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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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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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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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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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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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James Castle Turner (c.1917-1996) —
also known as J. C. Turner; "Mr.
Labor" —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex., about 1917.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of
Columbia, 1952
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1956,
1960,
1964.
Member, Urban League.
President
of the International Union of Operating Engineers, 1975-85.
Died, after a series of strokes,
in Day Shore Convalescent
Center, North Miami Beach, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., April
13, 1996 (age about 79
years).
Burial location unknown.
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