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Kenneth Cooper Alexander (b. 1966) —
also known as Kenny Alexander —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Born in Norfolk,
Va., October
17, 1966.
Democrat. Funeral
director; member of Virginia
state house of delegates 89th District, 2002-12; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 2004,
2008;
member of Virginia
state senate 5th District, 2012-16; mayor
of Norfolk, Va., 2016-.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2019.
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Walter Gilbert Alexander (b. 1880) —
also known as Walter G. Alexander —
of Orange, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Lynchburg,
Va., December
30, 1880.
Physician;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1921-22;
defeated (Progressive), 1912; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Jersey, 1924
(alternate), 1928
(Convention
Vice-President).
African ancestry. Member, Urban
League.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Royal Alexander and Amalia Henrica (Terry)
Alexander. |
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Arenda Lauretta Wright Allen (b. 1960) —
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., 1960.
U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, 2011-.
Female.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2017.
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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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Irene Cornelia Berger (b. 1954) —
Born in Richlands, Tazewell
County, Va., 1954.
U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of West Virginia, 2009-.
Female.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2017.
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Fenton L. Bland Jr. (b. 1962) —
of Petersburg,
Va.
Born in Petersburg,
Va., March 7,
1962.
Democrat. Mortician;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates 63rd District, 2002-05; resigned 2005;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia,
2004;
pleaded
guilty, January 26, 2005 to one count of conspiracy to commit bank
fraud; sentenced
in April to 57 months in prison
and ordered to pay $1.2 million in restitution;
surrendered
his funeral director's license rather than contest charges of ethical
violations.
Baptist.
African ancestry. Member, Kappa
Alpha Psi.
Still living as of 2006.
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Phillip S. Bolling (c.1849-1892) —
of Cumberland
County, Va.
Born in slavery
in Buckingham
County, Va., about 1849.
Brickmason;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates from Buckingham & Cumberland counties,
1883.
African ancestry.
Died, from tuberculosis,
in the Central Lunatic
Asylum, Petersburg,
Va., April
18, 1892 (age about 43
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel P. Bolling (1819-1900) —
of Cumberland
County, Va.
Born in slavery
in Cumberland
County, Va., January
10, 1819.
Farmer;
builder;
brick
manufacturer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates from Buckingham & Cumberland counties,
1885-87.
Baptist.
African ancestry.
Died in Cumberland
County, Va., February
8, 1900 (age 81 years, 29
days).
Interment a private or family graveyard, Cumberland County, Va.
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Pamela E. Bridgewater (b. 1947) —
of Virginia.
Born in 1947.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Benin, 2000-.
Female.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2001.
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Robert Lee Brokenburr (1886-1974) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Phoebus, Elizabeth City County (now part of Hampton),
Va., November
16, 1886.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Indiana
state senate, 1941-44.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Kappa
Alpha Psi.
Died March
24, 1974 (age 87 years, 128
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Jesse Brown (1944-2002) —
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., March
27, 1944.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War; U.S.
Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 1993-97; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1996.
African ancestry. Member, Disabled
American Veterans.
His arm was
partially paralyzed as a result of a combat injury in Vietnam,
1965.
Died, from amyotrophic
lateral sclerosis, in Warrenton, Fauquier
County, Va., August
15, 2002 (age 58 years, 141
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Blanche Kelso Bruce (1841-1898) —
also known as Blanche K. Bruce —
of Floreyville (unknown
county), Miss.
Born in slavery
near Farmville, Prince
Edward County, Va., March 1,
1841.
Republican. School
teacher; planter; Bolivar
County Sheriff and Tax Collector, 1872-75; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1875-81; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Mississippi, 1880,
1884;
Register of the U.S. Treasury, 1881, 1897-98; District of Columbia
Recorder of Deeds, 1891-93.
African ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
17, 1898 (age 57 years, 16
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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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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Williana Jones Burroughs (1882-1945) —
also known as Williana J. Burroughs; Williana Jones;
Mary Adams —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Moscow, Russia.
Born in Petersburg,
Va., December
26, 1882.
Communist. School
teacher; joined the Communist party in 1926; used the pseudonym
"Mary Adams"; in 1933, she led a demonstration
to the New York City Board of Education, and as a result, she was fired
from her teaching job; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1934; announcer and editor for the
English-language broadcasts of Radio
Moscow, 1937-45.
African ancestry.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in the Staten Island Area Hospital,
Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., December
24, 1945 (age 62 years, 363
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1909 to
Charles Burroughs. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
| | | Image source: The Daily Worker, October
1933 |
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Daniel L. Burrows (1908-1990) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Cape Charles, Northampton
County, Va., January
23, 1908.
Democrat. Real
estate and insurance
business; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 19th District, 1939-44;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1940.
African ancestry. Member, NAACP; Urban
League; Elks.
Died, from cancer,
in Calvary Hospital,
Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., June 3,
1990 (age 82 years, 131
days).
Cremated.
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Calvin C. Campbell —
of Illinois.
Born in Roanoke,
Va.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; circuit judge in
Illinois, 1970; Judge, Illinois Appellate Court 1st District, 1978-.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1993.
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Peter J. Carter —
of Virginia.
Republican. Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1871-79; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Virginia, 1880.
African ancestry.
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Northampton County, Va.
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William Thaddeus Coleman Jr. (1920-2017) —
also known as William T. Coleman, Jr. —
Born in Germantown, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 7,
1920.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Secretary of Transportation, 1975-77.
African ancestry. Member, Trilateral
Commission; Alpha
Phi Alpha; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from complications of Alzheimer's
disease, in Alexandria,
Va., March
31, 2017 (age 96 years, 267
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Cardiss Collins (1931-2013) —
also known as Cardiss Hortense Robertson —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., September
24, 1931.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 7th District, 1973-97; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1996,
2000,
2004;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Illinois, 2004.
Female.
Baptist.
African ancestry. Member, NAACP; Urban
League.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
2, 2013 (age 81 years, 131
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Jerry R. Curry —
of Virginia
Beach, Va.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia,
1988;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 1988.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1988.
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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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Maurice A. Dawkins —
of Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia,
1988;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1988.
African ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Richard Dudley (1911-2005) —
also known as Edward R. Dudley —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in South Boston, Halifax
County, Va., March
11, 1911.
Democrat. Lawyer;
U.S. Minister to Liberia, 1948-49; U.S. Ambassador to Liberia, 1949-53; borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1961-64; appointed 1961;
candidate for New York
state attorney general, 1962; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1964;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1965-85.
African ancestry.
Died, of prostate
cancer, in St. Luke's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
10, 2005 (age 93 years, 336
days).
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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Jendayi Elizabeth Frazer —
also known as Jendayi Frazer —
of Virginia.
U.S. Ambassador to South Africa, 2004-05.
Female.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2005.
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Alphonso Grant —
of Lynchburg,
Va.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Virginia, 1988.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1988.
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H. Clay Harris —
of Virginia.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia,
1880.
African ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
|
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Jean Louise Harris (c.1931-2001) —
of Richmond,
Va.; Eden Prairie, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Virginia, about 1931.
Republican. Physician;
mayor
of Eden Prairie, Minn., 1995-2001; died in office 2001; candidate
for Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 2000.
Female.
Episcopalian
or Lutheran.
African ancestry.
Died, of lung
cancer, in a hospital
at Eden Prairie, Hennepin
County, Minn., December
14, 2001 (age about 70
years).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Eden Prairie, Minn.
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Paul Clinton Harris (born c.1964) —
also known as Paul C. Harris —
of Manassas,
Va.
Born about 1964.
Republican. Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1990; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Virginia, 2004;
speaker, 2000.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2004.
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Jaime R. Harrison (b. 1976) —
of Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born in Orangeburg, Orangeburg
County, S.C., February
5, 1976.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from South
Carolina, 2008;
South
Carolina Democratic state chair, 2013-17; candidate for U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 2020; Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 2021-.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2022.
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Oliver White Hill (1907-2007) —
also known as Oliver W. Hill —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Richmond,
Va., May 1,
1907.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; in 1947, he was elected
as the first
Black member of Richmond's city council since Reconstruction;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Virginia.
African ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1999, and the Spingarn
Medal in 2005.
Died in Richmond,
Va., August
5, 2007 (age 100 years,
96 days).
Interment at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Tyler Edward Hill (b. 1883) —
also known as T. Edward Hill —
of Keystone, McDowell
County, W.Va.
Born near Martinsville, Henry
County, Va., April
23, 1883.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from West
Virginia, 1916,
1920,
1924;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from McDowell County; elected
1928.
African ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Jerome Heartwell Holland (1916-1985) —
also known as Jerome H. Holland; Brud
Holland —
of Virginia.
Born January
9, 1916.
U.S. Ambassador to Sweden, 1970-72.
African ancestry.
Died January
13, 1985 (age 69 years, 4
days).
Interment at Fort
Hill Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.
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Adolphus Humbles (1840-1926) —
of Lynchburg,
Va.
Born in Campbell
County, Va., October
17, 1840.
Republican. Merchant;
operated a toll road between Lynchburg and Rustberg; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1896,
1904.
Baptist.
African ancestry.
Died, from endocarditis,
in Lynchburg,
Va., October
4, 1926 (age 85 years, 352
days).
Interment at Humbles Family Cemetery, Lynchburg, Va.
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Hutchins Inge (1855-1936) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Danville,
Va., August
10, 1855.
Republican. Lawyer; real estate
agent; Consul
for Liberia in St.
Louis, Mo., 1899-1903; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Missouri, 1916.
Episcopalian.
African ancestry.
Died, from heart
disease, at People's Hospital,
St.
Louis, Mo., September
1, 1936 (age 81 years, 22
days).
Interment somewhere in Danville, Va.
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Hutchins Franklin Inge (1900-2002) —
also known as Hutchins F. Inge —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.; Osterville, Barnstable, Barnstable
County, Mass.; New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Charlottesville,
Va., April
16, 1900.
Democrat. Physician;
member of New
Jersey state senate District 11, 1966-67; defeated, 1967.
African ancestry. Member, Omega
Psi Phi; Urban
League; NAACP; American Medical
Association.
Died, in St. Luke's Hospital,
New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass., March
28, 2002 (age 101 years,
346 days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Charlottesville, Va.
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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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John Mercer Langston (1829-1897) —
also known as John M. Langston —
of Washington,
D.C.; Petersburg,
Va.
Born in Louisa, Louisa
County, Va., December
14, 1829.
Republican. U.S. Minister to Haiti, 1877-85; U.S. Consul General in Port-au-Prince, as of 1877-85; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Santo Domingo, 1883-85; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 4th District, 1890-91.
African ancestry.
Died November
15, 1897 (age 67 years, 336
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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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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William Henry Lewis (1868-1949) —
also known as William H. Lewis; Bill Lewis —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Dedham, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Berkley, Norfolk County (now part of Norfolk),
Va., November
28, 1868.
Republican. As a student at Harvard, was the first
Black All-American football player (1892-93); lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1902.
Baptist;
later Catholic.
African ancestry.
Died, of heart
failure, in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
1, 1949 (age 80 years, 34
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Ashley Lewis and Josephine (Baker) Lewis; married, September
26, 1896, to Elizabeth Baker. |
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Peta Lindsay (b. 1984) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Virginia, 1984.
Socialist. Socialism and Liberation candidate for President
of the United States, 2012.
Female.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2012.
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Thurgood Marshall Jr. (b. 1956) —
of Falls
Church, Va.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., 1956.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1996;
assistant to Pres. Bill
Clinton, 1997-2001.
African and Filipino
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; National
Bar Association.
Still living as of 2007.
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Arthur Wergs Mitchell (1883-1968) —
also known as Arthur W. Mitchell —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born near Lafayette, Chambers
County, Ala., December
22, 1883.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1935-43; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1940.
African ancestry.
While a student at Tuskegee Institute, he served as office boy for
Booker T. Washington. First
African-American Democrat ever elected to the U.S. Congress.
Died near Petersburg, Dinwiddie
County, Va., May 9,
1968 (age 84 years, 139
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Dinwiddie County, Va.
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William Fletcher Penn (1871-1934) —
also known as William F. Penn —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Tuskegee, Macon
County, Ala.
Born in Glasgow, Rockbridge
County, Va., January
16, 1871.
Republican. Physician;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia, 1908
(alternate), 1912,
1916
(alternate).
African ancestry.
Died in Tuskegee, Macon
County, Ala., May 31,
1934 (age 63 years, 135
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Isham Penn and Maria (Irvine) Penn; married 1899 to Lula
(Tompkins) Wright. |
| | | Image source: Yale University
Library |
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J. W. Poindexter —
of Virginia.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia,
1880.
African ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph R. Pollard (c.1879-1937) —
also known as J. R. Pollard —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Richmond,
Va., about 1879.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia,
1904;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1920.
African ancestry.
First
African-American candidate for U.S. Senate in Virginia.
Died in Richmond,
Va., February
16, 1937 (age about 58
years).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of William H. Pollard and Martha (Harris) Pollard; married to Leah
Morgan. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Michael K. Powell (b. 1963) —
of Fairfax Station, Fairfax
County, Va.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., March
23, 1963.
Republican. Lawyer;
member, Federal Communications Commission, 1997-2005; chair, Federal
Communications Commission, 2001-05.
African ancestry. Member, Theta
Delta Chi.
Still living as of 2014.
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McKinley L. Price —
of Newport
News, Va.
Dentist;
mayor
of Newport News, Va., 2010-.
Baptist.
African ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Still living as of 2015.
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Leon Douglas Ralph (1932-2007) —
also known as Leon D. Ralph —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Richmond,
Va., August
20, 1932.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict;
administrative assistant to California House Speaker Jess
Unruh; member of California
state assembly, 1967-76; defeated, 1988; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1968,
1972;
minister.
African
Methodist Episcopal; later Church
of God. African ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
NAACP.
Died, in Long Beach Memorial Medical
Center, Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
6, 2007 (age 74 years, 170
days).
Interment at Rose
Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Arthur Ralph and Leanna (Woodard) Ralph; married, September
27, 1951, to Martha Ann Morgan; married to Ruth
Banda. |
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Jessie M. Rattley (1929-2001) —
also known as Jessie Menifield —
of Newport
News, Va.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., May 4,
1929.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia,
1980;
mayor
of Newport News, Va., 1986-90.
Female.
African ancestry.
Died March 2,
2001 (age 71 years, 302
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Alonzo Menifield and Altona Menifield. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Ronald L. Rice (b. 1945) —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Richmond,
Va., December
18, 1945.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War; police
detective; member of New
Jersey state senate 28th District, 1996-; candidate for mayor of
Newark, N.J., 2006.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2011.
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Wilhelmina Jackson Rolark (1916-2006) —
also known as Wilhelmina J. Rolark; M. Wilhelmina
Jackson —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Portsmouth,
Va., September
12, 1916.
Democrat. Lawyer;
co-founder of Washington Informer newspaper;
member, Washington, D.C. city council, 1977-92; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, 1980.
Female.
African ancestry.
Inducted in 2001 to the Washington, D.C. Hall of
Fame.
Died, of colon
cancer, in Greater Southeast Community Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., February
14, 2006 (age 89 years, 155
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Calvin Rolark. |
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George Lewis Ruffin (1834-1886) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Richmond,
Va., December
16, 1834.
Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1869-71; Labor Reform candidate
for Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1871; municipal judge in Massachusetts,
1883.
African ancestry.
First
Black graduate of Harvard Law School, 1869.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
19, 1886 (age 51 years, 338
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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John Robert Scott (c.1841-1929) —
also known as John R. Scott —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in slavery
in Virginia, about 1841.
Republican. Clergyman;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1868-73, 1879; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1873-77; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Florida, 1876,
1896
(alternate), 1916
(alternate), 1920
(alternate), 1924
(alternate), 1928
(alternate); offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1896.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African ancestry.
Died in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., February
18, 1929 (age about 88
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Cortez Scott (b. 1947) —
also known as Robert C. Scott; Bobby Scott —
of Newport
News, Va.
Born in Washington,
D.C., April
30, 1947.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1978-83; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Virginia, 1980,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
member of Virginia
state senate 2nd District, 1983-92; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 3rd District, 1993-; defeated, 1986.
Episcopalian.
African ancestry. Member, NAACP; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Still living as of 2014.
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Mark T. Southall (b. 1911) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Norfolk,
Va., June 1,
1911.
Democrat. Real
estate and insurance
business; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New York, 1960;
member of New York
state assembly, 1963-74 (New York County 12th District 1963-65,
79th District 1966, 74th District 1967-74).
Baptist.
African ancestry. Member, Urban
League; NAACP.
Burial location unknown.
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James Randolph Spencer (b. 1949) —
Born in Florence, Florence
County, S.C., 1949.
U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1986-2014;
took senior status 2014.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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William Stanhagen —
of Falls
Church, Va.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia,
1988.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1988.
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Noel C. Taylor (1924-1998) —
of Roanoke,
Va.
Born in Bedford
County, Va., July 15,
1924.
Republican. Baptist
minister; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Virginia, 1972;
mayor
of Roanoke, Va., 1975-92.
African ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
NAACP.
First
Black mayor of Roanoke.
Died in Roanoke,
Va., October
29, 1998 (age 74 years, 106
days).
Interment somewhere
in Bedford County, Va.
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Silas F. Taylor —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Danville,
Va.
Democrat. Druggist;
member of Massachusetts
Democratic State Committee, 1928-48; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Massachusetts; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1944,
1948,
1952,
1956.
Baptist.
African ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Wyatt T. Walker —
of Petersburg,
Va.
Minister;
candidate for delegate
to Virginia limited constitutional convention 8th District, 1956.
African ancestry.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Josiah Thomas Walls (1842-1905) —
of Florida.
Born in Virginia, 1842.
Republican. Member of Florida state legislature, 1870; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1871-73, 1873-76 (at-large 1871-73,
1873-75, 2nd District 1875-76).
African ancestry.
Died in 1905
(age about
63 years).
Interment at Negro
Cemetery, Tallahassee, Fla.
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William E. Ward —
of Chesapeake,
Va.
University
professor; mayor
of Chesapeake, Va., 1990-2004.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2004.
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Lawrence Douglas Wilder (b. 1931) —
also known as L. Douglas Wilder —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born January
17, 1931.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state senate 9th District, 1974-79; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Virginia, 1980;
Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia; elected 1985; Governor of
Virginia, 1990-94; candidate for Democratic nomination for
President, 1992;
Independent candidate for U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1994; mayor
of Richmond, Va., 2005-.
African ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Received the Spingarn
Medal in 1990.
Still living as of 2014.
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Smallwood Edmond Williams (b. 1907) —
also known as Smallwood E. Williams —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Lynchburg,
Va., October
17, 1907.
Democrat. Minister;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia,
1964,
1972.
Pentecostal.
African ancestry. Member, NAACP; Urban
League.
Presiding Bishop, Bible Way Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
Burial location unknown.
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