Very incomplete list! | |  Boce William Barlow Jr. (1915-2005) — also known asBoce W. Barlow, Jr. — of Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.; Silver Spring,MontgomeryCounty, Md.Born in Americus,SumterCounty, Ga.,August8, 1915.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;lawyer;municipal judge in Connecticut, 1957; member ofConnecticutstate senate; elected 1966; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Connecticut,1968;member ofConnecticutDemocratic State Central Committee, 1977.Congregationalist.Member,NAACP;Prince Hall Masons;Elks;KappaAlpha Psi.Died in Silver Spring,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,January31, 2005 (age89 years, 176days).Burial location unknown. | | Willie Lewis Brown Jr. (b. 1934) — also known asWillie L. Brown, Jr. — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born in Mineola,WoodCounty, Tex.,March20, 1934.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofCaliforniastate assembly, 1964-96;Speaker ofthe California State Assembly, 1981-95; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from California,1968,1972,1988,1996,2000,2004;Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for California,1968(on behalf ofHubertH. Humphrey andEdmundS. Muskie);mayorof San Francisco, Calif., 1996-2004; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from California, 2004.Methodist.Africanancestry. Member,Prince Hall Masons.Recipient of theSpingarnMedal in 2018.Still living as of 2018. | | John Wesley Dobbs (1882-1961) — also known asJ. W. Dobbs — of Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.Born in Marietta,CobbCounty, Ga.,March 6,1882.Republican. Co-founder of the Atlanta Negro Voters League, 1946;delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia,1948,1952(member,ResolutionsCommittee).Africanancestry. Member,Prince Hall Masons.Died in Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.,August30, 1961 (age79 years, 177days).Interment atSouth View Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.; statue atJohn Wesley Dobbs Plaza, Atlanta, Ga. | | Joseph E. Ousley (c.1850-1896) — of Eutaw,BolivarCounty, Miss.Born in Mississippi, about 1850. Republican.BolivarCounty Circuit Clerk; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Mississippi,1896(member,Committeeto Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee).Africanancestry. Member,Prince Hall Masons.Died in Eutaw,BolivarCounty, Miss.,October16, 1896 (ageabout 46years).Burial location unknown. | | Louis B. Toomer (1842-1904) — of Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.Born in South Carolina,1842.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia,1880.Africanancestry. Member,Prince Hall Masons.Died in Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.,October18, 1904 (ageabout 62years).Burial location unknown.  | Andrew Jackson Young Jr. (b. 1932) — also known asAndy Young — of Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.Born in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,March12, 1932.Democrat.Ordainedminister; one of the founders of the Southern ChristianLeadership Conference, 1957; close advisor of Dr. Martin Luther King,Jr. until his assassination;U.S.Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1973-77; defeated,1970; U.S. Representative toUnited Nations, 1977-79;mayorof Atlanta, Ga., 1982-90;speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1988 ;candidate forGovernor ofGeorgia, 1990.UnitedChurch of Christ.Africanancestry. Member,Council onForeign Relations;Prince Hall Masons.Received theSpingarnMedal in 1978; received thePresidentialMedal of Freedom in 1981.Still living as of 2021. |
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