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Samuel Clifford Adams Jr. (1920-2001) —
also known as Samuel C. Adams, Jr. —
of Washington,
D.C.; Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Waco, McLennan
County, Tex., August
15, 1920.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S. Ambassador to Niger, 1968-69.
African ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Died in Center, Shelby
County, Tex., August
2, 2001 (age 80 years, 352
days).
Interment at Oaklawn Memorial Park, Center, Tex.
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Orison Rudolph Aggrey (1926-2016) —
also known as O. Rudolph Aggrey —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C., July 24,
1926.
Newspaper
reporter; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Lagos, 1951-53; U.S. Ambassador to Senegal, 1973-77; Gambia, 1973-77; Romania, 1977-81.
African ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha; Sigma
Delta Chi.
Died April 6,
2016 (age 89 years, 257
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Dorothy Wright Atkinson (b. 1911) —
also known as Dorothy W. Atkinson; Dorothy
Wright —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Washington,
D.C., October
31, 1911.
Democrat. School
teacher; college
teacher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from District
of Columbia, 1960.
Female.
Baptist.
African ancestry. Member, Delta
Sigma Theta; League of Women
Voters; Urban
League; American
Association of University Women.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of John L. Wright and Letitia (Ferguson) Wright; married, June 23,
1930, to R. R. Atkinson. |
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Marion S. Barry Jr. (1936-2014) —
also known as Marion Barry —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Itta Bena, Leflore
County, Miss., March 6,
1936.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of
Columbia, 1972
(alternate), 1980,
1988
(speaker),
1996;
mayor
of Washington, D.C., 1979-91, 1995-99; convicted
in 1990 of misdemeanor cocaine
possession after being caught on videotape smoking
crack cocaine; sentenced
to six months in prison.
African ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
23, 2014 (age 78 years, 262
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Jesse Battle Jr. (born c.1952) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born about 1952.
Vocational
counselor; Independent candidate for mayor
of Washington, D.C., 1994.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1994.
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David Bing (b. 1943) —
also known as Dave Bing —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Washington,
D.C., November
24, 1943.
Played professional
basketball for the Detroit Pistons and other teams, 1966-75;
named to the Basketball Hall of
Fame in 1990; founder, president, and chairman of Bing Steel
(later, The Bing Group), supplier to automobile
manufacturers; mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 2009-13.
Baptist.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2020.
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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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David Harold Blackwell (1919-2010) —
also known as David Blackwell —
of Washington,
D.C.; Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Centralia, Marion
County, Ill., April
24, 1919.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; university
professor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1972.
African ancestry. Member, American
Statistical Association; American
Philosophical Society.
Died, in a hospital
at Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif., July 8,
2010 (age 91 years, 75
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Cory Anthony Booker (b. 1969) —
also known as Cory A. Booker —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Washington,
D.C., April
27, 1969.
Democrat. Rhodes
scholar; lawyer; mayor of
Newark, N.J., 2006-13; defeated, 2002; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New Jersey, 2008;
U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 2013-.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2020.
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Nancy Merritt Boykin (1919-2006) —
also known as Nancy M. Boykin; Nancy Merritt; Nancy
Smith —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Washington,
D.C., March
20, 1919.
Republican. Social
worker; founder (1966) and head (1966-87) of Detroit Public
Schools Continuing Education for Girls; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1972
(alternate), 1976;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1975-80, 1983-2006.
Female.
African ancestry. Member, Phi
Delta Kappa; Alpha
Kappa Alpha.
Died January
28, 2006 (age 86 years, 314
days).
Interment at Detroit Memorial Park West, Redford Township, Wayne County,
Mich.
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Donna Brazile (b. 1959) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Kenner, Jefferson
Parish, La., December
15, 1959.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of
Columbia, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
member of Democratic
National Committee from District of Columbia, 2004-08; Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 2011, 2016-17.
Female.
Catholic.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2022.
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Edward William Brooke III (1919-2015) —
also known as Edward W. Brooke —
of Newton Center, Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Washington,
D.C., October
26, 1919.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
candidate for secretary
of state of Massachusetts, 1960; Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1963-67; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1967-79; defeated, 1978.
Episcopalian.
African ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; Amvets;
Alpha
Phi Alpha.
First
Black U.S. Senator in the 20th century; recipient of the Spingarn
Medal in 1967.
Died in Coral Gables, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., January
3, 2015 (age 95 years, 69
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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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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Ronald Harmon Brown (1941-1996) —
also known as Ronald H. Brown; Ron Brown —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Washington,
D.C., August
1, 1941.
Democrat. Lawyer; lobbyist;
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.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
17, 1898 (age 57 years, 16
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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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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George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (b. 1947) —
also known as G. K. Butterfield —
Born in Wilson, Wilson
County, N.C., April
27, 1947.
Democrat. Lawyer;
superior court judge in North Carolina, 1988-2001; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 2001-02; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 1st District, 2004-; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 2008.
Baptist.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2018.
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Richard Harvey Cain (1825-1887) —
also known as Richard H. Cain —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Greenbrier
County, Va. (now W.Va.), April
12, 1825.
Republican. Delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention from Charleston
County, 1868; member of South
Carolina state senate from Charleston County, 1868-70; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1873-75, 1877-79 (at-large
1873-75, 2nd District 1877-79); Bishop, African Methodist Episcopal
Church, 1880-87.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
18, 1887 (age 61 years, 281
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Francis L. Cardozo —
of Charleston
County, S.C.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention from Charleston
County, 1868; secretary
of state of South Carolina, 1870; South
Carolina state treasurer, 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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William Calvin Chase (b. 1854) —
also known as W. Calvin Chase —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Washington,
D.C., February
2, 1854.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; delegate to Republican National Convention from District
of Columbia, 1900,
1912.
African ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William H. Chase and Lucinda (Seaton) Chase; married, January
28, 1886, to Arabella V. McCabe. |
| | | Personal motto: "Honey for friends and
stings for enemies." |
| | | Image source: Men of Mark
(1887) |
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Kevin P. Chavous —
of Washington,
D.C.
Democrat. Candidate for mayor
of Washington, D.C., 1998.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1998.
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Donna Marie Christian-Christensen (b. 1945) —
also known as Donna M. Christian-Christensen; Donna
Christian; Donna Christian-Green —
of St. Croix, Virgin
Islands.
Born in Teaneck, Bergen
County, N.J., September
19, 1945.
Democrat. Physician;
television
journalist; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Virgin Islands, 1984,
1988,
1992,
2000,
2004,
2008
(member, Platform
Committee); Delegate
to U.S. Congress from the Virgin Islands, 1997-2003.
Female.
African ancestry.
First
female physician in the U.S. Congress.
Still living as of 2014.
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Tanya Sue Chutkan (b. 1962) —
Born in Kingston, Jamaica,
1962.
U.S.
District Judge for the District of Columbia, 2014-.
Female.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2017.
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William Lacy Clay Jr. (b. 1956) —
also known as Lacy Clay, Jr. —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., July 27,
1956.
Democrat. Member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1983-91; member of Missouri
state senate, 1991-2001; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Missouri, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri 1st District, 2001-.
Catholic.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Emanuel Cleaver II (b. 1944) —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Waxahachie, Ellis
County, Tex., October
26, 1944.
Democrat. Pastor; radio show
host; mayor
of Kansas City, Mo., 1991-99; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Missouri, 1996
(speaker),
2004,
2008;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Missouri, 2004; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 5th District, 2005-.
African ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Still living as of 2017.
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James Enos Clyburn (b. 1940) —
also known as James E. Clyburn —
of Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born in Sumter, Sumter
County, S.C., July 21,
1940.
Democrat. South Carolina Commissioner for Human Affairs, 1974-92; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 6th District, 1993-; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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James A. Cobb —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Arcadia, Bienville
Parish, La.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from District of Columbia,
1920
(member, Credentials
Committee; member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); municipal judge in District of
Columbia, 1926-.
African ancestry. Member, NAACP; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Harry A. Cole (1921-1999) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Washington,
D.C., January
1, 1921.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of Maryland
state senate 4th District, 1955-58; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Maryland, 1956;
Judge,
Maryland Court of Appeals, 1977-90.
African ancestry. Member, Urban
League; NAACP.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., February
14, 1999 (age 78 years, 44
days).
Interment at Baltimore
National Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Cardiss Collins (1931-2013) —
also known as Cardiss Hortense 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; Urban
League.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
2, 2013 (age 81 years, 131
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Mercer Cook (1903-1987) —
of Washington,
D.C.; Illinois.
Born in Washington,
D.C., March
30, 1903.
U.S. Ambassador to Niger, 1961-64; Senegal, 1964-66; Gambia, 1965-66.
Catholic.
African ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Died in 1987
(age about
84 years).
Burial location unknown.
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George William Crockett Jr. (1909-1997) —
also known as George W. Crockett, Jr. —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., August
10, 1909.
Democrat. Recorder's court judge in Michigan, 1966-78; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1980-91; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1984,
1988;
arrested
during an anti-apartheid
protest outside the South African Embassy
in Washington, 1984.
Baptist.
African ancestry. Member, Kappa
Alpha Psi; National
Lawyers Guild.
Served four months in federal prison
for contempt
of court in 1950, following his defense of a Communist leader on
trial in New York for advocating the overthrow of the government.
Among the founders of the nation's first
interracial law firm.
Ill with bone
cancer in 1997, he suffered a stroke
and died five days later, in Washington Home and Hospice,
Washington,
D.C., September
7, 1997 (age 88 years, 28
days).
Cremated.
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Elijah Eugene Cummings (1951-2019) —
also known as Elijah E. Cummings —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., January
18, 1951.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1983-96; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Maryland, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from Maryland 7th District, 1996-; member of Democratic
National Committee from Maryland, 2004.
Baptist.
African ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, in Johns Hopkins Hospital,
Baltimore,
Md., October
17, 2019 (age 68 years, 272
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Danny K. Davis (b. 1941) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Parkdale, Ashley
County, Ark., September
6, 1941.
Democrat. Candidate for mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1991; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 7th District, 1997-.
Baptist.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Dereck Eugene Davis (b. 1967) —
also known as Dereck E. Davis —
of Upper Marlboro, Prince
George's County, Md.
Born in Washington,
D.C., June 6,
1967.
Democrat. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1995-2021; Maryland
state treasurer, 2021-.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2023.
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Ronald Vernie Dellums (1935-2018) —
also known as Ronald V. Dellums —
of Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.; Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., November
24, 1935.
Democrat. Social
worker; U.S.
Representative from California, 1971-98 (7th District 1971-75,
8th District 1975-93, 9th District 1993-98); arrested
during an anti-apartheid
protest outside the South African Embassy
in Washington, 1984; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1988,
1996,
2008;
mayor
of Oakland, Calif., 2007-11.
Protestant.
African ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 30,
2018 (age 82 years, 248
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Charles Coles Diggs Jr. (1922-1998) —
also known as Charles C. Diggs, Jr. —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., December
2, 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; mortician;
member of Michigan
state senate 3rd District, 1951-54; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1955-80; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1956,
1960,
1964,
1968,
1976
(alternate); candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Baptist.
African ancestry. Member, Elks; Freemasons;
American
Legion.
First
chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus; charged
in March 1978 with taking kickbacks
from staff whose salaries he raised; convicted,
October 7, 1978, on eleven counts of mail fraud and filing false
payroll forms; insisted he had done nothing wrong, and was re-elected
while awaiting sentencing; censured
by the House on July 31, 1979; sentenced
to three years in prison
and served 14 months.
Died, of a stroke,
at Greater Southwest Community Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., August
24, 1998 (age 75 years, 265
days).
Interment at Detroit
Memorial Park East, Warren, Mich.
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Arrington Liggins Dixon (b. 1942) —
also known as Arrington Dixon —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Washington,
D.C., December
3, 1942.
Democrat. City council member, Washington, D.C.; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, 1980,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
member of Democratic
National Committee from District of Columbia, 2004-08.
Protestant.
African ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Still living as of 2008.
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Relatives: Son
of James Washington Dixon and Sallie Arrington Dixon; married 1966 to Sharon
Pratt. |
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Julian Carey Dixon (1934-2000) —
also known as Julian C. Dixon —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Washington,
D.C., August
8, 1934.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of California
state assembly, 1973-78; U.S.
Representative from California, 1979-2000 (28th District 1979-93,
32nd District 1993-2000); died in office 2000; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1988,
1996,
2000;
chair, Rules Committee, chair, 1984.
Episcopalian.
African ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Died, following a heart
attack, at a hospital
in Marina del Rey, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
8, 2000 (age 66 years, 122
days).
Interment at Inglewood
Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Calif.
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Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey Douglass
(1818-1895) —
also known as Frederick Douglass —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in slavery
in Maryland, 1818.
Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1888 ;
U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Santo Domingo, 1889-91; U.S. Minister to Haiti, 1889-91.
African ancestry. Member, American
Anti-Slavery Society.
Lecturer and advocate of the abolition of slavery, starting in 1841.
Publisher of The North Star, an abolitionist paper. In 1848,
he attended the meeting in Seneca Falls, N.Y., which started the
women's rights movement.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Washington,
D.C., February
20, 1895 (age about 76
years).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.; statue erected 1899 at Highland
Park, Rochester, N.Y.
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Keith Maurice Ellison (b. 1963) —
also known as Keith Ellison —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., August
4, 1963.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 58-B, 2003-06; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 5th District, 2007-.
Muslim.
African ancestry.
First
Muslim elected to the U.S. Congress; first
African-American elected to the U.S. House from Minnesota.
Still living as of 2016.
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Chaka Fattah (b. 1956) —
also known as Arthur Davenport —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
21, 1956.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1982-88; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 7th District, 1989-94; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1995-; defeated
(Consumer), 1991; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
candidate for mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 2007.
Baptist.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Walter Edward Fauntroy (b. 1933) —
also known as Walter E. Fauntroy —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Washington,
D.C., February
6, 1933.
Democrat. Baptist
minister; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from the District of Columbia, 1971-91;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1972;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia,
1972,
1980,
1988
(speaker);
arrested
during an anti-apartheid
sit-in at the South African Embassy
in Washington, 1984; candidate for mayor
of Washington, D.C., 1990.
Baptist.
African ancestry. Member, Kappa
Alpha Psi.
Charged
in federal court on March 22, 1995 with making false statements on financial
disclosure forms, including a claimed donation of almost $24,000
to the New Bethel Baptist Church where he served as pastor, to make
it appear that he had complied with House rules limiting outside
income, and that he had failed
to disclose a June 1988 loan of $24,200. Pleaded
guilty to one felony count, and sentenced
to probation.
Still living as of 2014.
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Adrian Malik Fenty (b. 1970) —
also known as Adrian Fenty —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born December
6, 1970.
Democrat. Mayor
of Washington, D.C., 2007-11; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from District of Columbia, 2008.
African ancestry. Member, Kappa
Alpha Psi.
Still living as of 2011.
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Harold Eugene Ford Jr. (b. 1970) —
also known as Harold E. Ford, Jr. —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., May 11,
1970.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 9th District, 1997-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 2000,
2004.
Baptist.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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H. Minton Francis —
of Washington,
D.C.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
District of Columbia, 1988.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2004.
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William Crusor George (b. 1903) —
also known as William C. George —
Born in Washington,
D.C., November
22, 1903.
U.S. Vice Consul in Monrovia, 1931-33.
African ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Vincent C. Gray (b. 1942) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Washington,
D.C., November
8, 1942.
Democrat. Director, D.C. Department of Human Services, 1991-94;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia,
2008;
candidate for Presidential Elector for District of Columbia; mayor
of Washington, D.C., 2011-.
Catholic.
African ancestry. Member, Tau
Epsilon Phi.
Still living as of 2014.
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Richard Theodore Greener (b. 1844) —
also known as Richard T. Greener; R. T.
Greener —
of Washington,
D.C.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
30, 1844.
University
professor; lawyer;
U.S. Consul in Bombay, 1898; U.S. Commercial Agent (Consul) in Vladivostok, 1898-1905.
African ancestry.
First
Black graduate of Harvard, 1870.
Burial location unknown.
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Archibald Henry Grimké (1849-1930) —
also known as Archibald H. Grimké —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., August
17, 1849.
Newspaper
editor; U.S. Consul in Santo Domingo, 1894-98.
African and German
ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
25, 1930 (age 80 years, 192
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James E. Harris (b. 1948) —
also known as James Harris —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Washington,
D.C.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; New York City (unknown
county), N.Y.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, 1948.
Socialist. Socialist Workers candidate for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from the District of Columbia, 1971; Socialist
Workers candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1988; Socialist Workers candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1989; Socialist Workers candidate for President
of the United States, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012; candidate
for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 2009.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2012.
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Patricia Roberts Harris (1924-1985) —
also known as Patricia Roberts —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Mattoon, Coles
County, Ill., May 31,
1924.
Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for District of
Columbia; delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of
Columbia, 1964;
U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg, 1965-67; U.S.
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 1977-79; U.S.
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1979-80; U.S.
Secretary of Health and Human Services, 1980-81.
Female.
African ancestry.
First
African-American woman cabinet member; inducted, National
Women's Hall of Fame, 2003.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
23, 1985 (age 60 years, 296
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Alcee Lamar Hastings (1936-2021) —
also known as Alcee L. Hastings —
of Miramar, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Altamonte Springs, Seminole
County, Fla., September
5, 1936.
Democrat. U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, 1979-89;
candidate for secretary
of state of Florida, 1990; U.S.
Representative from Florida 23rd District, 1993-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African ancestry. Member, Kappa
Alpha Psi.
Impeached
and removed from
office as federal judge in 1989 over bribery
charges.
Died, from pancreatic
cancer, in Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla., April 6,
2021 (age 84 years, 213
days).
Cremated.
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John R. Hawkins —
of Washington,
D.C.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from District
of Columbia, 1928
(member, Credentials
Committee; member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business; speaker).
African ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Beverly Frances High (b. 1944) —
also known as Beverly High —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Washington,
D.C., December
3, 1944.
Democrat. School
teacher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from District
of Columbia, 1972.
Female.
Presbyterian.
African ancestry. Member, Urban
League.
Still living as of 1973.
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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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Eleanor Holmes=Norton (b. 1937) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Washington,
D.C., June 13,
1937.
Democrat. Lawyer; university
professor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1972;
Delegate
to U.S. Congress from the District of Columbia, 1991-; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, 1996
(delegation chair), 2000,
2004,
2008.
Female.
Episcopalian.
African ancestry. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Still living as of 2019.
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Talley R. Homer Jr. —
of Washington,
D.C.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from District
of Columbia, 1988.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1988.
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Perry Wilbon Howard Jr. (1877-1961) —
also known as Perry W. Howard —
of Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.
Born in Ebenezer, Holmes
County, Miss., June 14,
1877.
Republican. College
professor; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Mississippi, 1912,
1916,
1924,
1928
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1932,
1936
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1940
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1944,
1948,
1952
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1956;
member of Republican
National Committee from Mississippi, 1924-60.
Methodist.
African ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
1, 1961 (age 83 years, 232
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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John Adams Hyman (1840-1891) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Warrenton, Warren
County, N.C., July 23,
1840.
Republican. Delegate
to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1868; member
of North
Carolina state senate, 1869-75; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 2nd District, 1875-77.
African ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
14, 1891 (age 51 years, 53
days).
Original interment at Columbian
Harmony Cemetery (which no longer exists), Washington, D.C.;
reinterment in 1959 at National
Harmony Memorial Park, Landover, Md.
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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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William Jennings Jefferson (b. 1947) —
also known as William J. Jefferson —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Lake Providence, East
Carroll Parish, La., March
14, 1947.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Louisiana
state senate, 1979-90; candidate for mayor
of New Orleans, La., 1982, 1986; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1991-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
candidate for Governor of
Louisiana, 1999; named as unindicted
co-conspirator by prosecutors in connection with Brent Pfeffer's
guilty plea to bribery
charges.
Baptist.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Elaine Jenkins —
of Washington,
D.C.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from District
of Columbia, 1972.
Female.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1972.
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William H. Jernagin —
of Washington,
D.C.
Republican. Minister;
delegate to Republican National Convention from District of Columbia,
1928
(alternate), 1932.
African ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Eddie Bernice Johnson (b. 1935) —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Waco, McLennan
County, Tex., December
3, 1935.
Democrat. Nurse;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1972-77; member of Texas
state senate, 1987-92; U.S.
Representative from Texas 30th District, 1993-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Texas, 2004-08.
Female.
Baptist.
African ancestry. Member, NAACP; Delta
Kappa Gamma; Urban
League; Alpha
Kappa Alpha.
Still living as of 2019.
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Henry C. Johnson Jr. (b. 1954) —
also known as Hank Johnson —
of Lithonia, DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in Washington,
D.C., October
2, 1954.
Democrat. Lawyer; DeKalb
County Commissioner, 2001-06; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 4th District, 2007-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 2008.
Buddhist.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Henry Lincoln Johnson (1870-1925) —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., July 27,
1870.
Republican. Blacksmith;
lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia, 1908,
1912,
1916,
1920,
1924;
Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia, 1912-16; member of Republican
National Committee from Georgia, 1920-24.
African ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Suffered a stroke of
apoplexy, and died a few days later in Freedmen's Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., September
10, 1925 (age 55 years, 45
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, September
28, 1903, to Georgia Douglas Camp. |
| | | Image source: Library of
Congress |
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Sharon Pratt Kelly (b. 1944) —
also known as Sharon Pratt; Sharon Pratt
Dixon —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Washington,
D.C., January
30, 1944.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Democratic
National Committee from District of Columbia, 1977-90; Treasurer
of Democratic National Committee, 1985-89; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from District of Columbia, 1988
(speaker),
1996;
mayor
of Washington, D.C., 1991-95; defeated in primary, 1994.
Female.
African ancestry. Member, Alpha
Kappa Alpha; Pi
Sigma Alpha.
Still living as of 1996.
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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. Consul General in Port-au-Prince, as of 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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Barbara Lee (b. 1946) —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex., July 16,
1946.
Democrat. Member of California
state assembly, 1991-96; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008
(member, Credentials
Committee); member of California
state senate, 1997-98; U.S.
Representative from California, 1998-2018 (9th District
1998-2013, 13th District 2013-18).
Female.
Baptist.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2018.
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Willie L. Leftwich —
of Washington,
D.C.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from District
of Columbia, 1972.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1972.
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Peta Lindsay (b. 1984) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Virginia, 1984.
Socialist. Socialism and Liberation candidate for President
of the United States, 2012.
Female.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2012.
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Isaiah Henry Lofton (c.1862-1931) —
also known as Isaiah H. Lofton; Isaac
Loftin —
of Hogansville, Troup
County, Ga.
Born in Grantville, Coweta
County, Ga., about 1862.
Republican. Postmaster of Hogansville, Ga.; on September 15, 1897, he
was ambushed, shot,
and left for dead, by four unknown men, presumaly white residents who
had objected to his appointment; no one was ever prosecuted for the
crime; resigned as postmaster soon afterward, and assigned to a job
in Washington.
African ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 8,
1931 (age about 69
years).
Burial location unknown.
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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; resigned
1965; U.S. Solicitor General, 1965-67; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1967-91; took senior status 1991.
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; married, December
17, 1955, to Cecilia
Suyat; father of Thurgood
Marshall Jr.. |
| | | Political family: Marshall
family of New York City, New York. |
| | | Cross-reference: William
Curtis Bryson |
| | | See also federal
judicial profile — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — Biographical
Directory of Federal Judges — Arlington National
Cemetery unofficial website |
| | | 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 — Gilbert King, Devil
in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of
a New America |
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Kendrick B. Meek (b. 1966) —
of Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., September
6, 1966.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1994-98; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Florida, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
member of Florida
state senate, 1998-2002; U.S.
Representative from Florida 17th District, 2003-.
Baptist.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Gregory Weldon Meeks (b. 1953) —
also known as Gregory W. Meeks —
of Far Rockaway, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in East Harlem, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
25, 1953.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly 31st District, 1993-98; U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1998-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 2000,
2004,
2008;
member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 2008.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha; NAACP.
Still living as of 2014.
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Harold D. Melton —
of Georgia.
Born in Washington,
D.C.
Lawyer;
justice
of Georgia state supreme court, 2005-.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2008.
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John Willis Menard (1838-1893) —
of Florida.
Born in 1838.
Republican. Member of Florida state legislature, 1873; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Florida, 1876.
African ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., 1893
(age about
55 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas Moore (b. 1928) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in 1928.
Pastor;
Independent candidate for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from the District of Columbia, 1971; candidate
in Democratic primary for mayor
of Washington, D.C., 2002.
Methodist.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2002.
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Jerry A. Moore (b. 1918) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born June 12,
1918.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from District
of Columbia, 1968
(alternate), 1984,
1988;
candidate for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from the District of Columbia, 1972.
African ancestry.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Omari Musa (born c.1944) —
also known as Herman Fagg —
of California; Illinois; Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.; Washington,
D.C.
Born about 1944.
Socialist. College
instructor; Socialist Workers candidate for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from the District of Columbia, 1972; candidate
for U.S.
Representative from California, 1974 (28th District), 1996
(Independent, 9th District); Independent candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1976; Socialist Workers candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1986; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Florida 17th District, 2004; candidate for
mayor
of Miami, Fla., 2005; Socialist Workers candidate for Governor of
Florida, 2006; Socialist Workers candidate for mayor
of Washington, D.C., 2010.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2010.
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Charles Edmund Nash (1844-1913) —
of Washington, St. Landry
Parish, La.
Born in Opelousas, St. Landry
Parish, La., May 23,
1844.
Republican. Bricklayer;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 6th District, 1875-77; postmaster.
African ancestry.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., June 21,
1913 (age 69 years, 29
days).
Interment at St.
Louis Cemetery No. 3, New Orleans, La.
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Barack Hussein Obama Jr. (b. 1961) —
also known as Barack Obama; "The Messiah";
"Renegade"; "The Loin
King" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, August
4, 1961.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state senate 13th District, 1997-2004; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 2004
(speaker),
2008;
U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 2005-08; resigned 2008; President
of the United States, 2009-17; received the Nobel
Peace Prize in 2009.
United
Church of Christ. Kenyan ancestry.
Still living as of 2020.
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Relatives: Son
of Barack Hussein Obama, Sr. and Stanley Ann (Dunham) Obama; married,
October
18, 1992, to Michelle
LaVaughn Robinson. |
| | | Cross-reference: Joe
Wilson — Philip
J. Berg — Rod
Blagojevich — Timothy
W. Jones |
| | | Barack Obama Elementary
School (formerly J.E.B. Stuart Elementary School; renamed 2018),
in Richmond,
Virginia, is named for
him. |
| | | Campaign slogan (2008): "Yes We
Can!" |
| | | Campaign slogan (2008): "Change We Can
Believe In." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books by Barack Obama: Dreams
from My Father : A Story of Race and Inheritance
(2004) — The
Audacity of Hope : Thoughts on Reclaimig the American Dream
(2006) |
| | | Books about Barack Obama: Steve
Dougherty, Hopes
and Dreams: The Story of Barack Obama — David Mendell,
Obama:
From Promise to Power — John K. Wilson, Barack
Obama: This Improbable Quest — Shelby Steele, A
Bound Man: Why We Are Excited About Obama and Why He Can't
Win — Joseph Vogel, The
Obama Movement: Why Barack Obama Speaks to America's
Youth — Jodi Kantor, The
Obamas — David Maraniss, Barack
Obama: The Making of the Man — Jonathan Alter, The
Promise: President Obama, Year One — Pete Souza, The
Rise of Barack Obama — Jonathan Alter, The
Center Holds: Obama and His Enemies — Chuck Todd, The
Stranger: Barack Obama in the White House |
| | | Critical books about Barack Obama:
Webster Griffin Tarpley, Obama
- The Postmodern Coup: Making of a Manchurian
Candidate — Gordon Heslop, The
Hope of Audacity: Barack Obama, A Bad Choice — Edward
Klein, The
Amateur: Barack Obama in the White House — Michelle
Malkin, Culture
of Corruption: Obama and His Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks, and
Cronies — David Limbaugh, The
Great Destroyer: Barack Obama's War on the Republic —
David Limbaugh, Crimes
Against Liberty: An Indictment of President Barack
Obama — Dinesh D'Souza, The
Roots of Obama's Rage — David Freddoso, Gangster
Government: Barack Obama and the New Washington
Thugocracy — Stanley Kurtz, Radical-in-Chief:
Barack Obama and the Untold Story of American
Socialism — Jerome R. Corsi, The
Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of
Personality — Jack Cashill, Deconstructing
Obama: The Life, Loves, and Letters of America's First Postmodern
President — Kate Obenshain, Divider-in-Chief:
The Fraud of Hope and Change — Dinesh D'Souza, Obama's
America: Unmaking the American Dream — Dinesh D'Souza,
The
Roots of Obama's Rage — Phyllis Schlafly & George
Neumayr, No
Higher Power: Obama's War on Religious Freedom |
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Ronald DeWayne Palmer (b. 1932) —
also known as Ronald D. Palmer —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa., May 22,
1932.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Togo, 1976-78; Malaysia, 1981-83; Mauritius, 1986-89.
African ancestry. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Still living as of 2014.
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Barrington D. Parker —
of Washington,
D.C.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from District
of Columbia, 1952
(alternate), 1956
(alternate), 1968.
African ancestry.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Marjorie H. Parker (d. 2006) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from District
of Columbia, 1988.
Female.
African ancestry.
Died in 2006.
Burial location unknown.
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Donald Milford Payne (1934-2012) —
also known as Donald M. Payne —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., July 16,
1934.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 10th District, 1989-; defeated in
primary, 1980, 1986; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New Jersey, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Baptist.
African ancestry. Member, NAACP; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died March 6,
2012 (age 77 years, 234
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Florence H. Pendleton (born c.1926) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born about 1926.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of
Columbia, 1980
(alternate), 1996,
2000,
2004;
Shadow U.S. Senator from the District of Columbia, 1991-2007.
Female.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2004.
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Channing Emery Phillips (1928-1987) —
also known as Channing E. Phillips —
of Washington,
D.C.; New York.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March
23, 1928.
Democrat. Minister;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1968;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia,
1968.
United
Church of Christ. African ancestry.
Died, from cancer,
at the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
11, 1987 (age 59 years, 233
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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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Curtis Pree (born c.1961) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born about 1961.
Independent candidate for mayor
of Washington, D.C., 1994.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1994.
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Charles Bernard Rangel (b. 1930) —
also known as Charles B. Rangel —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., June 11,
1930.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly 72nd District, 1967-70; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1971-2003 (18th District 1971-73,
19th District 1973-83, 16th District 1983-93, 15th District
1993-2003); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1980,
1984,
1988
(speaker),
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Catholic.
African ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Trilateral
Commission; Alpha
Phi Alpha; NAACP.
Still living as of 2014.
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Laura Richardson (b. 1962) —
of Long Beach, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April
14, 1962.
Democrat. Member of California
state assembly, 2006-07; U.S.
Representative from California 37th District, 2007-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 2008.
Female.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2008.
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Aubrey Eugene Robinson Jr. (1922-2000) —
of District of Columbia.
Born in Madison, Morris
County, N.J., March
30, 1922.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the District of Columbia, 1966-93.
African ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Washington,
D.C., February
27, 2000 (age 77 years, 334
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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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Married to Calvin Rolark. |
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Carl Thomas Rowan (1925-2000) —
also known as Carl T. Rowan —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Ravenscroft, White
County, Tenn., August
11, 1925.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; syndicated newspaper
columnist,
author,
biographer,
television
and radio
commentator; U.S. Ambassador to Finland, 1963-64; in 1988, he shot
and wounded an intruder in his backyard in Washington, D.C.; he
was arrested,
charged
with a weapons
violation, and tried;
the jury was unable to reach a verdict, and a mistrial was declared;
received the Spingarn
Medal in 1997.
African ancestry. Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
Died, of heart and
kidney
ailments and diabetes,
at the Washington Hospital
Center, Washington,
D.C., September
23, 2000 (age 75 years, 43
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Bobby Lee Rush (b. 1946) —
also known as Bobby L. Rush —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Albany, Dougherty
County, Ga., November
23, 1946.
Democrat. Candidate for Illinois
state house of representatives, 1978; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1993-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
candidate for mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1999.
Protestant.
African ancestry.
As a Black Panther, spent six months in prison
on a weapons
charge.
Still living as of 2014.
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David Scott (b. 1946) —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Aynor, Horry
County, S.C., June 27,
1946.
Democrat. Member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1974-82; member of Georgia
state senate, 1982-2002; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 13th District, 2003-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 2004,
2008.
Baptist.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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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 2nd District, 1983-92; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 3rd District, 1993-; defeated, 1986.
Episcopalian.
African ancestry. Member, NAACP; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Still living as of 2014.
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William H. Simons —
also known as Bill Simons —
of Washington,
D.C.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; school
teacher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from District
of Columbia, 1968,
1980,
1996,
2000;
president,
Washington Teachers Union; vice-president,
American Federation of Teachers; arrested
during an anti-apartheid
protest outside the South African Embassy
in Washington, 1984; candidate for Presidential Elector for District
of Columbia.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2000.
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Elliott Percival Skinner (1924-2007) —
also known as Elliott P. Skinner —
Born in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad,
June
20, 1924.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; naturalized U.S.
citizen; anthropologist;
university
professor; U.S. Ambassador to Upper Volta, 1966-69.
African ancestry. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, of heart
failure, in Washington,
D.C., April 1,
2007 (age 82 years, 285
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Emmet G. Sullivan (b. 1947) —
Born in Washington,
D.C., 1947.
U.S.
District Judge for the District of Columbia, 1994-.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2017.
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Clarence Thomas (b. 1948) —
of District of Columbia.
Born in Pin Point, Chatham
County, Ga., June 23,
1948.
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1990-91; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1991-.
Catholic.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Bennie G. Thompson (b. 1948) —
of Bolton, Hinds
County, Miss.
Born in Bolton, Hinds
County, Miss., January
28, 1948.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 2nd District, 1993-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008
(delegation chair).
Methodist.
African ancestry. Member, Kappa
Alpha Psi.
Still living as of 2014.
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John E. W. Thompson (b. 1855) —
of New York.
Born in 1855.
U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Santo Domingo, 1885-89; U.S. Minister to Haiti, 1885-89.
African ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Cyprian Olave Tilghman (1913-2009) —
also known as Cyprian O. Tilghman —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Washington,
D.C., May 19,
1913.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
District of Columbia, 1964.
African ancestry.
Died, in Laurel Regional Hospital,
Laurel, Prince
George's County, Md., February
17, 2009 (age 95 years, 274
days).
Interment at Maryland National Memorial Park, Laurel, Md.
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Edolphus Towns (b. 1934) —
also known as Ed Towns —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Chadbourn, Columbus
County, N.C., July 21,
1934.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York, 1983-2003 (11th District 1983-93,
10th District 1993-2003); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1984,
1988,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Presbyterian
or Baptist.
African ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Kiwanis;
Phi
Beta Sigma.
Still living as of 2014.
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Decatur W. Trotter (1932-2004) —
also known as Bucky Trotter;
"Zeus" —
of Glenarden, Prince
George's County, Md.
Born in Washington,
D.C., January
8, 1932.
Democrat. Mayor
of Glenarden, Md., 1970-74; member of Maryland
state house of delegates District 25, 1975-80; orphan's court
judge in Maryland, 1982-83; member of Maryland
state senate 24th District, 1983-98; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Maryland, 1988,
1996.
African ancestry. Member, Kappa
Alpha Psi.
Died, of bone
cancer, in John Hopkins Hospital,
Baltimore,
Md., May 3,
2004 (age 72 years, 116
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Maurice T. Turner Jr. (c.1936-1993) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born about 1936.
Republican. Police
chief; candidate for mayor
of Washington, D.C., 1990.
African ancestry.
Died from complications following heart
surgery, in Washington,
D.C., June 16,
1993 (age about 57
years).
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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Maxine Waters (b. 1938) —
also known as Maxine Moore Carr —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., August
15, 1938.
Democrat. School
teacher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1976,
1980,
1984,
1988,
1992,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
member of California
state assembly 48th District, 1977-90; U.S.
Representative from California, 1991-2019 (29th District 1991-93,
35th District 1993-2013, 43rd District 2013-19); member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 2004-08.
Female.
Christian.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2019.
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Diane Edith Watson (b. 1933) —
also known as Diane E. Watson —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., November
12, 1933.
Democrat. Psychologist;
member of California
state senate, 1978-98; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from California, 1988,
1996,
2004,
2008;
U.S. Ambassador to Micronesia, 1999-2000; U.S.
Representative from California, 2001-11 (32nd District 2001-03,
33rd District 2003-11); member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 2004; candidate for
Presidential Elector for California.
Female.
Catholic.
African ancestry. Member, Alpha
Kappa Alpha.
Still living as of 2014.
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Melvin L. Watt (b. 1945) —
also known as Mel Watt —
of Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in Steele Creek, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., August
26, 1945.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state senate, 1985-87; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 12th District, 1993-; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Presbyterian.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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George Leon Paul Weaver (1912-1995) —
also known as George L. P. Weaver —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., May 8,
1912.
Democrat. Railroad
worker; director,
civil rights committee, CIO; executive
secretary, civil rights committee, AFL-CIO, 1955-58; assistant to
the president, International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine
Workers; U.S. Assistant Secretary of Labor for International Affairs,
1961-69; special assistant to the Director-General, International
Labor Organization; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
District of Columbia, 1960,
1964.
African ancestry.
Died, from complications of emphysema
and asthma,
in George Washington University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., July 14,
1995 (age 83 years, 67
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George J. Weaver and Josephine (Snell) Weaver; married, September
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Robert Clifton Weaver (1907-1997) —
also known as Robert C. Weaver —
of Washington,
D.C.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Washington,
D.C., December
29, 1907.
Democrat. Economist;
received the Spingarn
Medal in 1962; U.S.
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 1966-68; first
African-American cabinet member; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1968 ;
president,
Baruch College, 1969; trustee, Mount Sinai Medical
Center.
Methodist.
African ancestry. Member, NAACP; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 17,
1997 (age 89 years, 200
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Zazachilds Westerfield Jr. (1919-1972) —
also known as Samuel Z. Westerfield, Jr. —
Born November
15, 1919.
Economist;
U.S. Ambassador to Liberia, 1969-72, died in office 1972.
African ancestry.
Died, from a coronary
thrombosis, in Monrovia, Liberia,
July
19, 1972 (age 52 years, 247
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Anthony A. Williams (b. 1951) —
also known as Tony Williams —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 28,
1951.
Democrat. Mayor
of Washington, D.C., 1999-2007; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from District of Columbia, 2000,
2004.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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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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Albert Russell Wynn (b. 1951) —
also known as Albert R. Wynn —
of Largo, Prince
George's County, Md.; Mitchellville, Prince
George's County, Md.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
10, 1951.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1983-86; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Maryland, 1984,
1988,
1996,
2000,
2004;
member of Maryland
state senate, 1987-92; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 4th District, 1993-.
Baptist.
African ancestry. Member, Kappa
Alpha Psi.
Still living as of 2014.
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