Very incomplete list! | |  Alfreda Helen Abbott (b. 1931) — also known asAlfreda Abbott;Alfreda HelenLester —of Oakland,AlamedaCounty, Calif.Born in Oakland,AlamedaCounty, Calif.,March 8,1931.Democrat.Probationofficer; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromCalifornia,1972,1988(alternate); field representative for State Sen.NicholasPetris; member ofCaliforniaDemocratic State Central Committee, 1973.Female.Protestant.Member,Delta Sigma Theta.Still living as of 1988.| |  Relatives:Daughter of Fred Alphonso Lester and Alberta (Penn) Lester; married1954 toRobert Perry Abbott. |
| | Dorothy Wright Atkinson (b. 1911) — also known asDorothy W. Atkinson;DorothyWright —ofWashington,D.C.Born inWashington,D.C.,October31, 1911.Democrat.Schoolteacher;collegeteacher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Districtof Columbia,1960.Female.Baptist.Africanancestry. Member,Delta Sigma Theta;League of WomenVoters;UrbanLeague;AmericanAssociation of University Women.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Daughter of John L. Wright and Letitia (Ferguson) Wright; married,June 23,1930, to R. R. Atkinson. |
| | Philip Blank (b. 1898) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.BornMay 8,1898.Democrat.Pharmacist;lawyer;collegeteacher; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Kings County 24th District, 1945-46.Jewish. Member,Knightsof Pythias;Delta Sigma Theta.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Married to Dora Rubenstein. |
| | Dorothy A. Brown (b. 1954) — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Minden,WebsterParish, La.,September4, 1954.Democrat.Lawyer;accountant;CookCounty Circuit Clerk, 2001-; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Illinois,2004;candidate formayorof Chicago, Ill., 2007.Female.Churchof God in Christ.Africanancestry. Member,Delta Sigma Theta.Still living as of 2011. | | Larcenia J. Bullard (b. 1947) — ofMiami-DadeCounty, Fla.Born in Allendale,AllendaleCounty, S.C.,July 21,1947.Democrat. Member ofFloridastate house of representatives 118th District, 1993-.Female.Baptist.Africanancestry. Member,NAACP;Delta Sigma Theta.Still living as of 1999.  | Shirley Anita Chisholm (1924-2005) — also known asShirley Chisholm;Shirley Anita St.Hill —of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,November30, 1924.Democrat. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1965-68 (Kings County 17th District 1965, 45thDistrict 1966, 55th District 1967-68);U.S.Representative from New York 12th District, 1969-83; candidatefor Democratic nomination for President,1972;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1980;Honorary Co-Chair,1984;speaker,1988.Female.Methodist.Africanancestry. Member,League of WomenVoters;NAACP;Americansfor Democratic Action;NationalOrganization for Women;UrbanLeague;Delta Sigma Theta.Inducted,NationalWomen's Hall of Fame, 1993.Died in Ormond Beach,VolusiaCounty, Fla.,January1, 2005 (age80 years, 32days).Entombed in mausoleum atForestLawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y. | | | Bettye Davis (b. 1938) — ofAnchorage,Alaska.Born in Louisiana,May 17,1938.Democrat.Socialworker; member ofAlaskastate house of representatives; elected 1990, 1992, 1994;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alaska,1996;member ofAlaskastate senate District K, 2001-; defeated, 1996.Female.Africanancestry. Member,Delta Sigma Theta;League of WomenVoters;Zonta;NAACP.Still living as of 2001. | | Willye Dennis (1926-2012) — also known asWillye F. Clayton — of Jacksonville,DuvalCounty, Fla.Born in Jacksonville,DuvalCounty, Fla.,March14, 1926.Democrat.Librarian;civil rights leader; in December, 1989, she was the target ofattemptedmurder when a mail bomb was sent to her office; she did not openthe package, and the bomb was defused; member ofFloridastate house of representatives 15th District, 1993-99; resigned1999; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida,1996.Female.Baptist.Africanancestry. Member,NAACP;Delta Sigma Theta.DiedMarch 9,2012 (age85 years, 361days).Interment atJacksonville National Cemetery, Jacksonville, Fla.  | Elizabeth Simpson Drewry (1887-1979) — also known asElizabeth Drewry;ElizabethSimpson —of Northfork,McDowellCounty, W.Va.Born in Motley,PittsylvaniaCounty, Va.,September22, 1887.Democrat.Schoolteacher; member ofWestVirginia state house of delegates from McDowell County, 1951-64.Female.Baptist.Member,Delta Sigma Theta;NationalEducation Association;NAACP.Died in September,1979(ageabout92 years).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Daughter of H. Grant Simpson and Katherine (Douglass) Simpson;married to William H. Drewry. | | | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book1951 |
| | Toni Nathaniel Harp (b. 1947) — also known asToni N. Harp — of New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.Born inSanFrancisco, Calif.,August6, 1947.Democrat. Member ofConnecticutstate senate 10th District, 1993-2013; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Connecticut,1996,2000,2004;mayorof New Haven, Conn., 2014-.Female.Africanancestry. Member,Delta Sigma Theta.Still living as of 2018. | | Karen Fort Hood — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Lawyer;circuitjudge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 2001;Judge,Michigan Court of Appeals 1st District, 2003-.Female.Africanancestry. Member,NationalBar Association;Delta Sigma Theta.Still living as of 2013. | | Mae J. Jackson (born c.1940) — of Waco,McLennanCounty, Tex.Born in Texas, about 1940. Democrat.Socialworker;mayor ofWaco, Tex., 2004-; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Texas,2004.Female.Africanancestry. Member,NAACP;Delta Sigma Theta.Still living as of 2004.| | Relatives:Married to Dillard Huddleston. |
| | Carol Moseley=Braun (b. 1947) — also known asCarol Elizabeth Moseley — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,August16, 1947.Democrat. Member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1979-88 (24th District 1979-82,25th District 1983-88);U.S.Senator from Illinois, 1993-99; defeated, 1998; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Illinois,1996;U.S. Ambassador toNew Zealand, 1999-2001;Samoa, 1999-2001; candidate for Democratic nomination forPresident,2004;candidate formayorof Chicago, Ill., 2011.Female.Catholic.Africanancestry. Member,Delta Sigma Theta.FirstAfrican-American woman to be elected to U.S. Senate.Still living as of 2011. | | Vel R. Phillips (b. 1924) — of Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.Born in Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.,February18, 1924.Democrat.Lawyer;secretaryof state of Wisconsin, 1979-83.Female.Africanancestry. Member,AmericanAssociation of University Women;League of WomenVoters;Delta Sigma Theta.Still living as of 1983. | | Blondell Reynolds=Brown (b. 1952) — also known asBlondell Reynolds — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Sumter,SumterCounty, S.C.,October16, 1952.Democrat.Schoolteacher;dancer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania,1984,1996,2000,2004,2008.Female.Baptist.Africanancestry. Member,Delta Sigma Theta.Still living as of 2019. | | Beryl D. Roberts (b. 1958) — ofMiami-DadeCounty, Fla.Born in Columbia,RichlandCounty, S.C.,August26, 1958.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida,1988;member ofFloridastate house of representatives 108th District, 1993-.Female.Christian.Africanancestry. Member,OmicronDelta Kappa;PhiDelta Phi;NAACP;Delta Sigma Theta;Kiwanis.Still living as of 1999. | | Stephanie Tubbs=Jones (1949-2008) — also known asStephanie Tubbs — of Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio.Born in Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,September10, 1949.Democrat.Lawyer;common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1983-91; candidate forjustice ofOhio state supreme court, 1990;CuyahogaCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1991-99; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Ohio,1996,2000,2004,2008;U.S.Representative from Ohio 11th District, 1999-2008; died in office2008; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Ohio, 2004-08.Female.Baptist.Africanancestry. Member,Delta Sigma Theta;NAACP.Suffered acerebralhemorrhage, and died the next day, in ahospitalat East Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,August20, 2008 (age58 years, 345days).Cremated. | | Cicely Tyson (b. 1924) — of Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.Born in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December19, 1924.Democrat.Model;actress;speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1984.Female.Africanancestry. Member,Delta Sigma Theta.Recipient of theSpingarnMedal in 2010, and thePresidentialMedal of Freedom in 2016.Still living as of 2019.
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