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Henry Lee Adams Jr. (b. 1945) —
of Florida.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., April 8,
1945.
Lawyer;
assistant public defender; circuit judge in Florida 4th Circuit,
1979-93; U.S.
District Judge for the Middle District of Florida, 1993-.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2000.
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Wilhelmina F. Adams (1901-1987) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Key West, Monroe
County, Fla., January
31, 1901.
Democrat. Florist;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1944,
1964;
member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1945-51.
Female.
Protestant.
African ancestry. Member, NAACP; Urban
League; Tammany
Hall; Order of the
Eastern Star.
Died in May, 1987
(age 86
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Thomas F. Adams and Mary F. (Peck) Adams. |
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Charles Billings —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
University
professor; candidate for mayor
of Tallahassee, Fla., 1997.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1997.
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Julian Bond (1940-2015) —
also known as Horace Julian Bond —
of Georgia.
Born in Hubbard Hospital,
Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., January
14, 1940.
Democrat. A leader of the civil rights movement in the 1960s and
1970s; one of the founders of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating
Committee (SNCC) in 1960, and the Southern Povery Law Center in 1971;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1967-74; candidate for Democratic
nomination for Vice President, 1968;
member of Georgia
state senate 39th District, 1975-87; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1984 ;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 1986; chairman, NAACP, 1998-2010.
African ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
NAACP.
He received the Spingarn
Medal in 2009.
Died in Fort Walton Beach, Okaloosa
County, Fla., August
15, 2015 (age 75 years, 213
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Rudolph Bradley (b. 1946) —
also known as Rudy Bradley —
of Florida.
Born in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., May 16,
1946.
Republican. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 55th District, 1995-.
Baptist.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1999.
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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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Corrine Brown (b. 1946) —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., November
11, 1946.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1983-93; U.S.
Representative from Florida 3rd District, 1993-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Female.
Baptist.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Samuel S. Brown (1922-2010) —
of Lauderdale Lakes, Broward
County, Fla.
Born June 22,
1922.
Mayor
of Lauderdale Lakes, Fla., 1998-2000.
African ancestry.
Died February
13, 2010 (age 87 years, 236
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Larcenia J. Bullard (b. 1947) —
of Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in Allendale, Allendale
County, S.C., July 21,
1947.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 118th District, 1993-.
Female.
Baptist.
African ancestry. Member, NAACP; Delta
Sigma Theta.
Still living as of 1999.
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James Bush III (b. 1955) —
of Florida.
Born in Panama City, Bay
County, Fla., February
13, 1955.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 109th District, 1993-.
Baptist.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1999.
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Archibald James Carey (1868-1931) —
also known as Archibald J. Carey —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in slavery,
in Georgia, August
25, 1868.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; president,
Edward Waters College, Jacksonville, Fla., 1895; minister;
bishop;
delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 3rd District,
1920-22; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1924;
member, Chicago Civil Service Commission, 1927-29; indicted
in 1929 on charges
of accepting
bribes from job applicants; the case never came to trial.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African ancestry.
Died, from heart
disease, in Billings Memorial Hospital,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March
23, 1931 (age 62 years, 210
days).
Interment at Lincoln
Cemetery, Blue Island, Ill.
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Jennifer Sandra Carroll (b. 1959) —
also known as Jennifer S. Carroll; Jennifer Sandra
Johnson —
of Green Cove Springs, Clay
County, Fla.
Born in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad,
August
27, 1959.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Florida 3rd District, 2000, 2002; member of
Florida
state house of representatives 13th District, 2003-10; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Florida, 2004;
Lieutenant
Governor of Florida, 2011-13; resigned 2013.
Female.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2019.
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Benjamin Solomon Carson (b. 1951) —
also known as Ben Carson —
of West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., September
18, 1951.
Republican. Physician;
surgeon;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 2016;
U.S.
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 2017-.
Seventh-Day
Adventist. African ancestry.
Recipient of the Spingarn
Medal, 2006.
Still living as of 2019.
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Robert Lee Carter (1917-2012) —
also known as Robert L. Carter —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Caryville, Washington
County, Fla., March
11, 1917.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1972-86;
took senior status 1986.
African ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Received the Spingarn
Medal in 2004.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
3, 2012 (age 94 years, 298
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Henry W. Chandler —
of Ocala, Marion
County, Fla.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Florida,
1904,
1908.
African ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Gwendolyn Sawyer Cherry (1923-1979) —
also known as Gwen Cherry —
of Florida.
Born in Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., 1923.
Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1971-79.
Female.
African ancestry.
first
Black woman elected to the Florida legislature; inducted 1986 into
the Florida Women's Hall of Fame.
Died, in an automobile
accident, in Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla., 1979
(age about
56 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Cynthia Moore Chestnut (b. 1949) —
of Gainesville, Alachua
County, Fla.
Born in Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla., July 25,
1949.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 23rd District, 1991-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1996,
2008.
Female.
Methodist.
African ancestry. Member, Junior
League; Alpha
Kappa Alpha; NAACP; Altrusa;
Rotary.
Still living as of 2008.
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Shirley Anita Chisholm (1924-2005) —
also known as Shirley Chisholm; Shirley Anita St.
Hill —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
30, 1924.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly, 1965-68 (Kings County 17th District 1965, 45th
District 1966, 55th District 1967-68); U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1969-83; candidate
for Democratic nomination for President, 1972;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1980;
Honorary Co-Chair, 1984;
speaker, 1988.
Female.
Methodist.
African ancestry. Member, League of Women
Voters; NAACP; Americans
for Democratic Action; National
Organization for Women; Urban
League; Delta
Sigma Theta.
Inducted, National
Women's Hall of Fame, 1993.
Died in Ormond Beach, Volusia
County, Fla., January
1, 2005 (age 80 years, 32
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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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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Alexandra P. Davis (b. 1963) —
of Miramar, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in London, England,
December
10, 1963.
Candidate for mayor
of Miramar, Fla., 2015.
Female.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2015.
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Anita L. Davis (born c.1937) —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born about 1937.
Candidate for mayor
of Tallahassee, Fla., 1997.
Female.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1997.
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Anthony C. Davis (born c.1954) —
also known as Tony Davis —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born about 1954.
Candidate for mayor
of Tallahassee, Fla., 2003.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2003.
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Valdez Butler Demings (b. 1957) —
also known as Val Demings; Valdez Venita
Butler —
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., March
12, 1957.
Democrat. Social
worker; police
officer; police chief, Orlando, Fla., 2007-12; U.S.
Representative from Florida 10th District, 2017-; defeated, 2012.
Female.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2018.
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Willye F. Clayton Dennis (1926-2012) —
also known as Willye Dennis —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., March
14, 1926.
Democrat. Librarian;
civil rights leader; in December, 1989, she was the target of attempted
murder when a mail bomb was sent to her office; she did not open
the package, and the bomb was defused; member of Florida
state house of representatives 15th District, 1993-99; resigned
1999; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1996.
Female.
Baptist.
African ancestry. Member, NAACP; Delta
Sigma Theta.
Died March 9,
2012 (age 85 years, 361
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Josephus Eggelletion Jr. (b. 1949) —
of Lauderdale Lakes, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., April
23, 1949.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 94th District, 1993-.
Baptist.
African ancestry. Member, NAACP; Urban
League.
Still living as of 1999.
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Zebulon Elijah —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.
Republican. Postmaster at Pensacola,
Fla., 1874-78.
African ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. (1938-2003) —
Born in Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., May 11,
1938.
U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, 1993-2003;
died in office 2003.
African ancestry.
Died in Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., June 9,
2003 (age 65 years, 29
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Karl N. Flagg —
of Palatka, Putnam
County, Fla.
Born in Palatka, Putnam
County, Fla.
Ordained
minister; funeral
director; mayor
of Palatka, Fla., 2000-.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Relatives: Son
of John Henry Flagg, Sr. and Effie Lee Flagg. |
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James R. Ford (1925-2017) —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Leon
County, Fla., December
1, 1925.
Mayor-commissioner
of Tallahassee, Florida, 1972-73, 1976-77, 1982-83.
African ancestry. Member, Urban
League.
First
Black mayor of Tallahassee; also first Black mayor of any U.S. state
capital city.
Died October
11, 2017 (age 91 years, 314
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs (1821-1874) —
also known as Jonathan C. Gibbs —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
28, 1821.
Minister;
delegate
to Florida state constitutional convention, 1868; secretary
of state of Florida, 1868-73; Florida
superintendent of public instruction, 1873-74.
Presbyterian.
African ancestry.
Died in Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla., August
14, 1874 (age 52 years, 320
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Andrew Demese Gillum (b. 1979) —
also known as Andrew D. Gillum —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., July 26,
1979.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Florida, 2004;
mayor
of Tallahassee, Fla., 2014-18; candidate for Governor of
Florida, 2018.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2018.
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Nathaniel Glover Jr. (b. 1943) —
also known as Nat Glover —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born March
29, 1943.
Democrat. Police
officer; Sheriff of Jacksonville, Fla., 1995-2003; candidate for
mayor
of Jacksonville, Fla., 2003.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2003.
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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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John Andrew Gregg (1877-1953) —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.; Wilberforce, Greene
County, Ohio; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Eureka, Greenwood
County, Kan., February
18, 1877.
Republican. Pastor; missionary;
president,
Edward Waters College, 1913-20; president,
Wilberforce University, 1920-24; bishop; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1940.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Died in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., February
17, 1953 (age 75 years, 365
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, Kan.
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Thomas S. Harris —
of Live Oak, Suwannee
County, Fla.
Republican. Postmaster at Live
Oak, Fla., 1898-1905; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Florida, 1904.
African ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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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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Anthony C. Hill Sr. (b. 1957) —
also known as Tony Hill —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., September
9, 1957.
Democrat. Longshoreman;
member of Florida
state house of representatives 14th District, 1993-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Baptist.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2008.
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Arthur Hill —
of Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Florida,
1988.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1988.
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Raymond W. Hood (1936-2002) —
also known as Ray Hood —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., January
1, 1936.
Democrat. Assembler, Ford Motor
Company; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1965-82 (14th District 1965-72,
7th District 1973-82); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Michigan, 1968
(alternate), 1976,
1980,
1988;
candidate for Michigan
state senate 3rd District, 1982.
African ancestry. Member, NAACP; United
Auto Workers.
Died in Port Charlotte, Charlotte
County, Fla., March
29, 2002 (age 66 years, 87
days).
Interment at Roseland
Park Cemetery, Berkley, Mich.
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Sharpe James (b. 1936) —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., February
20, 1936.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey,
1980,
1988,
1996,
2000,
2004;
mayor
of Newark, N.J., 1986-2006; candidate for Presidential Elector
for New Jersey; member of New
Jersey state senate 29th District, 1999-2008; indicted
in July 2007 on federal charges
of using city credit cards for personal
expenses, and letting a girlfriend buy nine parcels of city-owned
land for a small fraction of their value, without disclosing
their relationship; convicted
in April 2008; sentenced
to 27 months in prison,
and fined
$100,000.
African ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Still living as of 2014.
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James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) —
also known as James W. Johnson; James William
Johnson —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., June 17,
1871.
School
principal; author; lawyer;
U.S. Consul in Puerto Cabello, 1906-07; Dakar, 1907-08; Corinto, 1908-09; university
professor.
African ancestry. Member, NAACP; Sigma
Pi Phi; Phi
Beta Sigma; Freemasons.
Author of the words to the song "Lift Every Voice and Sing," which
became known as the "Negro National Anthem".
Killed in a car-train
collision, in Wiscasset, Lincoln
County, Maine, June 26,
1938 (age 67 years, 9
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Clennon Washington King Jr. (c.1921-2000) —
also known as Clennon King; "The Black Don
Quixote" —
of Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born about 1921.
Minister;
Independent Afro-American candidate for President
of the United States, 1960; candidate for mayor of
Miami, Fla., 1996.
African ancestry.
Attempted
to enroll in the then-all-white University of Mississippi in
1958, and was sent to the state's insane
asylum; attempted to join and integrate Jimmy
Carter's all-white Baptist Church in Plains, Ga., on the eve of
the 1976 presidential election. Jailed
on numerous occasions for his flamboyant tactics.
Died, of prostate
cancer, in Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., February
12, 2000 (age about 79
years).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Albany, Ga.
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Elijah Pat Larkins (1942-2009) —
also known as E. Pat Larkins —
of Pompano Beach, Broward
County, Fla.
Born April
29, 1942.
Mayor
of Pompano Beach, Fla., 1985.
African ancestry. Member, Urban
League; NAACP; Kiwanis.
Died, from brain
cancer, in Pompano Beach, Broward
County, Fla., February
14, 2009 (age 66 years, 291
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Gardens North, Pompano Beach, Fla.
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Relatives:
Married 1962 to Bettye
Lamar. |
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Josue Larose (b. 1981) —
of Miramar, Broward
County, Fla.
Born June 12,
1981.
Republican. Candidate for Florida
state senate 28th District, 2009; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Florida 19th District, 2010; candidate for
Governor
of Florida, 2010; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Louisiana, 2012; candidate for mayor
of Miramar, Fla., 2019.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2019.
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Alfred J. Lawson Jr. (b. 1948) —
also known as Al Lawson —
of Florida.
Born in Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla., September
21, 1948.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 8th District, 1983-.
Episcopalian.
African ancestry. Member, NAACP; Urban
League.
Still living as of 1999.
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Joseph E. Lee —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Florida,
1880,
1884.
African ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph E. Lee —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Pennsylvania.
Republican. U.S.
Collector of Customs, 1891; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Florida, 1896,
1904,
1908,
1912,
1916;
U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for Florida, 1909.
African ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Marion Serious Lewis —
of Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Police
officer; candidate for mayor of
Tampa, Fla., 2007.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2007.
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Stella Lewis —
of Altamonte Springs, Seminole
County, Fla.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Florida, 1988.
Female.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1988.
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Lemuel W. Livingston (b. 1861) —
of Key West, Monroe
County, Fla.
Born in Monticello, Jefferson
County, Fla., 1861.
Republican. School
principal; physician;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Florida, 1896
(Convention
Vice-President); U.S. Consul in Cape Hatien, 1898-1919.
African ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Willie F. Logan (b. 1957) —
of Opa-Locka, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in Opa-Locka, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., February
16, 1957.
Member of Florida
state house of representatives 103rd District, 1983-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1996;
Independent candidate for U.S.
Senator from Florida, 2000.
Baptist.
African ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Sigma; Alpha
Kappa Psi; Alpha
Phi Omega; Urban
League; NAACP.
Still living as of 2000.
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William H. Lucas —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Florida,
1904
(alternate), 1908
(alternate), 1912;
U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1909.
African ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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John Robert Marks III (b. 1947) —
also known as John Marks —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born July 25,
1947.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Tallahassee, Fla., 2003-14.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Sadye Gibbs Martin (d. 1999) —
of Plant City, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
School
teacher and principal; mayor
of Plant City, Fla., 1985-89, 1991-92.
Female.
Baptist.
African ancestry.
Died December
6, 1999.
Burial location unknown.
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Carrie P. Meek (b. 1926) —
of Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla., April
29, 1926.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1979-83; member of Florida
state senate, 1983-92; U.S.
Representative from Florida 17th District, 1993-2003; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1996,
2000,
2004.
Female.
Baptist.
African ancestry.
First
Black women elected to Congress from Florida; inducted 1992 into the
Florida Women's Hall of
Fame.
Still living as of 2014.
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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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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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Wayne Martin Messam (b. 1974) —
also known as Wayne M. Messam —
of Miramar, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in South Bay, St. Lucie
County, Fla., June 7,
1974.
Democrat. Signed as wide receiver in 1997 for the Cincinnati Bengals
football
team; builder;
mayor
of Miramar, Fla., 2015-.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2019.
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Stephan P. Mickle (b. 1944) —
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1944.
U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Florida, 1998-2011;
took senior status 2011.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2011.
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Dorsey C. Miller (born c.1943) —
of Lauderhill, Broward
County, Fla.; Parkland, Broward
County, Fla.
Born about 1943.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Florida,
1988
(alternate), 2004;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Florida.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2004.
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Lesley Miller Jr. (b. 1951) —
also known as Les Miller —
of Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Born in Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla., April
21, 1951.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 59th District, 1993-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1996,
2000,
2004.
Baptist.
African ancestry. Member, Kappa
Alpha Psi; Urban
League; Freemasons;
NAACP.
Still living as of 2004.
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Susie Monroe (b. 1898) —
also known as Susie Wallace —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., March 4,
1898.
Democrat. Dressmaker;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Philadelphia County 23rd
District, 1949-54; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1952.
Female.
Episcopalian.
African ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Sandy Wallace and Susan Wallace. |
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John L. Moore (b. 1953) —
of Miramar, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in 1953.
Candidate for mayor
of Miramar, Fla., 2011.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2011.
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M. M. Moore —
of Gainesville, Alachua
County, Fla.; Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Florida, 1888,
1896.
African ancestry.
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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Ernest Page —
of Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Orlando City Commissioner, 1980-83, 1996-2005; in 1983, he was indicted
and convicted
of grand
theft involving stolen equipment, and served eight months in jail; mayor
of Orlando, Fla., 2005.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2005.
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M. Paige —
of Apalachicola, Franklin
County, Fla.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Florida,
1912.
African ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Petty —
of Fernandina (now part of Fernandina Beach), Nassau
County, Fla.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Florida,
1888
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization).
African ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (1908-1972) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., November
29, 1908.
Democrat. Baptist
minister; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1945-71 (22nd District 1945-53,
16th District 1953-63, 18th District 1963-71); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1952,
1960,
1964;
cited
for contempt
of court in 1966 for refusing to pay damages in a lawsuit against
him; on February 28, 1967, he was expelled
from the House of Representatives on charges
of unbecoming
conduct and misusing
public funds; the Supreme Court overturned the expulsion in 1969.
Baptist.
African ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha; Elks.
Died, of prostate
cancer, in Jackson Memorial Hospital,
Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., April 4,
1972 (age 63 years, 127
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in a
private or family graveyard, Bahamas.
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Relatives: Son
of Adam Clayton Powell, Sr. and Mattie (Fletcher) Powell; married, March 8,
1933, to Isabel Washington; married, August
1, 1945, to Hazel Scott; married, December
15, 1960, to Yvette Marjorie Diago (Flores) Powell; father of Adam
Clayton Powell IV. |
| | | Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard
(formerly part of Seventh Avenue), in Manhattan,
New York, is named for
him. — The Adam Clayton Powell State
Office Building (opened 1974 as the Harlem State Office Building;
renamed 1983), in Manhattan,
New York, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books by Powell,Adam Clayton,Jr.: Adam
by Adam: The Autobiography of Adam Clayton Powell,
Jr. |
| | | Books about Powell,Adam Clayton,Jr.:
Tisha Hamilton, Adam
Clayton Powell, Jr.: The Political Biography of an American
Dilemma — Wil Haygood, King
of the Cats: The Life and Times of Adam Clayton Powell,
Jr. |
| | | Image source: Library of
Congress |
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Isaac L. Purcell —
of Palatka, Putnam
County, Fla.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Florida,
1896
(member, Resolutions
Committee).
African ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Asa Philip Randolph (1889-1979) —
also known as A. Philip Randolph —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Crescent City, Putnam
County, Fla., April
15, 1889.
Socialist. Candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 19th District, 1919;
candidate for New York
state comptroller, 1920; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1924; organizer,
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters; vice-president,
AFL-CIO, 1957; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937.
Methodist.
African ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; American Civil
Liberties Union; United
World Federalists.
Recipient of the Presidential
Medal of Freedom on September 14, 1964.
Died May 16,
1979 (age 90 years, 31
days).
Cremated.
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Alzo J. Reddick (b. 1937) —
of Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Alturas, Polk
County, Fla., November
15, 1937.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 39th District, 1983-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1996.
Baptist.
African ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha; Urban
League.
Still living as of 1999.
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Beryl D. Roberts (b. 1958) —
of Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., August
26, 1958.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1988;
member of Florida
state house of representatives 108th District, 1993-.
Female.
Christian.
African ancestry. Member, Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; NAACP; Delta
Sigma Theta; Kiwanis.
Still living as of 1999.
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Nelis J. Saunders (b. 1923) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Orlando, Orange
County, Fla., September
3, 1923.
Democrat. Candidate for Michigan
state senate 4th District, 1964; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 11th District, 1969-72; defeated
in primary, 1960 (Wayne County 11th District), 1962 (Wayne County
11th District), 1965 (24th District), 1966 (11th District), 1972
(20th District), 1974 (21st District).
Female.
Baptist.
African ancestry. Member, Urban
League; NAACP; Order of the
Eastern Star.
Still living as of 1974.
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John Robert Scott (c.1841-1929) —
also known as John R. Scott —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in slavery
in Virginia, about 1841.
Republican. Clergyman;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1868-73, 1879; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1873-77; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Florida, 1876,
1896
(alternate), 1916
(alternate), 1920
(alternate), 1924
(alternate), 1928
(alternate); offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1896.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African ancestry.
Died in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., February
18, 1929 (age about 88
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Scott (born c.1954) —
also known as Tom Scott —
of Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Born in Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., about 1954.
Minister;
Hillsborough
County Commissioner, 1996-2004; member, Tampa City Council,
2007-11; candidate for mayor of
Tampa, Fla., 2011.
Church
of God. African ancestry.
Still living as of 2011.
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Mary Stenson Scriven (b. 1962) —
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., 1962.
U.S.
District Judge for the Middle District of Florida, 2008-.
Female.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2017.
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Perkins T. Shelton (1911-2003) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born December
19, 1911.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1984,
1996.
African ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Died, in Bayfront Medical
Center, St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., October
20, 2003 (age 91 years, 305
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Christopher Smith —
also known as Chris Smith —
of Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives 93rd District, 1999; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 2004.
African ancestry. Member, NAACP; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Still living as of 2004.
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Sallie L. Stephens —
of Miramar, Broward
County, Fla.
Candidate for mayor
of Miramar, Fla., 2003.
Female.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2003.
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William G. Stewart —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Republican. Postmaster at Tallahassee,
Fla., 1873-85; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Florida, 1884.
African ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Arthur E. Teele (1946-2005) —
also known as Art Teele —
of Florida.
Born in Prince
George's County, Md., May 14,
1946.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; lawyer;
director, U.S. Urban Mass Transportation Administration, 1981-83;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Florida; as Miami city
commissioner in 1997-2004, he chaired the Community Redevelopment
Agency (CRA); an investigation
of corruption in the agency, started in 2003, led to charges
that he had accepted $135,000 in kickbacks
from two construction companies; as a result, he was removed from
office in 2004 by Gov. Jeb
Bush; in August, 2004, when he and his wife were under
surveillance, he drove his
car at a police detective in an attempt to run him
over, and also threatened
to kill police officers who had been following his wife during
the investigation; convicted
in March 2005 on charges
related to this incident; indicted
on July 14, 2005, on federal conspiracy and money
laundering charges, over a scheme to fraudulently obtain
contracts for electrical work at the Miami International Airport
through a "minority-owned" shell company; published police reports
revealed that he had put his mistress
on the CRA payroll, that he regularly bought and used cocaine,
and that he frequently made use of a male prostitute.
Church
of God in Christ. African ancestry. Member, Kappa
Alpha Psi; NAACP; Freemasons.
Came to the offices
of the Miami Herald newspaper, and shot himself
in the head with a semiautomatic pistol; he died two hours later in
the trauma unit of Jackson Memorial Hospital,
Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., July 27,
2005 (age 59 years, 74
days).
Interment at Culley's MeadowWood Memorial Park, Tallahassee, Fla.
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Alton Ronald Waldon Jr. (b. 1936) —
also known as Alton R. Waldon, Jr. —
of Cambria Heights, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Lakeland, Polk
County, Fla., December
21, 1936.
Democrat. Professional
singer; police
officer; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly 33rd District, 1983-86; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1984,
1996
(alternate); U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1986-87; member of New York
state senate 10th District, 1991-2000; Judge of New York Court of
Claims, 2000.
African ancestry. Member, NAACP; American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 2000.
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Josiah Thomas Walls (1842-1905) —
of Florida.
Born in Virginia, 1842.
Republican. Member of Florida state legislature, 1870; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1871-73, 1873-76 (at-large 1871-73,
1873-75, 2nd District 1875-76).
African ancestry.
Died in 1905
(age about
63 years).
Interment at Negro
Cemetery, Tallahassee, Fla.
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W. A. Watts —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Florida,
1912.
African ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward A. Welters (b. 1892) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Key West, Monroe
County, Fla., October
18, 1892.
Member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1945.
African ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Allen Bernard West (b. 1961) —
also known as Allen West —
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., February
7, 1961.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Gulf War; colonel in
the U.S. Army during the Iraq War; U.S.
Representative from Florida 22nd District, 2011-13; defeated,
2012.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2013.
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W. A. Wilkinson —
of Flemington, Marion
County, Fla.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Florida, 1896.
African ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Frederica Smith Wilson (b. 1942) —
also known as Frederica S. Wilson; Frederica Patricia
Smith —
of Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.; Miami Gardens, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., November
5, 1942.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 104th District, 1999-2002; member
of Florida
state senate 33rd District, 2003-10; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Florida, 2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from Florida, 2011-18 (17th District 2011-13, 24th
District 2013-18).
Female.
Episcopalian.
African ancestry. Member, Alpha
Kappa Alpha.
Still living as of 2018.
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