macomb
County, Mich., May 17,
1984 (age 74 years, 359
days).
Burial location unknown.
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H. V. Cashin —
of Decatur, Morgan
County, Ala.; Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama,
1896
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1900,
1904.
African ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Herschel Cashin —
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama,
1876;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1870.
African ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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John Logan Cashin Jr. (1928-2011) —
also known as John L. Cashin, Jr. —
of Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala., April
16, 1928.
Democrat. Dentist;
candidate for mayor
of Huntsville, Ala., 1964; National Democratic candidate for Governor of
Alabama, 1970.
African ancestry.
Convicted
of theft
and perjury
in 1982; served 17 months in federal
prison.
Died, of renal
failure and pneumonia,
in Specialty Hospital
of Washington-Hadley, Washington,
D.C., March
21, 2011 (age 82 years, 339
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Rudolph M. Clay (1935-2013) —
also known as Rudy Clay —
of Gary, Lake
County, Ind.
Born in Courtland, Lawrence
County, Ala., July 16,
1935.
Democrat. Insurance
agent; member of Indiana
state senate 3rd District, 1972-76; Lake
County Recorder, 1984; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Indiana, 2004,
2008;
chair
of Lake County Democratic Party, 2005-09; mayor of
Gary, Ind., 2006-11; defeated in primary, 2011.
African ancestry.
Survived an assassination
attempt in 1986.
Died in Gary, Lake
County, Ind., June 4,
2013 (age 77 years, 323
days).
Interment at Ridgelawn Cemetery, Gary, Ind.
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U. W. Clemon (b. 1943) —
of Alabama.
Born in Fairfield, Jefferson
County, Ala., 1943.
Lawyer;
member of Alabama
state senate, 1975-80; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, 1980-.
African ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Still living as of 2001.
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Jesse Cleveland —
of Sylacauga, Talladega
County, Ala.
Mayor
of Sylacauga, Ala., 1994-2000.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2000.
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Nat King Cole (1919-1965) —
also known as Nathaniel Adams Coles —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., March
17, 1919.
Singer;
musician;
actor;
honored guest, Republican National Convention,
1956 ; honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960.
African ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
NAACP.
Died, from lung
cancer, in St. John's Hospital,
Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
15, 1965 (age 45 years, 335
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Angela Yvonne Davis (b. 1944) —
also known as Angela Davis —
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., January
26, 1944.
Communist. Following a violent escape
attempt at the Marin County (California) Hall of Justice, August
7, 1970, in which several people were killed,
she was implicated
as an accomplice and fled;
later arrested
in New York, tried,
and acquitted in 1972; awarded the Lenin
Peace Prize in 1979; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1980, 1984; during the Communist
coup against Mikhail Gorbachev in 1991, she supported Gorbachev, and
subsequently left the Communist Party; university
professor.
Female.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Artur Genestre Davis (b. 1967) —
also known as Artur Davis —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., October
9, 1967.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from Alabama 7th District, 2003-11; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 2004,
2008;
candidate in Democratic primary for Governor of
Alabama, 2010; speaker, Republican National Convention, 2012.
Lutheran.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2012.
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Iverson Dawson (b. 1859) —
of Eutaw, Greene
County, Ala.
Born in Livingston, Sumter
County, Ala., 1859.
Republican. Minister;
postmaster of Eutaw, Ala., 1890; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Alabama, 1896;
member, Committee on Permanent Organization, 1892,
1896.
Baptist.
African ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Our Baptist Ministers and Schools (1892) |
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Oscar Stanton De Priest (1871-1951) —
also known as Oscar De Priest —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Florence, Lauderdale
County, Ala., March 9,
1871.
Republican. Painter;
real
estate broker; Cook
County Commissioner, 1894-1904; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1908
(alternate), 1920,
1924
(alternate), 1928,
1932,
1936;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1929-35; defeated,
1934, 1936, 1938.
Congregationalist
or Presbyterian.
African ancestry. Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 12,
1951 (age 80 years, 64
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Hazel Nell Dukes (b. 1932) —
also known as Hazel N. Dukes —
of Roslyn Heights, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., March
17, 1932.
Democrat. Member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 1975-93; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1976,
1980,
1984,
1988,
1996;
member, Rules Committee, 2008;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
Female.
Baptist.
African ancestry. Member, League of Women
Voters; NAACP.
Still living as of 2008.
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C. Virginia Fields (b. 1946) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., August
4, 1946.
Democrat. Social
worker; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1998-2005; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 2005.
Female.
African ancestry. Member, Alpha
Kappa Alpha; Urban
League; Order of the
Eastern Star.
Still living as of 2008.
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David F. Gantt (b. 1941) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Opp, Covington
County, Ala., September
12, 1941.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly 133rd District, 1983-; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1984,
1988,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Baptist.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2008.
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Kenneth Allen Gibson (b. 1932) —
also known as Kenneth A. Gibson —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Enterprise, Coffee
County, Ala., May 15,
1932.
Democrat. Engineer;
mayor
of Newark, N.J., 1970-86; defeated, 1966; candidate for Governor of
New Jersey, 1981, 1985.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Robert D. Glass (c.1923-2001) —
of Connecticut.
Born in Wetumpka, Elmore
County, Ala., about 1923.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
superior court judge in Connecticut, 1978-86; justice of
Connecticut state supreme court, 1987-92.
African ancestry.
First
Black member of Connecticut's highest court.
Died November
27, 2001 (age about 78
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Howell L. Goins —
of Northport, Tuscaloosa
County, Ala.; Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa
County, Ala.
Republican. Postmaster at Northport,
Ala., 1889-90; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Alabama, 1892,
1896.
African ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Fred David Gray —
also known as Fred D. Gray —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.; Tuskegee, Macon
County, Ala.
Born in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1970-74; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Alabama, 2000,
2004,
2008;
chair
of Macon County Democratic Party, 2003.
Church
of Christ. African ancestry. Member, National
Bar Association; American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; NAACP; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America.
Still living as of 2008.
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Married to Carol Porter. |
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Addie L. Greene (b. 1943) —
of Mangonia Park, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in Black Creek, Choctaw
County, Ala., January
21, 1943.
Democrat. Mayor of Magnolia Park, Fla., 1991-92; member of Florida
state house of representatives 84th District, 1993-.
Female.
Baptist.
African ancestry. Member, Alpha
Kappa Alpha; NAACP; Urban
League.
Still living as of 1999.
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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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Lillian Hatcher (b. 1915) —
also known as Lillian Cook —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Greenville, Butler
County, Ala., May 30,
1915.
Democrat. International
Representative, United Auto Workers; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1952
(alternate), 1956,
1964
(alternate), 1968,
1972,
1976,
1980
(alternate); delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from 4th Senatorial
District, 1961-62; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Female.
Lutheran.
African ancestry. Member, United
Auto Workers; NAACP; Women's
International League for Peace and Freedom.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Robert Cook and Jimmie (McTryier) Cook; married to John
Hatcher. |
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Gilbert R. Hill (b. 1931) —
also known as Gil Hill —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., 1931.
Police
officer; candidate for mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 2001.
African ancestry.
Portrayed Inspector Douglas Todd in the "Beverly Hills Cop" movies.
Still living as of 2001.
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Earl Frederick Hilliard (b. 1942) —
also known as Earl F. Hilliard —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., April 9,
1942.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1975-81; member of Alabama
state senate, 1981-93; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 7th District, 1993-2003; defeated in
primary, 2002; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Alabama, 1996,
2000,
2008.
Baptist.
African ancestry. Member, National
Bar Association; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Rebuked
by the House Ethics Committee in June, 2001 over three campaign
finance violations.
Still living as of 2014.
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Julius W. Hobson (1919-1977) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., May 29,
1919.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; D.C. Statehood candidate
for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from the District of Columbia, 1971; People's
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1972.
African ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Died March
23, 1977 (age 57 years, 298
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John W. Jones —
of Hayneville, Lowndes
County, Ala.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama,
1888,
1904;
member, Credentials Committee, 1888;
Convention Vice-President, 1896.
African ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Bernard Kincaid —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Democrat. Mayor
of Birmingham, Ala., 1999-2007; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alabama, 2000.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2007.
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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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Reginald C. Lindsay (1945-2009) —
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., March
19, 1945.
U.S.
District Judge for Massachusetts, 1993-2009; died in office 2009.
African ancestry.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March
12, 2009 (age 63 years, 358
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George Washington Lovejoy (1859-1933) —
also known as George W. Lovejoy —
of Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.
Born in slavery
in Coosa
County, Ala., February
22, 1859.
Republican. Lawyer; Consul
for Liberia in Mobile,
Ala., 1899-1907; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Alabama, 1900.
African ancestry.
Died in Prichard, Mobile
County, Ala., August
31, 1933 (age 74 years, 190
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Mobile, Ala.
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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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Juanita Millender-McDonald (1938-2007) —
also known as Juanita M. McDonald —
of Carson, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., September
7, 1938.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1984,
1992,
1996,
2000,
2004;
member of California
state assembly, 1993-96; U.S.
Representative from California 37th District, 1996-2007; died in
office 2007.
Female.
Baptist.
African ancestry. Member, NAACP; Alpha
Kappa Alpha.
Died, of colon
cancer, in Carson, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April
22, 2007 (age 68 years, 227
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park - Long Beach, Long Beach, Calif.
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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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Walthall M. Moore (1881-1960) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Marion, Perry
County, Ala., May 1,
1881.
Republican. Postal
clerk; laundry
business; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1921-22, 1925-30 (St. Louis City
6th District 1921-22, St. Louis City 3rd District 1925-30); defeated,
1936; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1928.
African ancestry.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., April 8,
1960 (age 78 years, 343
days).
Interment at Oakdale Cemetery, St. Louis County, Mo.
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Monica Moorehead (b. 1952) —
of New Jersey.
Born in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa
County, Ala., 1952.
Socialist. School
teacher; Workers World candidate for President
of the United States, 1996, 2000, 2016.
Female.
Atheist.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2016.
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Charles Nana (b. 1965) —
Born in Mamfe, Cameroon,
April
22, 1965.
Democrat. Engineer;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 2016, 2017.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2017.
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Myles Anderson Paige (c.1898-1983) —
also known as Myles A. Paige —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., about 1898.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Pullman
car porter; lawyer;
Republican candidate for New York
state senate 19th District, 1926; American Labor candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937;
justice, New York City Court of Special Sessions, 1940-58; judge,
Court of Domestic Relations (later Family Court).
Catholic.
African ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Urban
League; Alpha
Phi Alpha; American
Legion; Catholic
Lawyers Guild.
New York City's first
Black magistrate, 1936, and first
Black judge, 1940.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March
30, 1983 (age about 85
years).
Burial location unknown.
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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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Library |
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Cecil F. Poole (1914-1997) —
of California.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., July 25,
1914.
U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of California, 1961-69; Judge
of U.S. District Court, 1976-79; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, 1979-96.
African ancestry. Member, NAACP; Urban
League.
Died, of complications of pneumonia,
in a nursing
home at San Rafael, Marin
County, Calif., 1997
(age about
82 years).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in a
private or family graveyard, Sonoma County, Calif.
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Michael K. Powell (b. 1963) —
of Fairfax Station, Fairfax
County, Va.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., March
23, 1963.
Republican. Lawyer;
member, Federal Communications Commission, 1997-2005; chair, Federal
Communications Commission, 2001-05.
African ancestry. Member, Theta
Delta Chi.
Still living as of 2014.
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James Thomas Rapier (1837-1883) —
also known as James T. Rapier —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Florence, Lauderdale
County, Ala., November
13, 1837.
Republican. School
teacher; newspaper
publisher; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1873-75; U.S. Collector
of Internal Revenue for the 2nd Alabama District, 1879; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1880.
African ancestry.
Died, from tuberculosis,
in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., May 31,
1883 (age 45 years, 199
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Jessie M. Rattley (1929-2001) —
also known as Jessie Menifield —
of Newport
News, Va.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., May 4,
1929.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia,
1980;
mayor
of Newport News, Va., 1986-90.
Female.
African ancestry.
Died March 2,
2001 (age 71 years, 302
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Alonzo Menifield and Altona Menifield. |
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article |
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Condoleezza Rice (b. 1954) —
also known as Condi Rice; "Guru";
"The Steel Magnolia" —
of Stanford, Santa
Clara County, Calif.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., November
14, 1954.
Republican. University
professor; delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1992;
U.S. National Security Advisor, 2001-05; U.S.
Secretary of State, 2005-.
Female.
Presbyterian.
African ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Still living as of 2020.
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Relatives:
Daughter of John Wesley Rice, Jr. and Angelena (Ray)
Rice. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile |
| | | Books by Condoleeza Rice: No
Higher Honor: A Memoir of My Years in Washington
(2011) — Extraordinary,
Ordinary People: A Memoir of Family (2010) |
| | | Books about Condoleeza Rice: Dick
Morris and Eileen McGann, Condi
vs. Hillary : The Next Great Presidential Race —
Marcus Mabry, Twice
As Good: Condoleezza Rice and Her Path to Power — Mary
Dodson Wade, Condoleezza
Rice : Being the Best (for young readers) — Christin
Ditchfield, Condoleezza
Rice: National Security Advisor (for young readers) —
Kevin Cunningham, Condoleezza
Rice: U.s. Secretary Of State (for young readers) |
| | | Critical books about Condoleezza Rice:
Clint Willis, The
I Hate Dick Cheney, John Ashcroft, Donald Rumsfeld, Condi Rice. . .
Reader: Behind the Bush Cabal's War on America |
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Sheron J. Rose —
also known as Sheron Rose Ethridge —
of Dothan, Houston
County, Ala.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1996.
Female.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1996.
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Eugene Sawyer (1934-2008) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Greensboro, Hale
County, Ala., September
3, 1934.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1980,
1996;
mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1987-89; defeated in primary, 1989.
African ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Died, of heart
failure, in a hospital
at Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
19, 2008 (age 73 years, 138
days).
Interment at Oak
Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Terrycina Andrea Sewell (b. 1965) —
also known as Terri A. Sewell —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala., January
1, 1965.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member, Rules Committee, Democratic National
Convention, 2008 ; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 7th District, 2011-.
Female.
Baptist
or African
Methodist Episcopal. African ancestry. Member, Alpha
Kappa Alpha.
Still living as of 2018.
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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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Bennett McVey Stewart (1912-1988) —
of Illinois.
Born in Alabama, August
6, 1912.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1979-81.
African ancestry.
Died in 1988
(age about
75 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph O. Thompson —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama,
1904,
1908;
U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for Alabama, 1909; candidate for
Governor
of Alabama, 1910; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Alabama 9th District, 1918.
African ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Frank H. Threat —
of Demopolis, Marengo
County, Ala.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama,
1876,
1884,
1888.
African ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Cleopatra Gibson Tucker (b. 1943) —
also known as Cleopatra G. Tucker —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., April 9,
1943.
Democrat. Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly 28th District, 2008-.
Female.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2016.
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Benjamin Sterling Turner (1825-1894) —
also known as Ben Turner —
of Alabama.
Born in slavery
near Weldon, Halifax
County, N.C., March
17, 1825.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Alabama 1st District, 1871-73; defeated,
1872; delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1880.
African ancestry.
Died in Selma, Dallas
County, Ala., March
21, 1894 (age 69 years, 4
days).
Interment at Live
Oak Cemetery, Selma, Ala.
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Jackson Vaughn III (1917-2006) —
also known as Jackie Vaughn III —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., November
17, 1917.
Democrat. Candidate for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from 4th Senatorial
District, 1961; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1967-78 (23rd District 1967-72,
18th District 1973-78); resigned 1978; member of Michigan
state senate, 1978-2002 (5th District 1978-82, 3rd District
1983-94, 4th District 1995-2002).
Baptist
or Methodist.
African ancestry. Member, NAACP; Americans
for Democratic Action; American Civil
Liberties Union; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Elks; Freemasons.
Died, in Botsford Hospital,
Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., September
12, 2006 (age 88 years, 299
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Lacey Kirk Williams —
also known as Lacey K. Williams —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Eufaula, Barbour
County, Ala.
Republican. Ordained
minister; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Illinois, 1924,
1928,
1936.
African ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Levi Williams and Elizabeth Williams; married, August
16, 1894, to Georgia Lewis. |
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Wadine V. Williams —
Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Alabama.
Female.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2007.
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Coleman Alexander Young (1918-1997) —
also known as Coleman A. Young —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa
County, Ala., May 24,
1918.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; national
representative, UAW-CIO, 1946-47; director of
organization, Wayne County CIO Council, 1947-48; executive
secretary, National Negro Labor Council, 1951-55; candidate for
Michigan
state house of representatives, 1959, 1962 (Democratic primary);
delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 9th
District, 1961-62; member of Michigan
state senate 4th District, 1965-73; defeated (Progressive), 1948;
resigned 1973; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Michigan, 1968,
1972,
1976,
1980,
1984
(speaker),
1988
(speaker),
1996;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Michigan, 1969-81; mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1974-94; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Michigan.
African ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
NAACP.
Received the Spingarn
Medal in 1981.
Died, of emphysema,
while hospitalized for heart
problems, at Sinai Hospital,
Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., November
29, 1997 (age 79 years, 189
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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