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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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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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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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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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Helen Gordon Davis (b. 1926) —
of Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1926.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1975-88; member of Florida
state senate, 1989.
Female.
Member, NAACP; League of Women
Voters.
Inducted 1998 into the Florida Women's Hall of Fame.
Still living as of 2001.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Steve Meisburg (born c.1942) —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born about 1942.
Mayor-commissioner
of Tallahassee, Florida, 1990-91; candidate for mayor
of Tallahassee, Fla., 2003.
Member, NAACP.
Still living as of 2003.
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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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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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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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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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