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Politician members in Georgia

  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.
  Relatives: Son of Homer M. Alexander and Augusta (Hutchins) Alexander; married, November 25, 1954, to Barbara Jackson.
  See also Wikipedia article
  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.
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Boce William Barlow and Ethel (Green) Barlow; married to Catherine Swanson.
  Boce Barlow Way, a street in Hartford, Connecticut, is named for him.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
Julian Bond 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.
  Relatives: Son of Horace Mann Bond and Julia Agnes (Washington) Bond; married 1961 to Alice Clopton; married 1990 to Pamela Sue Horowitz.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Critical books about Julian Bond: Bernard Goldberg, 100 People Who Are Screwing Up America (And Al Franken Is #37)
  Image source: Library of Congress
  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.
  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.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Henry B. Gordon.
  See also Wikipedia article
  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.
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Oliver Hankins and Anna (Pyles) Hankins; married, April 20, 1939, to Dorothy Days.
  The Freeman Hankins branch post office, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is named for him.
  See also Wikipedia article
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Wheeler Hood and India (Benton) Hood; married to Ruth E. Stevenson; father of Morris W. Hood Jr. and Raymond W. Hood; grandfather of Morris W. Hood III.
  Political family: Hood family of Detroit, Michigan.
  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.
  See also Wikipedia article
  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.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial
  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.
  Relatives: Son of James Neal and Lizzie (Barnett) Neal; married 1924 to Georgia C. Campbell.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  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.
  Relatives: Married to Virginia Byrd.
  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.
  Relatives: Married to Juanita Elizabeth Terry Williams.
  Personal motto: "Unbought and unbossed."
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  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.
  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.
  Relatives: Father of Joseph F. Young Jr..
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