Very incomplete list! | |  Samuel Clifford Adams Jr. (1920-2001) — also known asSamuel C. Adams, Jr. — ofWashington,D.C.; Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.Born in Waco,McLennanCounty, Tex.,August15, 1920.Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S. Ambassador toNiger, 1968-69.Africanancestry. Member,Alpha Phi Alpha.Died in Center,ShelbyCounty, Tex.,August2, 2001 (age80 years, 352days).Interment atOaklawn Memorial Park, Center, Tex. | | Orison Rudolph Aggrey (1926-2016) — also known asO. Rudolph Aggrey — ofWashington,D.C.Born in Salisbury,RowanCounty, N.C.,July 24,1926.Newspaperreporter; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul inLagos, 1951-53; U.S. Ambassador toSenegal, 1973-77;Gambia, 1973-77;Romania, 1977-81.Africanancestry. Member,Alpha Phi Alpha;SigmaDelta Chi.DiedApril 6,2016 (age89 years, 257days).Interment atRockCreek Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Aris Tee Allen (1910-1991) — also known asAris T. Allen — of Annapolis,AnneArundel County, Md.Born in San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.,December27, 1910.Republican.Physician;member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1967-74, 1991; died in office 1991;delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland,1972(delegation chair);MarylandRepublican state chair, 1977-79; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Maryland, 1978; member ofMarylandstate senate 30th District, 1979-81.AfricanMethodist Episcopal.Africanancestry. Member,Alpha Phi Alpha;American MedicalAssociation;AmericanLegion;NAACP.Following a diagnosis ofcancer,he died from aself-inflictedgunshot,in his parkedrentalcar, in Annapolis,AnneArundel County, Md.,February5, 1991 (age80 years, 40days).Burial location unknown.  | William T. Andrews — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Sumter,SumterCounty, S.C.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1935-48 (New York County 21st District 1935-44,New York County 12th District 1945-48).Africanancestry. Member,Alpha Phi Alpha;Elks.Burial location unknown.| |  Relatives:Married,April10, 1926, to Regina M. Anderson. | | | | Image source: New York Red Book1936 |
| | Dennis Wayne Archer (b. 1942) — also known asDennis W. Archer — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,January1, 1942.Democrat.Lawyer;justice ofMichigan state supreme court, 1986-90; appointed 1986; resigned1990;mayorof Detroit, Mich., 1994-2001; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Michigan,1996,2000,2008.Africanancestry. Member,Freemasons;NationalBar Association;American BarAssociation;AmericanJudicature Society;Associationof Trial Lawyers of America;Alpha Phi Alpha;NAACP.Still living as of 2020. | | Richard Arrington Jr. (b. 1943) — of Birmingham,JeffersonCounty, Ala.Born in Livingston,SumterCounty, Ala.,October19, 1943.Democrat.Universityprofessor;mayorof Birmingham, Ala., 1979-99; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Alabama,1996.Africanancestry. Member,SigmaXi;Alpha Phi Alpha.Still living as of 1999. | | Marion S. Barry Jr. (1936-2014) — also known asMarion Barry — ofWashington,D.C.Born in Itta Bena,LefloreCounty, Miss.,March 6,1936.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from District ofColumbia,1972(alternate),1980,1988(speaker),1996;mayorof Washington, D.C., 1979-91, 1995-99;convictedin 1990 of misdemeanorcocainepossession after being caught on videotapesmokingcrack cocaine;sentencedto six months inprison.Africanancestry. Member,Alpha Phi Alpha.Died inWashington,D.C.,November23, 2014 (age78 years, 262days).Interment atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Robert Benham (b. 1946) — of Cartersville,BartowCounty, Ga.Born in Cartersville,BartowCounty, Ga.,September25, 1946.Lawyer;Judge,Georgia Court of Appeals, 1984-89;justice ofGeorgia state supreme court, 1990-94, 2001-;chiefjustice of Georgia Supreme Court, 1995-2001.Africanancestry. Member,AmericanJudicature Society;Alpha Phi Alpha.Still living as of 2014.| | Relatives: Sonof Clarence Benham and Jesse (Knox) Benham; married to NellDodson. | | | | See alsoNNDBdossier |
| | Theodore Moody Berry (1905-2000) — also known asTheodore M. Berry;Ted Berry — of Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio.Born in Maysville,MasonCounty, Ky.,November5, 1905.Democrat.Lawyer;associate general counsel, DunbarLifeInsurance Co.; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromOhio,1972;mayorof Cincinnati, Ohio, 1972-75.Methodist.Africanancestry. Member,Freemasons;NAACP;UrbanLeague;Alpha Phi Alpha;SigmaPi Phi.FirstBlack mayor of Cincinnati.DiedOctober15, 2000 (age94 years, 345days).Interment atSpringGrove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio. | | Daniel T. Blue Jr. — also known asDan Blue — of Raleigh,WakeCounty, N.C.Democrat.Speaker ofthe North Carolina State House of Representatives, 1990; delegateto Democratic National Convention from North Carolina,1996,2000,2008.Member,Alpha Phi Alpha. Still living as of 2008. | | Edward William Brooke III (1919-2015) — also known asEdward W. Brooke — of Newton Center, Newton,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.Born inWashington,D.C.,October26, 1919.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;lawyer;candidate forsecretaryof state of Massachusetts, 1960;Massachusettsstate attorney general, 1963-67;U.S.Senator from Massachusetts, 1967-79; defeated, 1978.Episcopalian.Africanancestry. Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanAcademy of Arts and Sciences;Amvets;Alpha Phi Alpha.FirstBlack U.S. Senator in the 20th century; recipient of theSpingarnMedal in 1967.Died in Coral Gables,Miami-DadeCounty, Fla.,January3, 2015 (age95 years, 69days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Lee P. Brown (b. 1937) — of Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.; Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.Born in Wewoka,SeminoleCounty, Okla.,October4, 1937.Democrat.Policeofficer;MultnomahCounty Sheriff, 1975-76; Houston chief of police, 1982-90; NewYork City police commissioner, 1990-92;mayorof Houston, Tex., 1998-2004.Africanancestry. Member,Alpha Phi Alpha;SigmaPi Phi.Still living as of 2014. | | Elmer Anderson Carter (1890-1973) — also known asElmer A. Carter — of Prairie View,WallerCounty, Tex.; Columbus,FranklinCounty, Ohio; Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.; St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Rochester,MonroeCounty, N.Y.,July 19,1890.Collegeteacher; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; executivesecretary for the Urban League in various cities, 1920-28; editor ofOpportunity, a Journal of Negro Life, 1928-42; alternatedelegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1932;Republican candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 22nd District, 1950; Republicancandidate forboroughpresident of Manhattan, New York, 1953.Africanancestry. Member,UrbanLeague;NAACP;AmericanLegion;Alpha Phi Alpha.DiedJanuary16, 1973 (age82 years, 181days).Interment atFerncliffCemetery, Hartsdale, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof George Cook Carter and Florence Lucretia (Young) Carter; married1922 toEdna Felicia Billups; married1927 to ThelmaCharles Johnson. |
| | Robert Lee Carter (1917-2012) — also known asRobert L. Carter — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Caryville,WashingtonCounty, Fla.,March11, 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.Africanancestry. Member,Alpha Phi Alpha.Received theSpingarnMedal in 2004.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January3, 2012 (age94 years, 298days).Burial location unknown. | | Emanuel Cleaver II (b. 1944) — of Kansas City,JacksonCounty, Mo.Born in Waxahachie,EllisCounty, Tex.,October26, 1944.Democrat.Pastor;radio showhost;mayorof Kansas City, Mo., 1991-99; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Missouri,1996(speaker),2004,2008;member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Missouri, 2004;U.S.Representative from Missouri 5th District, 2005-.Africanancestry. Member,Alpha Phi Alpha.Still living as of 2017. | | U. W. Clemon (b. 1943) — of Alabama. Born in Fairfield,JeffersonCounty, Ala.,1943.Lawyer;member ofAlabamastate senate, 1975-80;U.S.District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, 1980-.Africanancestry. Member,Alpha Phi Alpha.Still living as of 2001. | | William Thaddeus Coleman Jr. (1920-2017) — also known asWilliam T. Coleman, Jr. — Born in Germantown, Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,July 7,1920.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Secretary of Transportation, 1975-77.Africanancestry. Member,TrilateralCommission;Alpha Phi Alpha;PhiBeta Kappa.Died, from complications ofAlzheimer'sdisease, inAlexandria,Va.,March31, 2017 (age96 years, 267days).Burial location unknown. | | Malcolm Gray Dade (1903-1991) — also known asMalcolm G. Dade — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in New Bedford,BristolCounty, Mass.,February27, 1903.Democrat.Ordainedminister;delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 4thDistrict, 1961-62.Episcopalian.Africanancestry. Member,NAACP;Alpha Phi Alpha;Freemasons.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,January27, 1991 (age87 years, 334days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Isiah C. Dade and Margaret (Warfield) Dade; married to Bonnie JeanDenham; father ofMalcolmG. Dade Jr.. |
| | William Levi Dawson (1886-1970) — also known asWilliam L. Dawson — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Albany,DoughertyCounty, Ga.,April26, 1886.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;member ofIllinoisDemocratic State Central Committee, 1930-32; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Illinois,1940(alternate),1944(speaker),1948,1952,1956,1960,1964,1968;U.S.Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1943-70; died inoffice 1970.Africanancestry. Member,AmericanLegion;DisabledAmerican Veterans;Alpha Phi Alpha;Freemasons;Elks.Died in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,November9, 1970 (age84 years, 197days).Cremated;ashes interred atGriffinFuneral Home Columbarium, Chicago, Ill. | | Ronald Vernie Dellums (1935-2018) — also known asRonald V. Dellums — of Berkeley,AlamedaCounty, Calif.; Oakland,AlamedaCounty, Calif.Born in Oakland,AlamedaCounty, Calif.,November24, 1935.Democrat.Socialworker;U.S.Representative from California, 1971-98 (7th District 1971-75,8th District 1975-93, 9th District 1993-98);arrestedduring ananti-apartheidprotest outside the South AfricanEmbassyin Washington, 1984; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromCalifornia,1988,1996,2008;mayorof Oakland, Calif., 2007-11.Protestant.Africanancestry. Member,Alpha Phi Alpha.Died inWashington,D.C.,July 30,2018 (age82 years, 248days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Julian Carey Dixon (1934-2000) — also known asJulian C. Dixon — of Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born inWashington,D.C.,August8, 1934.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofCaliforniastate assembly, 1973-78;U.S.Representative from California, 1979-2000 (28th District 1979-93,32nd District 1993-2000); died in office 2000; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from California,1988,1996,2000;chair, Rules Committee, chair,1984.Episcopalian.Africanancestry. Member,Alpha Phi Alpha.Died, following aheartattack, at ahospitalin Marina del Rey,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,December8, 2000 (age66 years, 122days).Interment atInglewoodPark Cemetery, Inglewood, Calif. | | Harry Thomas Edwards (b. 1940) — of District of Columbia. Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November3, 1940.Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1980-.Member,American BarAssociation;Alpha Phi Alpha.Still living as of 1991. | | Prince L. Edwoods (b. 1889) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Bay City,BayCounty, Mich.,May 1,1889.Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromPennsylvania,1940.Episcopalian.Africanancestry. Member,NAACP;Alpha Phi Alpha.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Cornelius Edwoods and Rebecca (Johnson) Edwoods; married1914 to LauraHenderson. |
| | William L. Fitzgerald (b. 1872) — ofBaltimore,Md.Born in Jonesborough,WashingtonCounty, Tenn.,January14, 1872.Republican.Lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland,1924.AfricanMethodist Episcopal.Africanancestry. Member,Freemasons;Knightsof Pythias;OddFellows;Elks;Alpha Phi Alpha.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Joseph M. Fitzgerald and Mary A. (Ford) Fitzgerald; married,November26, 1913, to Lucille Wilson. |
| | Harold Eugene Ford (b. 1945) — also known asHarold E. Ford — of Memphis,ShelbyCounty, Tenn.Born in Memphis,ShelbyCounty, Tenn.,May 20,1945.Democrat.Mortician;member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1971-74; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Tennessee,1972,1996;U.S.Representative from Tennessee, 1975-97 (8th District 1975-83, 9thDistrict 1983-97).Africanancestry. Member,Alpha Phi Alpha.Still living as of 2014. | | William Treyanne Francis (1870-1929) — also known asWilliam T. Francis — of Minnesota. Born in Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.,March26, 1870.Republican.Lawyer;worked in legal department ofrailroad;member ofMinnesotaRepublican State Central Committee, 1914; Republican PresidentialElector for Minnesota,1921;U.S. Minister toLiberia, 1927-29, died in office 1929; U.S. Consul General inMonrovia, 1927-29, died in office 1929.Baptist.Africanancestry. Member,Freemasons;NAACP;UrbanLeague;SigmaPi Phi;Alpha Phi Alpha.Died inLiberia,July15, 1929 (age59 years, 111days).Burial location unknown. | | Walter A. Gordon (1894-1976) — Born in Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.,1894.Athleticcoach;policeofficer;lawyer;Governor ofU.S. Virgin Islands, 1955-58;U.S.District Judge for Virgin Islands, 1958-68.Africanancestry. Member,Alpha Phi Alpha;NAACP.Died in Oakland,AlamedaCounty, Calif.,April 1,1976 (ageabout 81years).Burial location unknown.  | William Herbert Gray III (1941-2013) — also known asWilliam H. Gray III;BillGray —of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Baton Rouge,East BatonRouge Parish, La.,August20, 1941.Democrat.Baptistminister;collegeprofessor;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1979-91; resigned1991; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania,1984;president and CEO, United Negro College Fund, 1991-2004.Baptist.Africanancestry. Member,Elks;Freemasons;TrilateralCommission;Alpha Phi Alpha.Died in London,England,July1, 2013 (age71 years, 315days).Burial location unknown. | | Ernest A. Greene — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Rome,FloydCounty, Ga.Republican.Lawyer;member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives 1st District, 1937-42.Africanancestry. Member,Alpha Phi Alpha;NAACP.Burial location unknown. | | Ewart Guinier (1910-1990) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Canal Zone (now part ofPanama),May17, 1910.Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; vice-chair of New YorkAmerican Labor Party, 1949; American Labor candidate forboroughpresident of Manhattan, New York, 1949;lawyer.Africanancestry. Member,Alpha Phi Alpha.DiedFebruary4, 1990 (age79 years, 263days).Burial location unknown. | | Emmett Hansen II (b. 1961) — of Christiansted, St. Croix,VirginIslands.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April 2,1961.Member ofVirginIslands legislature from St. Croix, 2001-.Africanancestry. Member,Alpha Phi Alpha.Still living as of 2003. | | Earl Frederick Hilliard (b. 1942) — also known asEarl F. Hilliard — of Birmingham,JeffersonCounty, Ala.Born in Birmingham,JeffersonCounty, Ala.,April 9,1942.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1975-81; member ofAlabamastate senate, 1981-93;U.S.Representative from Alabama 7th District, 1993-2003; defeated inprimary, 2002; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromAlabama,1996,2000,2008.Baptist.Africanancestry. Member,NationalBar Association;Alpha Phi Alpha.Rebukedby the House Ethics Committee in June, 2001 over threecampaignfinance violations.Still living as of 2014. | | David Sanford Holmes Jr. (1914-1994) — also known asDavid S. Holmes, Jr. — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Covington,KentonCounty, Ky.,August11, 1914.Democrat. Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives, 1959-74 (Wayne County 11thDistrict 1959-64, 10th District 1965-72, 21st District 1973-74);defeated in primary, 1954, 1958; resigned 1974; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Michigan,1968,1976(alternate),1988;member ofMichiganstate senate 4th District, 1974-94; died in office 1994;candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1980.AfricanMethodist Episcopal.Africanancestry. Member,Freemasons;Alpha Phi Alpha;NAACP.DiedMay 21,1994 (age79 years, 283days).Interment atTrinity Cemetery, Detroit, Mich. | | Perry Brooks Jackson (b. 1896) — also known asPerry B. Jackson — of Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio.Born in Zanesville,MuskingumCounty, Ohio,January27, 1896.Republican.Lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio,1940,1944;municipal judge in Ohio, 1940.AfricanMethodist Episcopal.Africanancestry. Member,PhiBeta Kappa;Alpha Phi Alpha;SigmaPi Phi;American BarAssociation;Elks;Freemasons;UrbanLeague;NAACP.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Brooks Cary Jackson and Ida May (Hogan) Jackson; married to FernPayne. |
| | James A. Joseph (b. 1935) — of Virginia. Born in1935.U.S. Ambassador toSouth Africa, 1995-99.Member,Alpha Phi Alpha. Still living as of 1999. | | Damon Jerome Keith (1922-2019) — also known asDamon Keith — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, 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;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1977-95; tooksenior status 1995.Africanancestry. Member,Alpha Phi Alpha.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,April28, 2019 (age96 years, 298days).Burial location unknown. | | Henry G. Marsh (1921-2011) — of Saginaw,SaginawCounty, Mich.Born in Knoxville,KnoxCounty, Tenn.,October11, 1921.Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;lawyer;mayorof Saginaw, Mich., 1967-69.Africanancestry. Member,Alpha Phi Alpha.Died, fromcongestiveheart failure, in the VAMedicalCenter, Saginaw,SaginawCounty, Mich.,May 11,2011 (age89 years, 212days).Cremated. | | Thurgood Marshall (1908-1993) — also known asThoroughgood Marshall — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born inBaltimore,Md.,July 2,1908.Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1961-65; resigned1965; U.S. Solicitor General, 1965-67;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1967-91; took senior status 1991.Episcopalian.Africanancestry. Member,Freemasons;NAACP;NationalBar Association;Alpha Phi Alpha;American CivilLiberties Union.ReceivedSpingarnMedal in 1946FirstAfrican-American Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.Died, from aheartattack, in theNationalNaval Medical Center, Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,January24, 1993 (age84 years, 206days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; memorial monument atLawyers'Mall, Annapolis, Md.| | Relatives:Married,September4, 1929, to Vivien Burey; married,December17, 1955, toCeciliaSuyat; father ofThurgoodMarshall Jr.. | | | | Political family:Marshallfamily of New York City, New York. | | | | Cross-reference:WilliamCurtis Bryson | | | | See alsofederaljudicial profile —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —BiographicalDirectory of Federal Judges —ArlingtonNational Cemetery unofficial website | | | | Books about Thurgood Marshall: JuanWilliams,ThurgoodMarshall : American Revolutionary — Randall W. Bland,JusticeThurgood Marshall, Crusader for Liberalism : His JudicialBiography — Mark V. Tushnet,MakingConstitutional Law: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court,1961-1991 — Mark V. Tushnet,MakingCivil Rights Law: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court,1936-1961 — Gilbert King,Devilin the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn ofa New America |
| | Harry S. McAlpin (b. 1906) — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born inSt.Louis, Mo.,July 21,1906.Democrat.Newspapercorrespondent; in 1944, was thefirstAfrican-American reporter to attend a White House news conference;lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky,1956.Congregationalist.Africanancestry. Member,NAACP;Alpha Phi Alpha;Freemasons;Elks.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Harry S. McAlpin, Sr. and Louise (Scott) McAlpin; married1929 to AliceStokes. |
| | H. Carl McCall — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Democrat. Member ofNew Yorkstate senate 28th District, 1975-79; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1988,1996,2000,2004,2008;NewYork state comptroller, 1993-; Democratic Presidential Electorfor New York,1996;Democratic Presidential Elector for New York,2000(voted forAlGore andJosephI. Lieberman); candidate forGovernor ofNew York, 2002.Africanancestry. Member,Council onForeign Relations;Alpha Phi Alpha.Still living as of 2008. | | Donald F. McHenry (b. 1936) — Born in1936.U.S. Representative toUnited Nations, 1979-81.Member,Alpha Phi Alpha. Still living as of 1997. | | Gregory Weldon Meeks (b. 1953) — also known asGregory W. Meeks — of Far Rockaway, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.Born in East Harlem, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September25, 1953.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly 31st District, 1993-98;U.S.Representative from New York 6th District, 1998-; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from New York,2000,2004,2008;member ofDemocraticNational Committee from New York, 2008.AfricanMethodist Episcopal.Africanancestry. Member,Alpha Phi Alpha;NAACP.Still living as of 2014. | | Ralph Harold Metcalfe (1910-1978) — also known asRalph H. Metcalfe — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.,May 29,1910.Democrat. Wongold,silver and bronze Olympic medals in 1932 and 1936; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Illinois,1952(alternate),1956(alternate),1964(alternate),1968;U.S.Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1971-78; died inoffice 1978.Catholic.Africanancestry. Member,Amvets;AmericanLegion;UrbanLeague;NAACP;Elks;Alpha Phi Alpha.Died, from aheartattack, in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,October10, 1978 (age68 years, 134days).Interment atHolySepulchre Cemetery, Alsip, Ill. | | Myles Anderson Paige (c.1898-1983) — also known asMyles A. Paige — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.; Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Montgomery,MontgomeryCounty, Ala., about 1898.Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;Pullmancar porter;lawyer;Republican candidate forNew Yorkstate senate 19th District, 1926; American Labor candidate fordelegateto 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.Africanancestry. Member,Knightsof Columbus;UrbanLeague;Alpha Phi Alpha;AmericanLegion;CatholicLawyers Guild.New York City'sfirstBlack magistrate, 1936, andfirstBlack judge, 1940.Died in Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,March30, 1983 (ageabout 85years).Burial location unknown. | | Samuel Riley Pierce Jr. (1922-2000) — also known asSamuel R. Pierce, Jr.;"SilentSam" —Born in Glen Cove,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,September8, 1922.Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;U.S.Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 1981-89.Africanancestry. Member,PhiBeta Kappa;Alpha Phi Alpha.FirstBlack partner of a major New York City law firm.FirstBlack member of the board of directors of a Fortune 500 corporation. Only Black member of the Reagan Cabinet. An independent counselappointed in March 1990found "apervasive pattern of improper and illegal behavior" within HUD,amounting to a "monumental and calculated abuse of the public trust."Pierceacknowledgedthat hehelpedcreate a climate in which the corruption took place, and inreturn for that statement, prosecutors agreed not to pursue chargesagainst him.DiedOctober31, 2000 (age78 years, 53days).Burial location unknown.  | Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (1908-1972) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,November29, 1908.Democrat.Baptistminister;U.S.Representative from New York, 1945-71 (22nd District 1945-53,16th District 1953-63, 18th District 1963-71); delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1952,1960,1964;citedforcontemptof court in 1966 for refusing to pay damages in a lawsuit againsthim; on February 28, 1967, he wasexpelledfrom the House of Representatives onchargesofunbecomingconduct andmisusingpublic funds; the Supreme Court overturned the expulsion in 1969.Baptist.Africanancestry. Member,Alpha Phi Alpha;Elks.Died, ofprostatecancer, in Jackson MemorialHospital,Miami, Dade County (nowMiami-DadeCounty), Fla.,April 4,1972 (age63 years, 127days).Cremated;ashes scattered inaprivate or family graveyard, Bahamas.| | Relatives: Sonof Adam Clayton Powell, Sr. and Mattie (Fletcher) Powell; married,March 8,1933, to Isabel Washington; married,August1, 1945, to Hazel Scott; married,December15, 1960, to Yvette Marjorie Diago (Flores) Powell; father ofAdamClayton Powell IV. | | | | Adam Clayton Powell Jr.Boulevard(formerly part of Seventh Avenue), inManhattan,New York, isnamed forhim. — The Adam Clayton PowellStateOffice Building (opened 1974 as the Harlem State Office Building;renamed 1983), inManhattan,New York, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier | | | | Books by Powell,Adam Clayton,Jr.:Adamby Adam: The Autobiography of Adam Clayton Powell,Jr. | | | | Books about Powell,Adam Clayton,Jr.:Tisha Hamilton,AdamClayton Powell, Jr.: The Political Biography of an AmericanDilemma — Wil Haygood,Kingof the Cats: The Life and Times of Adam Clayton Powell,Jr. | | | | Image source: Library ofCongress |
| | McKinley L. Price — ofNewportNews, Va.Dentist;mayorof Newport News, Va., 2010-.Baptist.Africanancestry. Member,Alpha Phi Alpha.Still living as of 2015. | | Charles Bernard Rangel (b. 1930) — also known asCharles B. Rangel — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.,June 11,1930.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate 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 District1993-2003); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1980,1984,1988(speaker),1996,2000,2004,2008.Catholic.Africanancestry. Member,Freemasons;TrilateralCommission;Alpha Phi Alpha;NAACP.Still living as of 2014. | | Alzo J. Reddick (b. 1937) — of Orlando,OrangeCounty, Fla.Born in Alturas,PolkCounty, Fla.,November15, 1937.Democrat. Member ofFloridastate house of representatives 39th District, 1983-; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Florida,1996.Baptist.Africanancestry. Member,Alpha Phi Alpha;UrbanLeague.Still living as of 1999. | | Ronald C. Rice (b. 1968) — of Newark,EssexCounty, N.J.BornFebruary17, 1968.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey,1996,2008;candidate forU.S.Representative from New Jersey 10th District, 2012.Africanancestry. Member,Alpha Phi Alpha.Still living as of 2014. | | Aubrey Eugene Robinson Jr. (1922-2000) — of District of Columbia. Born in Madison,MorrisCounty, N.J.,March30, 1922.Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;lawyer;U.S.District Judge for the District of Columbia, 1966-93.Africanancestry. Member,Alpha Phi Alpha.Died, of aheartattack, inWashington,D.C.,February27, 2000 (age77 years, 334days).Burial location unknown. | | Eugene Sawyer (1934-2008) — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Greensboro,HaleCounty, Ala.,September3, 1934.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,1980,1996;mayorof Chicago, Ill., 1987-89; defeated in primary, 1989.Africanancestry. Member,Alpha Phi Alpha.Died, ofheartfailure, in ahospitalat Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,January19, 2008 (age73 years, 138days).Interment atOakWoods Cemetery, Chicago, Ill. | | Roy Lester Schneider — also known asRoy L. Schneider —Governorof U.S. Virgin Islands, 1995-99.Member,Alpha Phi Alpha. Still living as of 1999. | | Robert Cortez Scott (b. 1947) — also known asRobert C. Scott;Bobby Scott — ofNewportNews, Va.Born inWashington,D.C.,April30, 1947.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1978-83; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Virginia,1980,1996,2000,2004,2008;member ofVirginiastate senate 2nd District, 1983-92;U.S.Representative from Virginia 3rd District, 1993-; defeated, 1986.Episcopalian.Africanancestry. Member,NAACP;Alpha Phi Alpha.Still living as of 2014. | | Christopher Smith — also known asChris Smith — of Fort Lauderdale,BrowardCounty, Fla.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofFloridastate house of representatives 93rd District, 1999; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Florida,2004;Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for Florida,2004(on behalf ofJohnF. Kerry andJohnEdwards).Africanancestry. Member,NAACP;Alpha Phi Alpha.Still living as of 2004. | | Louis Wade Sullivan (b. 1933) — of Georgia. Born in Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.,November3, 1933.Physician;medicalschool professor;U.S.Secretary of Health and Human Services, 1989-93.Africanancestry. Member,Alpha Phi Alpha;PhiBeta Kappa.Still living as of 2019. | | Silas F. Taylor — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born inDanville,Va.Democrat.Druggist;member ofMassachusettsDemocratic State Committee, 1928-48; Democratic PresidentialElector for Massachusetts,1940;alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMassachusetts,1944,1948,1952,1956;Democratic Presidential Elector for Massachusetts,1944;Democratic Presidential Elector for Massachusetts,1948;Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for Massachusetts,1956.Baptist.Africanancestry. Member,Alpha Phi Alpha;Elks;Freemasons;Shriners.Burial location unknown. | | Charles Wesley Turnbull (b. 1935) — also known asCharles W. Turnbull — of Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas,VirginIslands.Born in St. Thomas,VirginIslands,February5, 1935.Democrat.School teacherand principal;Governor ofU.S. Virgin Islands, 1999-2006; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Virgin Islands,2000,2004.Methodist.Africanancestry. Member,Alpha Phi Alpha.Still living as of 2014. | | Sylvester Turner (b. 1954) — of Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.Born in Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.,September27, 1954.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofTexasstate house of representatives 139th District, 1989-2016;mayorof Houston, Tex., 2016-; defeated, 1991, 2003; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Texas,1996(alternate),2000,2004;member, Platform Committee,2008.Baptist.Africanancestry. Member,Alpha Phi Alpha;American BarAssociation;NationalBar Association.Still living as of 2018. | | Lester Aglar Walton (1882-1965) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born inSt.Louis, Mo.,April20, 1882.Newspaperwriter;theatermanager; U.S. Minister toLiberia, 1935-46.Africanancestry. Member,Elks;AmericanAcademy of Political and Social Science;Alpha Phi Alpha.In 1913, started movement for capitalization of "N" in "Negro" innewspapers and magazines.Died in1965(ageabout83 years).Burial location unknown. | | Christopher C. Wimbish (b. 1895) — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.,1895.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member ofIllinoisstate senate 3rd District; defeated, 1938; elected 1942, 1946;alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,1948.Africanancestry. Member,UrbanLeague;NAACP;AmericanLegion;DisabledAmerican Veterans;Alpha Phi Alpha.Burial location unknown.
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