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Politician members in Tennessee

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   DeWitt T. Burton (1892-1970) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Memphis, Shelby County, Tenn., November 15, 1892. Democrat. Physician; member of Wayne State University board of governors, 1960-68. Congregationalist. Member, Urban League; NAACP; Omega Psi Phi; American Medical Association. Died in 1970 (age about 77 years). Burial location unknown.   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.   Relatives: Son of J. Henderson Fuller and Mary Eliza Fuller.   T.O. Fuller State Park, in Memphis, Tennessee, is named for him.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   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.   Relatives: Son of Ezekiel Owens and Edna Owens; married 1956 to Ethel Werfel; married to Maria Cuprill; father of Chris Owens.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial

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