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Odell Carl Barry (b. 1941) —
also known as Odell C. Barry —
of Northglenn, Adams
County, Colo.; Westminster, Adams
County, Colo.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., October
10, 1941.
Democrat. Professional
football player for the Denver Broncos in 1964-65; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Colorado, 1972
(alternate), 1980,
1996,
2008;
real
estate agent; mayor
of Northglenn, Colo., 1980-82; member of Democratic
National Committee from Colorado, 1989-93.
African ancestry. Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2008.
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Mary Frances Berry (b. 1938) —
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., February
17, 1938.
Lawyer;
writer;
university
professor; member, U.S. Civil Rights Commission, 1978-2004;
chair, U.S. Civil Rights Commission, 1993-99; arrested
during an anti-apartheid
sit-in at the South African Embassy
in Washington, 1984.
Female.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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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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Robert W. Bowens Jr. (1922-2014) —
also known as Robert Bowens; Bob Bowens —
of Pontiac, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., March
21, 1922.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; barber; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Oakland County
2nd District, 1962; appointed 1962.
Baptist.
African ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion.
Died, in the VA Medical
Center, Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., November
18, 2014 (age 92 years, 242
days).
Interment at Great Lakes National Cemetery, Holly, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Bowens, Sr. and Hattie (Hood) Bowens; married to Nellie
Joyce Cooley. |
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Ulysses Wilhelm Boykin (1914-1987) —
also known as Ulysses W. Boykin —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., October
17, 1914.
Republican. Journalist;
candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1952; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1964
(alternate), 1976;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Baptist.
African ancestry. Member, Elks; Freemasons.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., September
26, 1987 (age 72 years, 344
days).
Interment at Detroit Memorial Park West, Redford Township, Wayne County,
Mich.
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Joseph A. Brown (1903-1963) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., February
10, 1903.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state senate 2nd District, 1947-48; defeated in primary, 1948;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1948.
Baptist.
African ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in 1963
(age about
60 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Bristoe Bryant (1906-1986) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Huntingdon, Carroll
County, Tenn., February
27, 1906.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
state senate 2nd District, 1951-52; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 16th District, 1958.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African ancestry. Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Sphinx.
Died in 1986
(age about
80 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert R. Church —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Tennessee, 1900,
1912,
1916,
1924,
1928,
1932,
1936,
1940;
speaker, 1920;
member, Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee, 1928.
African ancestry.
One of the founders,
in 1916, of the Lincoln League, an African-American political
organization in western Tennessee.
Burial location unknown.
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William L. Fitzgerald (b. 1872) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Jonesborough, Washington
County, Tenn., January
14, 1872.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1924.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph M. Fitzgerald and Mary A. (Ford) Fitzgerald; married, November
26, 1913, to Lucille Wilson. |
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Harold Eugene Ford (b. 1945) —
also known as Harold E. Ford —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., May 20,
1945.
Democrat. Mortician;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1971-74; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Tennessee, 1972,
1996;
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1975-97 (8th District 1975-83, 9th
District 1983-97).
African ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Still living as of 2014.
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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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Thomas Oscar Fuller Sr. (1867-1942) —
also known as Thomas O. Fuller, Sr. —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.; Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Franklinton, Franklin
County, N.C., October
25, 1867.
Minister;
member of North
Carolina state senate; elected 1898; historian.
African ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Died in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., June 21,
1942 (age 74 years, 239
days).
Interment at New
Park Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.
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William Henry Hastie (1904-1976) —
also known as William H. Hastie —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., November
17, 1904.
Lawyer;
law
professor; U.S.
District Judge for Virgin Islands, 1937-39; dean,
Howard University law school, 1939-46; Governor of
U.S. Virgin Islands, 1946-49; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1949-71; took
senior status 1971.
African ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Omega
Psi Phi; Freemasons;
American
Civil Liberties Union; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Received Spingarn
Medal in 1943.
Died, at Suburban General Hospital,
East Norriton, Montgomery
County, Pa., April
14, 1976 (age 71 years, 149
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Willie W. Herenton —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Democrat. Mayor
of Memphis, Tenn., 1992-; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Tennessee; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee,
1996,
2000.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2003.
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Benjamin Lawson Hooks (1925-2010) —
also known as Benjamin L. Hooks —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., January
31, 1925.
Democrat. Lawyer; pastor;
state court judge in Tennessee, 1965; member, Federal Communications
Commission, 1972-77; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Tennessee, 1996,
2000;
speaker, 1988;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Tennessee.
Baptist.
African ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Civil rights leader; friend and confidant of Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr.; recipient of the Spingarn
Medal in 1986.
Died April
15, 2010 (age 85 years, 74
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Odell Horton (1929-2006) —
Born in Bolivar, Hardeman
County, Tenn., May 13,
1929.
U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee, 1980-95;
took senior status 1995.
African ancestry.
Died in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., February
22, 2006 (age 76 years, 285
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Lloyd Imes (1889-1986) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., December
29, 1889.
Minister;
Dry candidate for delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; president,
Knoxville College, 1943-47.
Presbyterian.
African ancestry.
Died in 1986
(age about
96 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin A. Imes and Elizabeth (Wallace) Imes; married, September
9, 1915, to Grace Virginia Frank. |
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Henry Majors (born c.1930) —
of Sumpter Township, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., about 1930.
Democrat. Candidate for supervisor
of Sumpter Township, Michigan, 1970.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1970.
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Henry G. Marsh (1921-2011) —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., October
11, 1921.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; mayor
of Saginaw, Mich., 1967-69.
African ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Died, from congestive
heart failure, in the VA Medical
Center, Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich., May 11,
2011 (age 89 years, 212
days).
Cremated.
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Consuelo Bland Marshall (b. 1936) —
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., 1936.
U.S.
District Judge for the Central District of California, 1980-2005;
took senior status 2005.
Female.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2005.
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Dudley S. Martin (b. 1903) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Forest Hill, Shelby
County, Tenn., November
18, 1903.
Republican. Member of Illinois
Republican State Central Committee, 1937; elected Illinois
state house of representatives 3rd District 1940.
African ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Oscar Mason —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Tennessee, 1988.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1988.
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Samuel A. McElwee —
of Tennessee.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Tennessee, 1884,
1888.
African ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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James Carroll Napier (1845-1940) —
of Tennessee.
Born near Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., June 9,
1845.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Tennessee, 1884;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 5th District, 1898.
African ancestry.
Founder of Nashville One-Cent Savings Bank;
Register of the U.S. Treasury, 1911-13.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., April
21, 1940 (age 94 years, 317
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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Isham F. Norris —
of Tennessee.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Tennessee, 1888.
African ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Major Robert Odell Owens (1936-2013) —
also known as Major R. Owens —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Collierville, Shelby
County, Tenn., June 28,
1936.
Democrat. Librarian;
member of New York
state senate 17th District, 1975-82; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1980,
1984,
1988,
1996,
2000,
2004;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1983-2007 (12th District 1983-93,
11th District 1993-2007).
Baptist.
African ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Died, from renal
failure and heart
failure, in New York University Langone Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
21, 2013 (age 77 years, 115
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James H. Robinson (born c.1907) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., about 1907.
Liberal. Minister;
candidate for borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1953.
Presbyterian.
African ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Richard Robinson —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Tennessee, 1988.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1988.
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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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John N. Ruffin —
of Tennessee.
U.S. Consul in Asuncion, 1897-1907.
African ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Josiah Thomas Settle (1850-1915) —
also known as Josiah T. Settle; Joe Settle —
of Panola
County, Miss.; Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Rockingham
County, N.C., September
30, 1850.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Mississippi, 1876;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Mississippi; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Tennessee, 1896,
1900,
1912.
African ancestry.
Died, from tuberculosis,
in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., August
16, 1915 (age 64 years, 320
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.
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Relatives: Son
of Josiah Thomas Settle (1799-1869) and Nancy Ann (Graves) Settle;
married to Theresa T. Vogelsang; married 1890 to
Frances McCullough. |
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Charles Alexander Shaw (b. 1944) —
Born in Jackson, Madison
County, Tenn., 1944.
U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1993-2009;
took senior status 2009.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Fred J. Smith (b. 1899) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn., July 4,
1899.
Member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1943.
Catholic.
African ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Otis Milton Smith (1922-1994) —
also known as Otis M. Smith —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., February
20, 1922.
Democrat. Lawyer; Michigan
state auditor general, 1959-61; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1960;
justice
of Michigan state supreme court, 1961-66; appointed 1961;
defeated, 1966; first
Black member of the Michigan Supreme Court; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1967-71; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Michigan; vice-president and general counsel of General
Motors.
African ancestry. Member, Urban
League; Kiwanis.
Died, of prostate
cancer, in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., June 29,
1994 (age 72 years, 129
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Lynn Curtis Swann (b. 1952) —
also known as Lynn Swann —
of Sewickley Heights, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Alcoa, Blount
County, Tenn., March 7,
1952.
Republican. Pro
football player for the Pittsburgh Steelers, 1974-82; member of
the College Football Hall of
Fame and the Pro Football Hall of
Fame; candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 2006.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Avon N. Williams Jr. (1921-1994) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., December
22, 1921.
Member of Tennessee
state senate, 1968-90.
African ancestry.
Died, of complications from amyotrophic
lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's
disease), at Meharry-Hubbard Hospital,
Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., August
29, 1994 (age 72 years, 250
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Mamon Wright —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Tennessee, 1988;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Tennessee.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2000.
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William James Yerby (1867-1950) —
also known as William J. Yerby —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Oldtown, Phillips
County, Ark., September
22, 1867.
Physician;
U.S. Consul in Sierra Leone, 1906-15; Dakar, 1915-25; La Rochelle, 1925-26; Oporto, 1926-30; Nantes, 1930-32.
Baptist.
African ancestry.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., 1950
(age about
82 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Milton Yerby and Clementine Yerby; married to Cecilia
Carolyn Kennedy. |
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