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David Abner (1826-1902) —
of Texas.
Born in slavery
in Selma, Dallas
County, Ala., 1826.
Farmer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1874; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1875.
Baptist.
African ancestry.
Died in 1902
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Old
Powder Mill Cemetery, Marshall, Tex.
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Samuel Clifford Adams Jr. (1920-2001) —
also known as Samuel C. Adams, Jr. —
of Washington,
D.C.; Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Waco, McLennan
County, Tex., August
15, 1920.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S. Ambassador to Niger, 1968-69.
African ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Died in Center, Shelby
County, Tex., August
2, 2001 (age 80 years, 352
days).
Interment at Oaklawn Memorial Park, Center, Tex.
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Aris Tee Allen (1910-1991) —
also known as Aris T. Allen —
of Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md.
Born in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., December
27, 1910.
Republican. Physician;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1967-74, 1991; died in office 1991;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1972
(delegation chair); Maryland
Republican state chair, 1977-79; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Maryland, 1978; member of Maryland
state senate 30th District, 1979-81.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha; American Medical
Association; American
Legion; NAACP.
Following a diagnosis of cancer,
he died from a self-inflicted
gunshot,
in his parked rental
car, in Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md., February
5, 1991 (age 80 years, 40
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Richard Allen (1830-1909) —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in slavery
in Richmond,
Va., June 10,
1830.
Republican. Member of Texas
state house of representatives 14th District, 1870; candidate
for Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1878; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Texas, 1884,
1896.
Baptist.
African ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., May 16,
1909 (age 78 years, 340
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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Alexander Asberry (1861-c.1903) —
of Calvert, Robertson
County, Tex.
Born in Wilderville, Falls
County, Tex., November
2, 1861.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1888,
1892;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1889; defeated, 1890, 1896.
African ancestry.
Died about 1903 (age about 42
years).
Burial location unknown.
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M. T. Banks —
of Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex.
Democrat. Evangelist;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1957.
African ancestry.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Willie Taplin Barrow (1924-2015) —
also known as Willie T. Barrow; Willie Beatrice
Taplin —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Burton, Washington
County, Tex., December
7, 1924.
Democrat. Minister;
civil rights activist; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Illinois, 1972,
1984,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Illinois, 2004-08.
Female.
Church
of God. African ancestry. Member, Urban
League.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March
12, 2015 (age 90 years, 95
days).
Interment at Oak
Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Houston A. P. Bassett (1857-1920) —
of Anderson, Grimes
County, Tex.
Born in Grimes
County, Tex., March
14, 1857.
Member of Texas
state house of representatives 52nd District, 1887-88.
Baptist.
African ancestry.
Died in Grimes
County, Tex., July 17,
1920 (age 63 years, 125
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Beck (born c.1819) —
of Navasota, Grimes
County, Tex.
Born in Kentucky, about 1819.
Farmer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1875, 1879-81.
African ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Alfred Homer Bennett (b. 1965) —
Born in Ennis, Ellis
County, Tex., 1965.
U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, 2015-.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2017.
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Harold E. Bledsoe (1896-1974) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Marshall, Harrison
County, Tex., August
29, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1935; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Michigan; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Michigan; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Michigan, 1948;
delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County
11th District, 1961-62.
Baptist.
African ancestry.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., March
26, 1974 (age 77 years, 209
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Bledsoe and Mattie (Smith) Bledsoe; married to Mamie
Geraldine Neal. |
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Thomas Bradley (1917-1998) —
also known as Tom Bradley —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Calvert, Robertson
County, Tex., December
29, 1917.
Democrat. Police
officer; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1968,
1972;
mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1973-93; defeated, 1969; candidate for Governor of
California, 1982, 1986.
Methodist.
African ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Kappa
Alpha Psi; Urban
League; NAACP.
Received the Spingarn
Medal in 1984.
Died, of a heart
attack, at Kaiser Permanente Medical
Center, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
29, 1998 (age 80 years, 274
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Inglewood
Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Calif.
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Stephen E. Broden (b. 1952) —
of Dallas
County, Tex.
Born April
11, 1952.
Republican. Pastor; university
professor; radio show
host; car wash
owner; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 30th District, 2010; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Texas, 2012.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Ed Brown (born c.1840) —
of Rusk
County, Tex.
Born in Alabama, about 1840.
Member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1875.
African ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Lee P. Brown (b. 1937) —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.; Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Wewoka, Seminole
County, Okla., October
4, 1937.
Democrat. Police
officer; Multnomah
County Sheriff, 1975-76; Houston chief of police, 1982-90; New
York City police commissioner, 1990-92; mayor
of Houston, Tex., 1998-2004.
African ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha; Sigma
Pi Phi.
Still living as of 2014.
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Willie Lewis Brown Jr. (b. 1934) —
also known as Willie L. Brown, Jr. —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Mineola, Wood
County, Tex., March
20, 1934.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of California
state assembly, 1964-96; Speaker of
the California State Assembly, 1981-95; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1968,
1972,
1988,
1996,
2000,
2004;
candidate for Presidential Elector for California; mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1996-2004; member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 2004.
Methodist.
African ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Recipient of the Spingarn
Medal in 2018.
Still living as of 2018.
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Charles W. Bryant (born c.1830) —
of Harris
County, Tex.
Born about 1830.
Delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1868-69.
African ancestry.
Expelled
from the Texas Constitutional Convention after being accused of raping
an 11-year-old girl; jailed
briefly, but then the charges were dropped.
Burial location unknown.
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D. W. Burley (born c.1844) —
of Texas.
Born in Virginia, about 1844.
Member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1871.
African ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Walter Moses Burton (c.1829-1913) —
also known as Walter M. Burton —
of Fort
Bend County, Tex.
Born in slavery
in North Carolina, about 1829.
Fort
Bend County Sheriff, 1869-73; member of Texas
state senate, 1874-75, 1876-82.
African ancestry.
Died in 1913
(age about
84 years).
Interment at Morton
Cemetery, Richmond, Tex.
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Lionel Cade (1918-1990) —
of Compton, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Stockton, San
Joaquin County, Calif.
Born in Texas, August
14, 1918.
Accountant;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor
of Compton, Calif., 1977-81; defeated, 1973, 1981.
African ancestry. Member, Rotary.
Died, while suffering from emphysema,
April
3, 1990 (age 71 years, 232
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park - Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Calvin B. Carter —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Texas, 1988.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1988.
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Elmer Anderson Carter (1890-1973) —
also known as Elmer A. Carter —
of Prairie View, Waller
County, Tex.; Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., July 19,
1890.
College
teacher; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; executive
secretary for the Urban League in various cities, 1920-28; editor of
Opportunity, a Journal of Negro Life, 1928-42; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1932;
Republican candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 22nd District, 1950; Republican
candidate for borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1953.
African ancestry. Member, Urban
League; NAACP; American
Legion; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Died January
16, 1973 (age 82 years, 181
days).
Interment at Ferncliff
Cemetery, Hartsdale, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of George Cook Carter and Florence Lucretia (Young) Carter; married
1922 to
Edna Felicia Billups; married 1927 to Thelma
Charles Johnson. |
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Emanuel Cleaver II (b. 1944) —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Waxahachie, Ellis
County, Tex., October
26, 1944.
Democrat. Pastor; radio show
host; mayor
of Kansas City, Mo., 1991-99; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Missouri, 1996
(speaker),
2004,
2008;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Missouri, 2004; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 5th District, 2005-.
African ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Still living as of 2017.
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Giles Cotton (born c.1814) —
of Robertson
County, Tex.
Born in slavery
in South Carolina, about 1814.
Member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1871.
African ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Marvin E. Crenshaw —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Democrat. Candidate for mayor of
Dallas, Tex., 1987, 1989; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 30th District, 1996.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Norris Wright Cuney (1846-1898) —
also known as N. W. Cuney —
of Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.
Born near Hempstead, Waller
County, Tex., May 12,
1846.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1872,
1876,
1880,
1884,
1888,
1892;
secretary
of Texas Republican Party, 1873; candidate for mayor
of Galveston, Tex., 1875; candidate for Texas
state house of representatives, 1876; candidate for Texas
state senate, 1882; member of Republican
National Committee from Texas, 1886; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1889-91.
African ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows.
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., March 3,
1898 (age 51 years, 295
days).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Galveston, Tex.
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Stephen Curtis (born c.1806) —
of Brazos
County, Tex.
Born in slavery
in Virginia, about 1806.
Delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1868-69.
African ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Bird B. Davis (born c.1827) —
of Wharton
County, Tex.
Born in slavery
in North Carolina, about 1827.
Delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1875.
African ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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John Debruhl —
of Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.
Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1869.
African ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Oscar N. Du Conge —
of Waco, McLennan
County, Tex.
Mayor
of Waco, Tex., 1974-75.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1975.
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Dawnna Mathilda Dukes (b. 1963) —
also known as Dawnna Dukes —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.; Pflugerville, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., September
3, 1963.
Democrat. Member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1995-2013 (50th District
1995-2002, 46th District 2003-13); delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1996,
2000,
2004.
Female.
Catholic.
African ancestry. Member, Alpha
Kappa Alpha.
Still living as of 2014.
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J. Goldsteen Dupree (d. 1873) —
of Montgomery
County, Tex.
Member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1870.
African ancestry.
Allegedly killed by
white vigilantes who opposed his campaigning
for Gov. Edmund
J. Davis, 1873.
Burial location unknown.
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Marguerite Eaglin (1920-2004) —
also known as Marguerite Davis —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Waxahachie, Ellis
County, Tex., June 8,
1920.
Democrat. School
teacher; member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1973.
Female.
Catholic.
African ancestry. Member, NAACP; Alpha
Kappa Alpha.
Died, in Glacier Hills Nursing
Center, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., December
20, 2004 (age 84 years, 195
days).
Interment at St.
John Cemetery, Ypsilanti, Mich.
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Rodney Glenn Ellis (b. 1954) —
also known as Rodney Ellis —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born April 7,
1954.
Democrat. Lawyer;
chief of staff, U.S. Rep. Mickey
Leland; member of Texas
state senate 13th District, 1990-; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Texas, 1996,
2000,
2008.
Baptist.
African ancestry. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Still living as of 2014.
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R. J. Evans (1853-1921) —
of Navasota, Grimes
County, Tex.
Born in slavery
in Louisiana, 1853.
School
teacher; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1879-82; defeated (Republican),
1882; delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1884.
African ancestry.
Died in Harris
County, Tex., September
27, 1921 (age about 68
years).
Burial location unknown.
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James Leonard Farmer Jr. (1920-1999) —
also known as James Farmer —
of New York.
Born in Marshall, Harrison
County, Tex., January
12, 1920.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1968.
African ancestry.
Founder of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE).
Died in Fredericksburg,
Va., July 9,
1999 (age 79 years, 178
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles M. Ferguson (c.1860-1906) —
of Paris, Lamar
County, Tex.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., about 1860.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1888,
1892,
1896,
1900,
1904.
Methodist.
African ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows.
Involved in the Jaybird-Woodpecker War during the 1880s in Fort Bend
County, Texas; forced to leave the county by the Jaybirds in 1888,
but later won an out-of-court settlement against Jaybird leaders.
Died, of complications of Bright's
disease, in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., July 21,
1906 (age about 46
years).
Interment somewhere
in Houston, Tex.
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Henry Clay Ferguson (1846-1923) —
of Texas.
Born in Texas, December
1, 1846.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1888
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization).
African ancestry.
Died in Ellis
County, Tex., January
6, 1923 (age 76 years, 36
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Denton, Tex.
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Carole Fleming —
of Sugar Land, Fort Bend
County, Tex.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1988.
Female.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1988.
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Curt Flood (1938-1997) —
also known as Charles Curtis Flood —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., January
18, 1938.
Democrat. Professional baseball
player in 1959-71; sued to overturn the reserve clause and make
players free agents; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1988.
African ancestry.
Died, from throat
cancer and pneumonia,
in UCLA Medical
Center, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
20, 1997 (age 59 years, 2
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Inglewood
Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Calif.
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G. Floyd —
of Longview, Gregg
County, Tex.
Candidate for mayor
of Longview, Tex., 2015.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2015.
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Image source:
Longview (Texas) News-Journal, May 3, 2015 |
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Al Green (b. 1947) —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., September
1, 1947.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Texas 9th District, 2005-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 2008.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Michael B. Hancock —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Fort Hood, Bell
County, Tex.
Mayor
of Denver, Colo., 2011-.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2021.
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W. H. Holland —
of Texas.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1880.
African ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Gerard Hudspeth —
of Denton, Denton
County, Tex.
Born in Denton, Denton
County, Tex.
Mayor
of Denton, Tex., 2021-.
African ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows; Kiwanis.
Still living as of 2021.
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Image source:
City of Denton |
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Ken Hurrington —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Texas, 1988.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1988.
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Mae J. Jackson (born c.1940) —
of Waco, McLennan
County, Tex.
Born in Texas, about 1940.
Democrat. Social
worker; mayor of
Waco, Tex., 2004-; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Texas, 2004.
Female.
African ancestry. Member, NAACP; Delta
Sigma Theta.
Still living as of 2004.
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Relatives:
Married to Dillard Huddleston. |
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Maynard Holbrook Jackson Jr. (1938-2003) —
also known as Maynard H. Jackson;
"Buzzy" —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., March
23, 1938.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1968; mayor
of Atlanta, Ga., 1974-82, 1990-94; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Georgia, 1976,
1980,
1996,
2000;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Georgia; member of Democratic
National Committee from Georgia, 1993.
African ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Phi
Beta Kappa.
Collapsed (heart
attack) after getting off a plane at Reagan National Airport,
and died soon after, at Virginia Medical
Center, Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., June 23,
2003 (age 65 years, 92
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
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Sheila Jackson=Lee (b. 1950) —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., January
12, 1950.
Democrat. Lawyer;
municipal judge in Texas, 1987-90; U.S.
Representative from Texas 18th District, 1995-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Female.
Seventh-Day
Adventist. African ancestry. Member, Alpha
Kappa Alpha; Urban
League; American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 2012.
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Charles J. Jenkins (b. 1897) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., October
4, 1897.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives 3rd District, 1931-41.
African ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel J. Jenkins and Irene B. Jenkins; married to Cynthia
Flowers. |
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Velma Marjorie Dreyfus Jeter (1903-1998) —
also known as Velma Jeter; Velma Marjorie
Dreyfus —
of Port Arthur, Jefferson
County, Tex.; Orange, Orange
County, Tex.
Born in New Iberia, Iberia
Parish, La., July 15,
1903.
Democrat. School
teacher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas,
1980,
1996.
Female.
African ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Died January
23, 1998 (age 94 years, 192
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Jules Dreyfus and Victoria (Smith) Dreyfus; married 1926 to Clell
Edward Jeter. |
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Eddie Bernice Johnson (b. 1935) —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Waco, McLennan
County, Tex., December
3, 1935.
Democrat. Nurse;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1972-77; member of Texas
state senate, 1987-92; U.S.
Representative from Texas 30th District, 1993-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Texas, 2004-08.
Female.
Baptist.
African ancestry. Member, NAACP; Delta
Kappa Gamma; Urban
League; Alpha
Kappa Alpha.
Still living as of 2019.
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Jesse W. Jones (b. 1931) —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born January
16, 1931.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1980,
2000;
member of Texas
state house of representatives 110th District, 1993-2006.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2006.
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Barbara Charline Jordan (1936-1996) —
also known as Barbara Jordan —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., February
21, 1936.
Democrat. Member of Texas
state senate, 1967; U.S.
Representative from Texas 18th District, 1973-79; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1988.
Female.
African ancestry. Lesbian.
Inducted, National
Women's Hall of Fame, 1990; received the Spingarn
Medal in 1992, and the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1994.
Died of leukemia
and multiple
sclerosis, January
17, 1996 (age 59 years, 330
days).
Interment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Elaine King-Miller —
of Amarillo, Potter
County, Tex.
Democrat. Certified clinical mental health
counselor; visually
impaired; candidate for Texas
state senate 31st District, 2004.
Female.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2006.
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Ron Kirk (b. 1954) —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born June 27,
1954.
Democrat. Lawyer; secretary
of state of Texas, 1994; appointed 1994; mayor of
Dallas, Tex., 1995-2002; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 2002; member of Democratic
National Committee from Texas, 2004; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Texas, 2004,
2008.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Raphael O'Hara Lanier (1900-1962) —
of Hampton,
Va.
Born in 1900.
U.S. Minister to Liberia, 1946-48.
African ancestry.
Died in 1962
(age about
62 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Barbara Lee (b. 1946) —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex., July 16,
1946.
Democrat. Member of California
state assembly, 1991-96; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008
(member, Credentials
Committee); member of California
state senate, 1997-98; U.S.
Representative from California, 1998-2018 (9th District
1998-2013, 13th District 2013-18).
Female.
Baptist.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2018.
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George Thomas Leland (1944-1989) —
also known as Mickey Leland —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Lubbock, Lubbock
County, Tex., November
27, 1944.
Democrat. Member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1972-79; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Texas, 1972,
1980,
1988
(speaker);
delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1974; U.S.
Representative from Texas 18th District, 1979-89; died in office
1989.
Catholic.
African ancestry.
Died in an airplane
crash near Gambela, Ethiopia,
August
7, 1989 (age 44 years, 253
days).
Interment at Golden
Gate Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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Al Lipscomb —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Candidate for mayor of
Dallas, Tex., 1971.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2005.
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Gene L. Locke —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Lawyer;
candidate for mayor
of Houston, Tex., 2009.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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W. H. Love —
of McKinney, Collin
County, Tex.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1896
(alternate), 1912.
African ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Joe Billy McDade (b. 1937) —
Born in Bellville, Austin
County, Tex., 1937.
U.S.
District Judge for the Central District of Illinois, 1991-2010;
took senior status 2010.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2010.
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Gabrielle Anne Kirk McDonald (b. 1942) —
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., 1942.
U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, 1979-88;
resigned 1988.
Female.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1988.
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William M. McDonald —
of Terrell, Kaufman
County, Tex.; Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1904,
1912,
1916.
African ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Bobbie J. Mitchell —
of Lewisville, Denton
County, Tex.
Mayor
of Lewisville, Tex., 1993-2000; resigned 2000.
Female.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2000.
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R. J. Moore —
of Washington, Washington
County, Tex.
Member of Texas
state house of representatives 71st District, 1887-88.
African ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Lucy Phelps Patterson (c.1932-2000) —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., about 1932.
Republican. Social
worker; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 24th District, 1982.
Female.
Methodist.
African ancestry.
First
Black woman ever elected to Dallas city council.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., June 15,
2000 (age about 68
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Shack Roberts (born c.1821) —
of Marshall, Harrison
County, Tex.
Born in slavery
in Arkansas, about 1821.
One of the founders,
in 1873, of Wiley College, Marshall, Tex.; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1872.
Methodist.
African ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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M. M. Rodgers —
of La Grange, Fayette
County, Tex.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1904,
1912.
African ancestry.
Interment somewhere
in Dallas, Tex.
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Lakesha D. Rogers (b. 1976) —
also known as Kesha Rogers —
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., December
9, 1976.
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 22nd District, 2010, 2012; candidate
for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 2014.
Female.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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G. T. Ruby —
of Texas.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1868.
African ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Bobby Seale (b. 1936) —
also known as Robert George Seale —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., October
22, 1936.
Joined U.S. Air Force in 1955; charged
with insubordination
and being AWOL,
and dishonorably
discharged; sheet metal
worker; co-founder, with Huey Newton, of the Black Panther Party,
1966; one of eight defendants charged
in 1969 with crossing state lines to incite a
riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago; the
judge ordered him bound and
gagged during the trial, and sentenced
him to four years in prison
for contempt
of court; Peace and Freedom candidate for California
state assembly 17th District, 1968; in 1970, he was charged
in New Haven, Conn., with ordering
the murder of Alex Rackley, a Black Panther who had confessed to
being a police informant; the jury was unable to reach a verdict, and
the charges were eventually dropped; candidate for mayor
of Oakland, Calif., 1973.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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R. L. Smith —
of Oakland, Colorado
County, Tex.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Texas, 1896;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1897.
African ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Percy Ellis Sutton (1920-2009) —
also known as Percy Sutton —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., November
24, 1920.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly, 1965-66 (New York County 11th District 1965, 77th
District 1966); borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1966-77; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1972,
1984;
candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1977.
African ancestry.
Recipient of the Spingarn
Medal in 1987.
Died December
26, 2009 (age 89 years, 32
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas George Washington Tarver (1865-1930) —
also known as T. G. W. Tarver —
of Crockett, Houston
County, Tex.
Born in Porter Springs, Houston
County, Tex., May 22,
1865.
Republican. School
teacher; mail
carrier; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Texas, 1912,
1920.
African ancestry.
Died May 18,
1930 (age 64 years, 361
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Crockett, Tex.
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Sylvester Turner (b. 1954) —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., September
27, 1954.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives 139th District, 1989-2016; mayor
of Houston, Tex., 2016-; defeated, 1991, 2003; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1996
(alternate), 2000,
2004;
member, Platform Committee, 2008.
Baptist.
African ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha; American Bar
Association; National
Bar Association.
Still living as of 2018.
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Craig Anthony Washington (b. 1941) —
also known as Craig A. Washington —
of Texas.
Born in Longview, Gregg
County, Tex., October
12, 1941.
Democrat. Member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1973-82; member of Texas
state senate, 1983-89; U.S.
Representative from Texas 18th District, 1989-95; defeated in
primary, 1994.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Alan Dupree Wheat (b. 1951) —
also known as Alan D. Wheat —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., October
16, 1951.
Democrat. Economist;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1977-82; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1983-95; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1994.
Church
of Christ. African ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Roy H. Williams (b. 1940) —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born August
20, 1940.
Green. Candidate for mayor of
Dallas, Tex., 1995; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 2002.
African ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Still living as of 2002.
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Ervin Freeman Yearling (1929-2005) —
also known as E. Freeman Yearling —
of Lake View, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Red River
Parish, La., March
26, 1929.
Conservative. Minister;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1967 (18th District), 1978 (19th
District).
Baptist.
African ancestry. Member, John
Birch Society.
Died January
7, 2005 (age 75 years, 287
days).
Burial location unknown.
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