Very incomplete list! | Sidney Barthwell (1906-2005) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Cordele,CrispCounty, Ga.,February17, 1906.Democrat.Pharmacist;delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 2ndDistrict, 1961-62.Congregationalist.Africanancestry. Member,UrbanLeague;KappaAlpha Psi;Sigma Pi Phi.DiedJune 23,2005 (age99 years, 126days).Burial location unknown. |  Relatives: Sonof Jack Barthwell and Sarah (Eubanks) Barthwell; married to GladysMarie Whitfield. |
| 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;AlphaPhi Alpha;Sigma Pi Phi.FirstBlack mayor of Cincinnati.DiedOctober15, 2000 (age94 years, 345days).Interment atSpringGrove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio. | 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,AlphaPhi Alpha;Sigma Pi Phi.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;Sigma Pi Phi;AlphaPhi Alpha.Died inLiberia,July15, 1929 (age59 years, 111days).Burial location unknown. | Alphonso Jackson (b. 1945) — ofSt.Louis, Mo.; Dallas,DallasCounty, Tex.Born in Marshall,HarrisonCounty, Tex.,September9, 1945.Republican.Lawyer; St.Louis director of public safety, 1977; executive director, St. LouisHousing Authority. 1981-83; president and CEO of Dallas HousingAuthority, 1989-95; president, AmericanElectricPower-Texas, 1998-2001;U.S.Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 2004-08.Member,Sigma Pi Phi. Still living as of 2008. | 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;AlphaPhi Alpha;Sigma Pi Phi;American BarAssociation;Elks;Freemasons;UrbanLeague;NAACP.Burial location unknown. |  Relatives: Sonof Brooks Cary Jackson and Ida May (Hogan) Jackson; married to FernPayne. |
 | James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) — also known asJames W. Johnson;James WilliamJohnson —of Jacksonville,DuvalCounty, Fla.Born in Jacksonville,DuvalCounty, Fla.,June 17,1871.Schoolprincipal;author;lawyer;U.S. Consul inPuerto Cabello, 1906-07;Dakar, 1907-08;Corinto, 1908-09;universityprofessor.Africanancestry. Member,NAACP;Sigma Pi Phi;PhiBeta Sigma;Freemasons.Author of the words to the song "Lift Every Voice and Sing," whichbecame known as the "Negro National Anthem".Killed in acar-traincollision, in Wiscasset,LincolnCounty, Maine,June 26,1938 (age67 years, 9days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | Oliver Randolph — of Newark,EssexCounty, N.J.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNewJersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1923; delegateto Republican National Convention from New Jersey,1932,1936(alternate);delegateto New Jersey state constitutional convention from Essex County,1947.Methodist.Member,Sigma Pi Phi.Burial location unknown. |  Relatives:Married to Bertha Baumann. |
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