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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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Orison Rudolph Aggrey (1926-2016) —
also known as O. Rudolph Aggrey —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C., July 24,
1926.
Newspaper
reporter; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Lagos, 1951-53; U.S. Ambassador to Senegal, 1973-77; Gambia, 1973-77; Romania, 1977-81.
African
ancestry. Member, Alpha Phi Alpha; Sigma
Delta Chi.
Died April 6,
2016 (age 89 years, 257
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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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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William T. Andrews —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Sumter, Sumter
County, S.C.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1935-48 (New York County 21st District 1935-44,
New York County 12th District 1945-48).
African
ancestry. Member, Alpha Phi Alpha; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, April
10, 1926, to Regina M. Anderson. |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1936 |
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Dennis Wayne Archer (b. 1942) —
also known as Dennis W. Archer —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., January
1, 1942.
Democrat. Lawyer; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1986-90; appointed 1986; resigned
1990; mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1994-2001; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1996,
2000,
2008.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
National
Bar Association; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; Alpha Phi Alpha; NAACP.
Still living as of 2020.
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Richard Arrington Jr. (b. 1943) —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Livingston, Sumter
County, Ala., October
19, 1943.
Democrat. University
professor; mayor
of Birmingham, Ala., 1979-99; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alabama, 1996.
African
ancestry. Member, Sigma
Xi; Alpha Phi Alpha.
Still living as of 1999.
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Marion S. Barry Jr. (1936-2014) —
also known as Marion Barry —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Itta Bena, Leflore
County, Miss., March 6,
1936.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of
Columbia, 1972
(alternate), 1980,
1988
(speaker),
1996;
mayor
of Washington, D.C., 1979-91, 1995-99; convicted
in 1990 of misdemeanor cocaine
possession after being caught on videotape smoking
crack cocaine; sentenced
to six months in prison.
African
ancestry. Member, Alpha Phi Alpha.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
23, 2014 (age 78 years, 262
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Robert Benham (b. 1946) —
of Cartersville, Bartow
County, Ga.
Born in Cartersville, Bartow
County, Ga., September
25, 1946.
Lawyer;
Judge,
Georgia Court of Appeals, 1984-89; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1990-94, 2001-; chief
justice of Georgia Supreme Court, 1995-2001.
African
ancestry. Member, American
Judicature Society; Alpha Phi Alpha.
Still living as of 2014.
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Relatives: Son
of Clarence Benham and Jesse (Knox) Benham; married to Nell
Dodson. |
| | | See also NNDB
dossier |
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Theodore Moody Berry (1905-2000) —
also known as Theodore M. Berry; Ted Berry —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Maysville, Mason
County, Ky., November
5, 1905.
Democrat. Lawyer;
associate general counsel, Dunbar Life
Insurance Co.; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Ohio, 1972;
mayor
of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1972-75.
Methodist.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
NAACP;
Urban
League; Alpha Phi Alpha; Sigma
Pi Phi.
First
Black mayor of Cincinnati.
Died October
15, 2000 (age 94 years, 345
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Daniel T. Blue Jr. —
also known as Dan Blue —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Democrat. Speaker of
the North Carolina State House of Representatives, 1990; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1996,
2000,
2008.
Member, Alpha Phi Alpha.
Still living as of 2008.
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Edward William Brooke III (1919-2015) —
also known as Edward W. Brooke —
of Newton Center, Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Washington,
D.C., October
26, 1919.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
candidate for secretary
of state of Massachusetts, 1960; Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1963-67; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1967-79; defeated, 1978.
Episcopalian.
African
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; Amvets;
Alpha Phi Alpha.
First
Black U.S. Senator in the 20th century; recipient of the Spingarn
Medal in 1967.
Died in Coral Gables, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., January
3, 2015 (age 95 years, 69
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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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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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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Robert Lee Carter (1917-2012) —
also known as Robert L. Carter —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Caryville, Washington
County, Fla., March
11, 1917.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1972-86;
took senior status 1986.
African
ancestry. Member, Alpha Phi Alpha.
Received the Spingarn
Medal in 2004.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
3, 2012 (age 94 years, 298
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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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U. W. Clemon (b. 1943) —
of Alabama.
Born in Fairfield, Jefferson
County, Ala., 1943.
Lawyer;
member of Alabama
state senate, 1975-80; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, 1980-.
African
ancestry. Member, Alpha Phi Alpha.
Still living as of 2001.
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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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Malcolm Gray Dade (1903-1991) —
also known as Malcolm G. Dade —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass., February
27, 1903.
Democrat. Ordained
minister; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 4th
District, 1961-62.
Episcopalian.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP;
Alpha Phi Alpha; Freemasons.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., January
27, 1991 (age 87 years, 334
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Isiah C. Dade and Margaret (Warfield) Dade; married to Bonnie Jean
Denham; father of Malcolm
G. Dade Jr.. |
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William Levi Dawson (1886-1970) —
also known as William L. Dawson —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Albany, Dougherty
County, Ga., April
26, 1886.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Illinois
Democratic State Central Committee, 1930-32; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1940
(alternate), 1944
(speaker),
1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964,
1968;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1943-70; died in
office 1970.
African
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Alpha Phi Alpha; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
9, 1970 (age 84 years, 197
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Griffin
Funeral Home Columbarium, Chicago, Ill.
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Ronald Vernie Dellums (1935-2018) —
also known as Ronald V. Dellums —
of Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.; Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., November
24, 1935.
Democrat. Social
worker; U.S.
Representative from California, 1971-98 (7th District 1971-75,
8th District 1975-93, 9th District 1993-98); arrested
during an anti-apartheid
protest outside the South African Embassy
in Washington, 1984; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1988,
1996,
2008;
mayor
of Oakland, Calif., 2007-11.
Protestant.
African
ancestry. Member, Alpha Phi Alpha.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 30,
2018 (age 82 years, 248
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Julian Carey Dixon (1934-2000) —
also known as Julian C. Dixon —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Washington,
D.C., August
8, 1934.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of California
state assembly, 1973-78; U.S.
Representative from California, 1979-2000 (28th District 1979-93,
32nd District 1993-2000); died in office 2000; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1988,
1996,
2000;
chair, Rules Committee, chair, 1984.
Episcopalian.
African
ancestry. Member, Alpha Phi Alpha.
Died, following a heart
attack, at a hospital
in Marina del Rey, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
8, 2000 (age 66 years, 122
days).
Interment at Inglewood
Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Calif.
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Harry Thomas Edwards (b. 1940) —
of District of Columbia.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
3, 1940.
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1980-.
Member, American Bar
Association; Alpha Phi Alpha.
Still living as of 1991.
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Prince L. Edwoods (b. 1889) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Bay City, Bay
County, Mich., May 1,
1889.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1940.
Episcopalian.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP;
Alpha Phi Alpha.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Cornelius Edwoods and Rebecca (Johnson) Edwoods; married 1914 to Laura
Henderson. |
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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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William Treyanne Francis (1870-1929) —
also known as William T. Francis —
of Minnesota.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., March
26, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer;
worked in legal department of railroad;
member of Minnesota
Republican State Central Committee, 1914; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Minnesota; U.S. Minister to Liberia, 1927-29, died in office 1929; U.S. Consul General in
Monrovia, 1927-29, died in office 1929.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
NAACP;
Urban
League; Sigma
Pi Phi; Alpha Phi Alpha.
Died in Liberia,
July
15, 1929 (age 59 years, 111
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Walter A. Gordon (1894-1976) —
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., 1894.
Athletic
coach; police
officer; lawyer; Governor of
U.S. Virgin Islands, 1955-58; U.S.
District Judge for Virgin Islands, 1958-68.
African
ancestry. Member, Alpha Phi Alpha; NAACP.
Died in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., April 1,
1976 (age about 81
years).
Burial location unknown.
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William Herbert Gray III (1941-2013) —
also known as William H. Gray III; Bill
Gray —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., August
20, 1941.
Democrat. Baptist
minister; college
professor; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1979-91; resigned
1991; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania,
1984;
president and CEO, United Negro College Fund, 1991-2004.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Trilateral
Commission; Alpha Phi Alpha.
Died in London, England,
July
1, 2013 (age 71 years, 315
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Ernest A. Greene —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Rome, Floyd
County, Ga.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives 1st District, 1937-42.
African
ancestry. Member, Alpha Phi Alpha; NAACP.
Burial location unknown.
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Ewart Guinier (1910-1990) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Canal Zone (now part of Panama),
May
17, 1910.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; vice-chair of New York
American Labor Party, 1949; American Labor candidate for borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1949; lawyer.
African
ancestry. Member, Alpha Phi Alpha.
Died February
4, 1990 (age 79 years, 263
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Emmett Hansen II (b. 1961) —
of Christiansted, St. Croix, Virgin
Islands.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 2,
1961.
Member of Virgin
Islands legislature from St. Croix, 2001-.
African
ancestry. Member, Alpha Phi Alpha.
Still living as of 2003.
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Earl Frederick Hilliard (b. 1942) —
also known as Earl F. Hilliard —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., April 9,
1942.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1975-81; member of Alabama
state senate, 1981-93; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 7th District, 1993-2003; defeated in
primary, 2002; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Alabama, 1996,
2000,
2008.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, National
Bar Association; Alpha Phi Alpha.
Rebuked
by the House Ethics Committee in June, 2001 over three campaign
finance violations.
Still living as of 2014.
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David Sanford Holmes Jr. (1914-1994) —
also known as David S. Holmes, Jr. —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., August
11, 1914.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1959-74 (Wayne County 11th
District 1959-64, 10th District 1965-72, 21st District 1973-74);
defeated in primary, 1954, 1958; resigned 1974; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1968,
1976
(alternate), 1988;
member of Michigan
state senate 4th District, 1974-94; died in office 1994;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1980.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Alpha Phi Alpha; NAACP.
Died May 21,
1994 (age 79 years, 283
days).
Interment at Trinity Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Perry Brooks Jackson (b. 1896) —
also known as Perry B. Jackson —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio, January
27, 1896.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1940,
1944;
municipal judge in Ohio, 1940.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Alpha Phi Alpha; Sigma
Pi Phi; American Bar
Association; Elks; Freemasons;
Urban
League; NAACP.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Brooks Cary Jackson and Ida May (Hogan) Jackson; married to Fern
Payne. |
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James A. Joseph (b. 1935) —
of Virginia.
Born in 1935.
U.S. Ambassador to South Africa, 1995-99.
Member, Alpha Phi Alpha.
Still living as of 1999.
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Damon Jerome Keith (1922-2019) —
also known as Damon Keith —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., July 4,
1922.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1967-77; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1977-95; took
senior status 1995.
African
ancestry. Member, Alpha Phi Alpha.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., April
28, 2019 (age 96 years, 298
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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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Thurgood Marshall (1908-1993) —
also known as Thoroughgood Marshall —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., July 2,
1908.
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1961-65; resigned
1965; U.S. Solicitor General, 1965-67; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1967-91; took senior status 1991.
Episcopalian.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
NAACP;
National
Bar Association; Alpha Phi Alpha; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Received Spingarn
Medal in 1946 First
African-American Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Died, from a heart
attack, in the National
Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., January
24, 1993 (age 84 years, 206
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; memorial monument at Lawyers'
Mall, Annapolis, Md.
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Relatives:
Married, September
4, 1929, to Vivien Burey; married, December
17, 1955, to Cecilia
Suyat; father of Thurgood
Marshall Jr.. |
| | | Political family: Marshall
family of New York City, New York. |
| | | Cross-reference: William
Curtis Bryson |
| | | See also federal
judicial profile — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — Biographical
Directory of Federal Judges — Arlington National
Cemetery unofficial website |
| | | Books about Thurgood Marshall: Juan
Williams, Thurgood
Marshall : American Revolutionary — Randall W. Bland,
Justice
Thurgood Marshall, Crusader for Liberalism : His Judicial
Biography — Mark V. Tushnet, Making
Constitutional Law: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court,
1961-1991 — Mark V. Tushnet, Making
Civil Rights Law: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court,
1936-1961 — Gilbert King, Devil
in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of
a New America |
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Harry S. McAlpin (b. 1906) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., July 21,
1906.
Democrat. Newspaper
correspondent; in 1944, was the first
African-American reporter to attend a White House news conference; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1956.
Congregationalist.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP;
Alpha Phi Alpha; Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Harry S. McAlpin, Sr. and Louise (Scott) McAlpin; married 1929 to Alice
Stokes. |
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H. Carl McCall —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Member of New York
state senate 28th District, 1975-79; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1988,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
New
York state comptroller, 1993-; candidate for Presidential Elector
for New York; candidate for Governor of
New York, 2002.
African
ancestry. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Alpha Phi Alpha.
Still living as of 2008.
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Donald F. McHenry (b. 1936) —
Born in 1936.
U.S. Representative to United Nations, 1979-81.
Member, Alpha Phi Alpha.
Still living as of 1997.
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Gregory Weldon Meeks (b. 1953) —
also known as Gregory W. Meeks —
of Far Rockaway, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in East Harlem, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
25, 1953.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly 31st District, 1993-98; U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1998-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 2000,
2004,
2008;
member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 2008.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry. Member, Alpha Phi Alpha; NAACP.
Still living as of 2014.
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Ralph Harold Metcalfe (1910-1978) —
also known as Ralph H. Metcalfe —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., May 29,
1910.
Democrat. Won gold,
silver and bronze Olympic medals in 1932 and 1936; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1952
(alternate), 1956
(alternate), 1964
(alternate), 1968;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1971-78; died in
office 1978.
Catholic.
African
ancestry. Member, Amvets;
American
Legion; Urban
League; NAACP; Elks;
Alpha Phi Alpha.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
10, 1978 (age 68 years, 134
days).
Interment at Holy
Sepulchre Cemetery, Alsip, Ill.
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Myles Anderson Paige (c.1898-1983) —
also known as Myles A. Paige —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., about 1898.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Pullman
car porter; lawyer;
Republican candidate for New York
state senate 19th District, 1926; American Labor candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937;
justice, New York City Court of Special Sessions, 1940-58; judge,
Court of Domestic Relations (later Family Court).
Catholic.
African
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Urban
League; Alpha Phi Alpha; American
Legion; Catholic
Lawyers Guild.
New York City's first
Black magistrate, 1936, and first
Black judge, 1940.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March
30, 1983 (age about 85
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Riley Pierce Jr. (1922-2000) —
also known as Samuel R. Pierce, Jr.; "Silent
Sam" —
Born in Glen Cove, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., September
8, 1922.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 1981-89.
African
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Alpha Phi Alpha.
First
Black partner of a major New York City law firm. First
Black member of the board of directors of a Fortune 500 corporation.
Only Black member of the Reagan Cabinet. An independent counsel
appointed in March 1990 found "a
pervasive pattern of improper and illegal behavior" within HUD,
amounting to a "monumental and calculated abuse of the public trust."
Pierce acknowledged
that he helped
create a climate in which the corruption took place, and in
return for that statement, prosecutors agreed not to pursue charges
against him.
Died October
31, 2000 (age 78 years, 53
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (1908-1972) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., November
29, 1908.
Democrat. Baptist
minister; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1945-71 (22nd District 1945-53,
16th District 1953-63, 18th District 1963-71); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1952,
1960,
1964;
cited
for contempt
of court in 1966 for refusing to pay damages in a lawsuit against
him; on February 28, 1967, he was expelled
from the House of Representatives on charges
of unbecoming
conduct and misusing
public funds; the Supreme Court overturned the expulsion in 1969.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Alpha Phi Alpha; Elks.
Died, of prostate
cancer, in Jackson Memorial Hospital,
Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., April 4,
1972 (age 63 years, 127
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in a
private or family graveyard, Bahamas.
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Relatives: Son
of Adam Clayton Powell, Sr. and Mattie (Fletcher) Powell; married, March 8,
1933, to Isabel Washington; married, August
1, 1945, to Hazel Scott; married, December
15, 1960, to Yvette Marjorie Diago (Flores) Powell; father of Adam
Clayton Powell IV. |
| | | Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard
(formerly part of Seventh Avenue), in Manhattan,
New York, is named for
him. — The Adam Clayton Powell State
Office Building (opened 1974 as the Harlem State Office Building;
renamed 1983), in Manhattan,
New York, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books by Powell,Adam Clayton,Jr.: Adam
by Adam: The Autobiography of Adam Clayton Powell,
Jr. |
| | | Books about Powell,Adam Clayton,Jr.:
Tisha Hamilton, Adam
Clayton Powell, Jr.: The Political Biography of an American
Dilemma — Wil Haygood, King
of the Cats: The Life and Times of Adam Clayton Powell,
Jr. |
| | | Image source: Library of
Congress |
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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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Charles Bernard Rangel (b. 1930) —
also known as Charles B. Rangel —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., June 11,
1930.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly 72nd District, 1967-70; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1971-2003 (18th District 1971-73,
19th District 1973-83, 16th District 1983-93, 15th District
1993-2003); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1980,
1984,
1988
(speaker),
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Catholic.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Trilateral
Commission; Alpha Phi Alpha; NAACP.
Still living as of 2014.
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Alzo J. Reddick (b. 1937) —
of Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Alturas, Polk
County, Fla., November
15, 1937.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 39th District, 1983-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1996.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Alpha Phi Alpha; Urban
League.
Still living as of 1999.
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Ronald C. Rice (b. 1968) —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born February
17, 1968.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1996,
2008;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 10th District, 2012.
African
ancestry. Member, Alpha Phi Alpha.
Still living as of 2014.
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Aubrey Eugene Robinson Jr. (1922-2000) —
of District of Columbia.
Born in Madison, Morris
County, N.J., March
30, 1922.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the District of Columbia, 1966-93.
African
ancestry. Member, Alpha Phi Alpha.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Washington,
D.C., February
27, 2000 (age 77 years, 334
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Eugene Sawyer (1934-2008) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Greensboro, Hale
County, Ala., September
3, 1934.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1980,
1996;
mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1987-89; defeated in primary, 1989.
African
ancestry. Member, Alpha Phi Alpha.
Died, of heart
failure, in a hospital
at Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
19, 2008 (age 73 years, 138
days).
Interment at Oak
Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Roy Lester Schneider —
also known as Roy L. Schneider —
Governor
of U.S. Virgin Islands, 1995-99.
Member, Alpha Phi Alpha.
Still living as of 1999.
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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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Christopher Smith —
also known as Chris Smith —
of Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives 93rd District, 1999; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 2004.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP;
Alpha Phi Alpha.
Still living as of 2004.
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Louis Wade Sullivan (b. 1933) —
of Georgia.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., November
3, 1933.
Physician;
medical
school professor; U.S.
Secretary of Health and Human Services, 1989-93.
African
ancestry. Member, Alpha Phi Alpha; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2019.
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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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Charles Wesley Turnbull (b. 1935) —
also known as Charles W. Turnbull —
of Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, Virgin
Islands.
Born in St. Thomas, Virgin
Islands, February
5, 1935.
Democrat. School teacher
and principal; Governor of
U.S. Virgin Islands, 1999-2006; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Virgin Islands, 2000,
2004.
Methodist.
African
ancestry. Member, Alpha Phi Alpha.
Still living as of 2014.
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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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Lester Aglar Walton (1882-1965) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., April
20, 1882.
Newspaper
writer; theater
manager; U.S. Minister to Liberia, 1935-46.
African
ancestry. Member, Elks; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Alpha Phi Alpha.
In 1913, started movement for capitalization of "N" in "Negro" in
newspapers and magazines.
Died in 1965
(age about
83 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Christopher C. Wimbish (b. 1895) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., 1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Illinois
state senate 3rd District; defeated, 1938; elected 1942, 1946;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1948.
African
ancestry. Member, Urban
League; NAACP; American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Alpha Phi Alpha.
Burial location unknown.
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