Very incomplete list! | |  Oscar William Adams Jr. (1925-1997) — also known asOscar W. Adams — of Birmingham,JeffersonCounty, Ala.Born in Birmingham,JeffersonCounty, Ala.,February7, 1925.Lawyer;associatejustice of Alabama state supreme court, 1980-93.AfricanMethodist Episcopal.Africanancestry. Member,NationalBar Association;AmericanJudicature Society;Omega Psi Phi;NAACP.FirstAfrican-American ever elected to statewide office in Alabama.Died of aninfectionrelated tocancer,in BaptistMedicalCenter-Montclair, Birmingham,JeffersonCounty, Ala.,February15, 1997 (age72 years, 8days).Burial location unknown. | | William C. Baker (b. 1925) — of Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.Born in Terre Haute,VigoCounty, Ind.,July 18,1925.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;dentist;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana,1972.Protestant.Member,Omega Psi Phi;AmericanDental Association;NAACP;Freemasons;Shriners;UrbanLeague.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.| |  Relatives: Sonof Esau Baker and Ella (Cranfielo) Baker; married1955 to MaeHelen Morgan. |
| | Maurice Darrow Bean (b. 1928) — of Maxwell Air Force Base,MontgomeryCounty, Ala.Born in Gary,LakeCounty, Ind.,September9, 1928.Servedin the Peace Corps; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador toBurma, 1977-79.Member,Omega Psi Phi. Still living as of 1991. | | Edward Bivens Jr. (b. 1923) — of Inkster,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Indiana,IndianaCounty, Pa.,February8, 1923.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidateforMichiganstate house of representatives 37th District, 1968;mayorof Inkster, Mich., 1970-75, 1991-99; defeated, 1999; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Michigan,1972.Methodist.Africanancestry. Member,Omega Psi Phi;Veterans ofForeign Wars;DisabledAmerican Veterans;Elks.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Edward Bivens, Sr. and Charlotte (McCreary) Bivens; married1950 to IreneEdna Stewart. |
| | DeWitt T. Burton (1892-1970) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Memphis,ShelbyCounty, Tenn.,November15, 1892.Democrat.Physician;member ofWayne StateUniversity board of governors, 1960-68.Congregationalist.Member,UrbanLeague;NAACP;Omega Psi Phi;American MedicalAssociation.Died in1970(ageabout77 years).Burial location unknown. | | Ralph Campbell Jr. (b. 1946) — of Raleigh,WakeCounty, N.C.Born in Raleigh,WakeCounty, N.C.,December7, 1946.Democrat.NorthCarolina state auditor, 1993-; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from North Carolina,1996,2000,2004.Episcopalian.Africanancestry. Member,NAACP;Omega Psi Phi;Freemasons.Still living as of 2004. | | Eric D. Coleman — of Bloomfield,HartfordCounty, Conn.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives, 1983-94; member ofConnecticutstate senate 2nd District, 1995-; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Connecticut,1996;member, Credentials Committee,2008.AfricanMethodist Episcopal.Africanancestry. Member,American BarAssociation;Omega Psi Phi.Still living as of 2010. | | Edward Leon Douglas (b. 1927) — also known asEdward L. Douglas — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,May 29,1927.Democrat.Schoolteacher;lawyer;delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 8thDistrict, 1961-62.Africanancestry. Member,NAACP;UrbanLeague;Omega Psi Phi.Still living as of 1962.| | Relatives: Sonof Levi Douglas and Minnie (Robinson) Douglas; married to KathleenEllis. |
| | William Henry Hastie (1904-1976) — also known asWilliam H. Hastie — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Knoxville,KnoxCounty, Tenn.,November17, 1904.Lawyer;lawprofessor;U.S.District Judge for Virgin Islands, 1937-39;dean,Howard University law school, 1939-46;Governor ofU.S. Virgin Islands, 1946-49;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1949-71; tooksenior status 1971.Africanancestry. Member,PhiBeta Kappa;Omega Psi Phi;Freemasons;AmericanCivil Liberties Union;Americansfor Democratic Action.ReceivedSpingarnMedal in 1943.Died, at Suburban GeneralHospital,East Norriton,MontgomeryCounty, Pa.,April14, 1976 (age71 years, 149days).Burial location unknown. | | Hutchins Franklin Inge (1900-2002) — also known asHutchins F. Inge — of Newark,EssexCounty, N.J.; Osterville, Barnstable,BarnstableCounty, Mass.; New Bedford,BristolCounty, Mass.Born inCharlottesville,Va.,April16, 1900.Democrat.Physician;member ofNewJersey state senate District 11, 1966-67; defeated, 1967.Africanancestry. Member,Omega Psi Phi;UrbanLeague;NAACP;American MedicalAssociation.Died, in St. Luke'sHospital,New Bedford,BristolCounty, Mass.,March28, 2002 (age101 years,346 days).Interment atOakwood Cemetery, Charlottesville, Va.  | Jesse Louis Jackson (b. 1941) — also known asJesse L. Jackson;"Thunder" —of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Greenville,GreenvilleCounty, S.C.,October8, 1941.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,1972;speaker,1984,1988;candidate for Democratic nomination for President,1984,1988;delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia,1996.Africanancestry. Member,Freemasons;Council onForeign Relations;Omega Psi Phi.Civil rights leader; associate of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.;recipient of theSpingarnMedal in 1989.Still living as of 2021. | | Jesse Louis Jackson Jr. (b. 1965) — also known asJesse L. Jackson, Jr. — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Greenville,GreenvilleCounty, S.C.,March11, 1965.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,1996,2000,2004,2008;speaker,1988;U.S.Representative from Illinois 2nd District, 1995-2012; resigned2012;investigatedby federal prosecutors in 2012 overmisuseof campaign funds, amounting to about $750,000 spent on personalitems, such ascashmerecapes and afedora;in February 2013, following hisresignationfrom Congress, he his wifepleadedguilty; he was sentenced to 30 months infederalprison; released in 2015.Baptist.Africanancestry. Member,Omega Psi Phi.Still living as of 2021. | | Clarence Everett Lightner (1921-2002) — also known asClarence E. Lightner — of Raleigh,WakeCounty, N.C.Born in Raleigh,WakeCounty, N.C.,August15, 1921.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;funeraldirector;mayorof Raleigh, N.C., 1973-75; member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1977-78; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from North Carolina,1996,2000.Presbyterian.Africanancestry. Member,Omega Psi Phi.Died in Raleigh,WakeCounty, N.C.,July 8,2002 (age80 years, 327days).Interment atMt.Hope Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C. | | Shawn-Michael Malone (b. 1968) — of St. Thomas,VirginIslands.Born in St. Thomas,VirginIslands,August29, 1968.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from VirginIslands,1996,2000,2008;member ofVirginIslands legislature from St. Thomas-St.John, 2003-.Catholic.Africanancestry. Member,Omega Psi Phi.Still living as of 2008. | | James McKinley Neal (1899-1982) — of Kansas City,JacksonCounty, Mo.Born in Greensboro,GreeneCounty, Ga.,March 8,1899.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;pharmacist;member ofMissouristate house of representatives from Jackson County 4th District,1947-64.Baptist.Africanancestry. Member,Freemasons;Omega Psi Phi;AmericanLegion;UrbanLeague;NAACP.Died in Kansas City,WyandotteCounty, Kan.,November11, 1982 (age83 years, 248days).Interment atFort Leavenworth National Cemetery, Fort Leavenworth, Kan. | | Willard Saxby Townsend (b. 1895) — also known asWillard S. Townsend — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,December4, 1895.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate forU.S.Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1940; alternatedelegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,1948.Episcopalian.Member,Omega Psi Phi.Burial location unknown. | | Walter R. Tucker Jr. (1924-1990) — of Compton,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Oklahoma,August27, 1924.Dentist;pastor;mayorof Compton, Calif., 1981-90; defeated, 1977; died in office 1990.Baptist.Africanancestry. Member,Omega Psi Phi.Died, ofstomachcancer,October1, 1990 (age66 years, 35days).Burial location unknown. | | Edward Vaughn (b. 1934) — also known asEd Vaughn — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Abbeville,HenryCounty, Ala.,July 30,1934.Democrat. Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives, 1979-80, 1995- (8th District1979-80, 4th District 1995-98); defeated in primary, 1976 (5thDistrict), 1980 (8th District); candidate formayorof Detroit, Mich., 1997; candidate forMichiganstate senate 2nd District, 2001.Member,NAACP;Elks;Omega Psi Phi.Still living as of 2001.
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