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Cameron Madison Alexander (b. 1932) —
also known as Cameron M. Alexander —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., February
12, 1932.
Democrat. Minister;
leader of the Antioch Baptist Church North, Atlanta, Ga.; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1988.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Still living as of 2017.
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Herbert Arlene (1917-1989) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Harrison, Washington
County, Ga., September
5, 1917.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1959-66; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1960
(alternate), 1964,
1968,
1984;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 3rd District, 1967-80; first
Black member of the Pennsylvania state senate.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Urban
League; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died November
9, 1989 (age 72 years, 65
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Boce William Barlow Jr. (1915-2005) —
also known as Boce W. Barlow, Jr. —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.; Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Americus, Sumter
County, Ga., August
8, 1915.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
municipal judge in Connecticut, 1957; member of Connecticut
state senate; elected 1966; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Connecticut, 1968;
member of Connecticut
Democratic State Central Committee, 1977.
Congregationalist.
Member, NAACP; Prince
Hall Masons; Elks; Kappa
Alpha Psi.
Died in Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md., January
31, 2005 (age 89 years, 176
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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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Irma Clark (b. 1937) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Georgia, April
14, 1937.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives 11th District, 1999-.
Female.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Optimist
Club.
Still living as of 2000.
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Eva McPherson Clayton (b. 1934) —
also known as Eva M. Clayton —
of North Carolina.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., September
16, 1934.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 1st District, 1992-2003;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1996,
2000.
Female.
Presbyterian.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Still living as of 2014.
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Walter A. Gordon (1894-1976) —
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., 1894.
Athletic
coach; police
officer; lawyer; Governor of
U.S. Virgin Islands, 1955-58; U.S.
District Judge for Virgin Islands, 1958-68.
African
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha; NAACP.
Died in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., April 1,
1976 (age about 81
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Ernest A. Greene —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Rome, Floyd
County, Ga.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives 1st District, 1937-42.
African
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha; NAACP.
Burial location unknown.
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Freeman P. Hankins (1917-1988) —
also known as Freeman Hankins —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Brunswick, Glynn
County, Ga., September
30, 1917.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; funeral
director; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1961-67; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 7th District, 1967-88; died in office 1988.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Amvets;
NAACP; Freemasons;
American
Woodmen; Elks.
Died, from heart
disease, in the University of Pennsylvania Hospital,
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
31, 1988 (age 71 years, 92
days).
Interment at Fernwood Cemetery, Upper Darby Township, Delaware County, Pa.
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Morris W. Hood Sr. (1908-2001) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in LaGrange, Troup
County, Ga., September
22, 1908.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,
1956;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 2nd
District, 1961-62.
African
ancestry. Member, United
Auto Workers; NAACP.
Died, of Alzheimer's
disease, in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., January
14, 2001 (age 92 years, 114
days).
Interment at Roseland
Park Cemetery, Berkley, Mich.
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Tony F. Mack (b. 1966) —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ga., January
8, 1966.
Democrat. Mercer
County Freeholder, 1997-2008; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New Jersey, 2000;
mayor
of Trenton, N.J., 2010-14; removed 2014; arrested
in September 2012, and charged
with accepting
a bribe, fraud,
and extortion;
tried
and convicted
in 2014, and sentenced
to five years in prison.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Urban
League.
Still living as of 2014.
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Ralph Harold Metcalfe (1910-1978) —
also known as Ralph H. Metcalfe —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., May 29,
1910.
Democrat. Won gold,
silver and bronze Olympic medals in 1932 and 1936; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1952
(alternate), 1956
(alternate), 1964
(alternate), 1968;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1971-78; died in
office 1978.
Catholic.
African
ancestry. Member, Amvets;
American
Legion; Urban
League; NAACP; Elks; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
10, 1978 (age 68 years, 134
days).
Interment at Holy
Sepulchre Cemetery, Alsip, Ill.
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James McKinley Neal (1899-1982) —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Greensboro, Greene
County, Ga., March 8,
1899.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; pharmacist;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Jackson County 4th District,
1947-64.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Omega
Psi Phi; American
Legion; Urban
League; NAACP.
Died in Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan., November
11, 1982 (age 83 years, 248
days).
Interment at Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery, Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
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Henry G. Parks Jr. (born c.1917) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., about 1917.
Democrat. Founder and chairman, H. G. Parks Inc. (meat
products); alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Maryland, 1964.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Hosea Lorenzo Williams (1926-2000) —
also known as Hosea Williams —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in Attapulgus, Decatur
County, Ga., January
5, 1926.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; walked
with a cane due to wartime injury; ordained
minister; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1972; member of Georgia
state house of representatives 54th District, 1975-85; candidate
for mayor
of Atlanta, Ga., 1989.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Phi
Beta Sigma; Elks; Freemasons;
Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; American
Legion.
Civil rights leader; active in sit-ins
and protest
marches in Savannah and elsewhere; arrested
at least 135 times. As Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "field general"
in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, led the 1965
Selma-to-Montgomery march which helped galvanize support for Black
voting rights. In 1968, he was present at the Lorraine Motel in
Memphis, Tenn., when King was assassinated. Convicted
in 1981 of leaving
the scene of an accident, and jailed
for six months.
Died, of cancer,
at Piedmont Hospital,
Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., November
16, 2000 (age 74 years, 316
days).
Entombed at Lincoln
Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
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Christopher C. Wimbish (b. 1895) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., 1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Illinois
state senate 3rd District; defeated, 1938; elected 1942, 1946;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1948.
African
ancestry. Member, Urban
League; NAACP; American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph F. Young Sr. (1927-1993) —
also known as Joe Young, Sr. —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Milledgeville, Baldwin
County, Ga., July 15,
1927.
Democrat. Candidate for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 5th
District, 1961; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1974-78, 1983-93 (15th District
1974-78, 14th District 1983-92, 3rd District 1993); defeated in
primary, 1964, 1966; died in office 1993; candidate for Michigan
state senate 1st District, 1978.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; United
Auto Workers.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., April 9,
1993 (age 65 years, 268
days).
Burial location unknown.
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