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Melville E. Abrams (1912-1966) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
14, 1912.
Democrat. Lawyer;
secretary to U.S. Rep. Isidore
Dollinger; member of New York
state assembly, 1955-66 (Bronx County 5th District 1955-65, 90th
District 1966); died in office 1966.
Jewish.
Member, Elks; Knights
of Pythias; American
Jewish Congress; Lions; B'nai
B'rith; Zionist
Organization of America; Urban
League; NAACP.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., October
10, 1966 (age 54 years, 238
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Ann Soffrin. |
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Robert Abrams (b. 1938) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., July 4,
1938.
Son of Benjamin Abrams and Dorothy (Kaplan) Abrams.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1966-69 (89th District 1966, 81st District
1967-69); borough
president of Bronx, New York, 1970-78; resigned 1978; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1972,
1976,
1980,
1984;
New
York state attorney general, 1979-93; Presidential Elector for
New York, 1988;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1992.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai
B'rith; American
Jewish Congress; Zionist
Organization of America; Knights
of Pythias; Phi
Sigma Delta; NAACP; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Still living as of 2000.
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Wilhelmina F. Adams (1901-1987) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Key West, Monroe
County, Fla., January
31, 1901.
Daughter of Thomas F. Adams and Mary F. (Peck) Adams.
Democrat. Florist;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1944,
1964;
member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1945-51.
Female.
Protestant.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Urban
League; Tammany
Hall; Order of the
Eastern Star.
Died in May, 1987
(age 86
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Kenneth Arthur (b. 1934) —
also known as George K. Arthur —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., June 29,
1934.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1972;
member, Platform Committee, 2008;
candidate for mayor of
Buffalo, N.Y., 1985.
Baptist.
Member, NAACP; Urban
League.
Still living as of 2008.
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Bertram L. Baker (1898-1985) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Nevis,
January
10, 1898.
Democrat. Accountant;
member of New York
state assembly, 1949-70 (Kings County 17th District 1949-54,
Kings County 6th District 1955-65, 46th District 1966, 56th District
1967-70).
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Freemasons;
Urban
League.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March 8,
1985 (age 87 years, 57
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Grandfather of Diane (Bemus) Whiting (who married Deval
Patrick). |
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Kenneth N. Browne (b. 1923) —
of Hollis, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., June 25,
1923.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1965-68 (Queens County 11th District 1965, 22nd
District 1966, 26th District 1967-68).
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Elks; American Bar
Association; Knights
of Pythias.
Still living as of 1968.
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Relatives:
Married to Shirley Ann Session. |
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John M. Burns —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Grosse Pointe, Wayne
County, Mich.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member
of New
York state assembly, 1964-68 (New York County 8th District
1964-65, 71st District 1966, 64th District 1967-68).
Christian
Scientist. Member, NAACP; American Civil
Liberties Union; Psi
Upsilon.
Still living as of 1968.
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Daniel L. Burrows (b. 1908) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Cape Charles, Northampton
County, Va., January
23, 1908.
Democrat. Real
estate and insurance
business; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 19th District, 1939-44;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1940.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Urban
League; Elks.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Elmer Anderson Carter (1890-1973) —
also known as Elmer A. Carter —
of Prairie View, Waller
County, Tex.; Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., July 19,
1890.
Son of George Cook Carter and Florence Lucretia (Young) Carter.
College
teacher; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; executive
secretary for the Urban League in various cities, 1920-28; editor of
Opportunity, a Journal of Negro Life, 1928-42; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1932;
Republican candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 22nd District, 1950; Republican
candidate for borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1953.
African
ancestry. Member, Urban
League; NAACP; American
Legion; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Died January
16, 1973 (age 82 years, 181
days).
Interment at Ferncliff
Cemetery, Hartsdale, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of George Cook Carter and Florence Lucretia (Young) Carter; married
1922 to Edna
Felicia Billups; married 1927 to Thelma
Charles Johnson (died 1972). |
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Shirley Anita Chisholm (1924-2005) —
also known as Shirley Chisholm; Shirley Anita St.
Hill —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
30, 1924.
Daughter of Charles Christopher St. Hill and Ruby (Seale) St. Hill.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly, 1965-68 (Kings County 17th District 1965, 45th
District 1966, 55th District 1967-68); U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1969-83; candidate
for Democratic nomination for President, 1972;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1980;
Honorary Co-Chair, 1984;
speaker, 1988.
Female.
Methodist.
African
ancestry. Member, League of Women
Voters; NAACP; Americans
for Democratic Action; National
Organization for Women; Urban
League; Delta
Sigma Theta.
Died in Ormond Beach, Volusia
County, Fla., January
1, 2005 (age 80 years, 32
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Geraldine L. Daniels (b. 1933) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
9, 1933.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1972,
1984,
1988;
member of New York
state assembly, 1981-92 (71st District 1981-82, 70th District
1983-92).
Female.
Catholic.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Still living as of 1993.
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Helen Gordon Davis (b. 1926) —
of Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1926.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1975-88; member of Florida
state senate, 1989.
Female.
Member, NAACP; League of Women
Voters.
Inducted 1998 into the Florida Women's Hall of Fame.
Still living as of 2001.
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David Norman Dinkins (b. 1927) —
also known as David N. Dinkins —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., July 10,
1927.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict;
lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly 78th District, 1966; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1980,
1984,
1988
(speaker),
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1986-89; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1990-93; defeated, 1993; Presidential
Elector for New York, 1992.
African
ancestry. Member, Urban
League; NAACP.
First
black mayor of New York City.
Still living as of 2009.
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Hazel Nell Dukes (b. 1932) —
also known as Hazel N. Dukes —
of Roslyn Heights, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., March 17,
1932.
Democrat. Member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 1975-93; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1976,
1980,
1984,
1988,
1996;
member, Rules Committee, 2008;
Presidential Elector for New York, 1992.
Female.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, League of Women
Voters; NAACP.
Still living as of 2008.
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June Margolin Eisland —
also known as June M. Eisland —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1984
(alternate), 1988,
1996,
2000.
Female.
Jewish.
Member, NAACP; League of Women
Voters.
Still living as of 2000.
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Meade Henry Esposito (1909-1993) —
also known as Meade H. Esposito; Amadeo Henry
Esposito —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
28, 1909.
Son of Felicia Esposito.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1964;
vice-president, Lafayette National Bank, 1965;
insurance
broker; leader of
Kings County Democratic Party, 1969-83.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Indicted
in 1987 on federal charges
that he had given bribes
to U.S. Rep. Mario
Biaggi in in return for influence
on federal contracts for a Brooklyn ship-repair
company; convicted
on September 22, 1987 of giving an illegal
gratuity; fined
$500,000; indicted
in 1988 on bribery
and tax
charges,
but the case was dismissed due to his age and poor health.
Died, from renal
failure caused by a heart
attack, while suffering from lung
cancer and bladder
cancer, in North Shore University Hospital,
Manhasset, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., September
3, 1993 (age 83 years, 249
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Anne De Cunzo. |
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Arthur O. Eve (b. 1933) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 23,
1933.
Son of Arthur B. Eve and Beatrice (Clark) Eve.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly, 1967-2001 (143rd District 1967-82, 141st District
1983-2001); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1972,
1976,
1984,
1988,
1996,
2000;
candidate for mayor of
Buffalo, N.Y., 1977.
Episcopalian.
African
ancestry. Member, Amvets;
NAACP; Urban
League; United
Auto Workers; Freemasons.
Still living as of 2001.
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Benjamin Arthur Gilman (b. 1922) —
also known as Benjamin A. Gilman —
of Middletown, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y., December
6, 1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly 95th District, 1967-72; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1973-2003 (26th District 1973-83,
22nd District 1983-93, 20th District 1993-2003).
Jewish.
Member, American
Legion; Jewish
War Veterans; Grange; Elks; Freemasons;
NAACP.
Still living as of 2009.
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Harrison J. Goldin (b. 1936) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., February
23, 1936.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1966-73 (31st District 1966, 30th District
1967-73); New York City Comptroller, 1974-89; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1984;
candidate in primary for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1989.
Jewish.
Member, Order of the
Coif; Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Jewish Congress; NAACP; B'nai
B'rith; American
Jewish Committee; American Bar
Association; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Still living as of 2001.
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Aurelia Greene (b. 1934) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., October
26, 1934.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly, 1982-2001 (76th District 1982-92, 77th District
1993-2001); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1984,
1996,
2000,
2008.
Female.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Urban
League.
Still living as of 2008.
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Emil A. Jackson (b. 1911) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Natchez, Adams
County, Miss., February
2, 1911.
Son of Ernest Jackson, Sr. and Florence Mattie (Ross) Jackson.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; real
estate and insurance
business; sergeant-at-arms, New York State Senate, 1966-67; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1972.
Catholic.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Urban
League.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1934
to Mildred Mayo McGrew. |
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James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) —
also known as James W. Johnson; James William
Johnson —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., June 17,
1871.
Son of James Johnson and Helen Louise (Dillet) Johnson.
School
principal; author; lawyer; U.S.
Consul in Puerto Cabello, 1906-07; Dakar, 1907-08; Corinto, 1908-09.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Sigma Pi
Phi; Phi
Beta Sigma; Freemasons.
Author of the words to the song "Lift Every Voice and Sing," which
became known as the "Negro National Anthem".
Killed in a car-train
collision, in Wiscasset, Lincoln
County, Maine, June 26,
1938 (age 67 years, 9
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Corliss Lamont (1902-1995) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Englewood, Bergen
County, N.J., March 28,
1902.
Son of Thomas William Lamont (1870-1948) and Florence Haskell
(Corliss) Lamont (died 1952).
Author;
lecturer;
arrested
on June 27, 1934, while picketing
in support of a labor
union at a furniture plant in Jersey City, N.J.; president,
National Council of American-Soviet Friendship; this organization and
its leaders were investigated
for subversion
by the U.S. House Committee on Un-American Activities; charged
in 1946 with contempt
of Congress for his refusal to provide records demanded by the
committee; in 1951, the U.S. State Department denied a
passport to him, based on his membership in what were deemed "Communist-front
organizations"; on August 17, 1954, the U.S. Senate cited him
with contempt
of Congress for refusing to testify before Sen. Joseph
R. McCarthy's subcommittee; subsequently indicted;
pleaded not guilty; the indictment was dismissed in 1955; the Court
of Appeals upheld the dismissal in 1956; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1952 (American Labor), 1958 (Independent
Socialist).
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union; NAACP; Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died, of heart
failure, in Ossining, Westchester
County, N.Y., April 26,
1995 (age 93 years, 29
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas William Lamont (1870-1948) and Florence Haskell (Corliss)
Lamont (died 1952); married, June 8,
1928, to Margaret Hayes Irish (c.1905-1977); married 1962 to Helen
Lamb (died 1975); married 1986 to Beth
Keehner; uncle of Ned
Lamont. |
| | | See also NNDB
dossier |
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Orin Lehman (1920-2008) —
also known as "Father Nature" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born January
14, 1920.
Son of Allan Sigmund Lehman (1885-1952) and Evelyn 'Eve' (Schiffer)
Lehman (c.1892-1970).
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; injured during
the Battle of the Bulge and lost a
leg; newspaper
publisher; chairman, Colgreen Broadcasting
Group, owner of radio
stations; founder, Just One Break, Inc., not-for-profit
employment service for people with disabilities; campaign manager, John
J. Burns for Lieutenant Governor, 1962; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1964;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1966; producer
of several popular off-Broadway plays; New York State Commissioner of
Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation, 1975-93.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Committee; Council on
Foreign Relations; Urban
League; NAACP.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
22, 2008 (age 88 years, 39
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Marty Markowitz (b. 1945) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in 1945.
Democrat. Member of New York
state senate, 1979-90 (19th District 1979-82, 21st District
1983-90); borough
president of Brooklyn, New York, 2002-.
Member, Urban
League; Lions;
NAACP.
Still living as of 2009.
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Thurgood Marshall (1908-1993) —
also known as Thoroughgood Marshall —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., July 2,
1908.
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1961-65; U.S. Solicitor General,
1965-67; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1967-91.
Episcopalian.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
NAACP; National
Bar Association; Alpha
Phi Alpha; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Received Spingarn
Medal in 1946 First
African-American Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Died, from a heart
attack, in the National
Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., January
24, 1993 (age 84 years, 206
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; memorial monument at Lawyers'
Mall, Annapolis, Md.
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Relatives:
Married, September
4, 1929, to Vivien Burey (died 1955); married, December
17, 1955, to Cecilia
Suyat; father of Thurgood
Marshall, Jr.. See Marshall
family of New York. |
| | | Cross-reference: William
Curtis Bryson |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Thurgood Marshall: Juan
Williams, Thurgood
Marshall : American Revolutionary — Randall W. Bland,
Justice
Thurgood Marshall, Crusader for Liberalism : His Judicial
Biography — Mark V. Tushnet, Making
Constitutional Law: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court,
1961-1991 — Mark V. Tushnet, Making
Civil Rights Law: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court,
1936-1961 |
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Gregory Weldon Meeks (b. 1953) —
also known as Gregory W. Meeks —
of Far Rockaway, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in East Harlem, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
25, 1953.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly 31st District, 1993-98; U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1998-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 2000,
2004,
2008;
member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 2008.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha; NAACP.
Still living as of 2009.
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Irving Mosberg (b. 1908) —
of Laurelton, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 6,
1908.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1958-67 (6th District 1958-65, 10th District 1966,
11th District 1967).
Jewish.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Elks;
NAACP; B'nai
B'rith.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Manfred Ohrenstein (b. 1925) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Mannheim, Germany,
1925.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1961-93 (25th District 1961-65, 29th District 1966,
27th District 1967-93); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1980,
1984.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Committee; American
Jewish Congress; Americans
for Democratic Action; B'nai
B'rith; American Civil
Liberties Union; NAACP.
Still living as of 1993.
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Seymour Posner (b. 1925) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., May 21,
1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; school
teacher; social
worker; member of New York
state assembly, 1965-75 (Bronx County 2nd District 1965, 85th
District 1966, 76th District 1967-75).
Jewish.
Member, Disabled
American Veterans; Jewish
War Veterans; American
Jewish Congress; Zionist
Organization of America; NAACP; Americans
for Democratic Action; AFSCME.
Still living as of 1975.
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Manuel Ramos (b. 1917) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Puerto Rico, November
23, 1917.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly 79th District, 1967-72.
Puerto
Rican ancestry. Member, Urban
League; NAACP.
Still living as of 1972.
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Charles Bernard Rangel (b. 1930) —
also known as Charles B. Rangel —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., June 11,
1930.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer;
member of New York
state 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 District
1993-2003); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1980,
1984,
1988
(speaker),
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Catholic.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Trilateral
Commission; Alpha
Phi Alpha; NAACP.
Still living as of 2009.
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Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) —
also known as Eleanor Roosevelt —
of Hyde Park, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
11, 1884.
Daughter of Elliott Bulloch Roosevelt (1860-1894) and Anna (Hall)
Roosevelt (1863-1892).
Democrat. Delegate to the United Nations General Assembly, 1945-53;
speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1952,
1956;
member, President's
Commission on the Status of Women, 1961-62.
Female.
Member, League
of Women Voters; NAACP.
Died, of tuberculosis,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
7, 1962 (age 78 years, 27
days).
Interment at Roosevelt
Home, Hyde Park, N.Y.
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Alice Sachs (1905-1997) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., December
18, 1905.
Democrat. Candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 9th District, 1956, 1958,
1960; candidate for New York
state senate 20th District, 1962; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1964,
1980,
1984;
Presidential Elector for New York, 1976.
Female.
Jewish.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; League of Women
Voters; B'nai
B'rith; Urban
League; Phi
Beta Kappa; American Civil
Liberties Union; NAACP.
Died at the Hallmark Nursing
Centre in North Granville, Washington
County, N.Y., March 29,
1997 (age 91 years, 101
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Katharine Kaufman Smith (1892-1996) —
also known as Katharine K. Smith; Katharine Gladys
Kaufman —
of Massapequa, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Milbank, Grant
County, S.Dak., April 3,
1892.
Socialist. Candidate for New York
state senate 1st District, 1930; candidate for New York
state assembly from Nassau County 2nd District, 1931, 1932, 1933;
social
worker; peace and civil rights activist; philanthropist.
Female.
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union; NAACP.
Died in Riverdale, Prince
George's County, Md., May 4,
1996 (age 104 years, 31
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1917
to Warren Smith (died 1965). |
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Mark T. Southall (b. 1911) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Norfolk,
Va., June 1,
1911.
Democrat. Real
estate and insurance
business; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New York, 1960;
member of New York
state assembly, 1963-74 (New York County 12th District 1963-65,
79th District 1966, 74th District 1967-74).
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Urban
League; NAACP.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Joanne Arrington. |
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Joel Elias Spingarn (1875-1939) —
of Bronx, New York County (now Bronx
County), N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 17,
1875.
Republican. University
professor; poet;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 18th District, 1908; chairman,
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP),
1913-39; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I.
Jewish.
Member, NAACP.
Died July 26,
1939 (age 64 years, 70
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward A. Stevenson, Sr. (b. 1907) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Kingston, Jamaica,
November
9, 1907.
Democrat. Food service director, New York City Department of
Correction; member of New York
state assembly, 1966-70 (86th District 1966, 78th District
1967-70).
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Urban
League.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Alton Ronald Waldon, Jr. (b. 1936) —
also known as Alton R. Waldon, Jr. —
of Cambria Heights, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Lakeland, Polk
County, Fla., December
21, 1936.
Son of Alton R. Waldon, Sr. and Juanita (Wallace) Waldon.
Democrat. Professional
singer; police
officer; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly 33rd District, 1983-86; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1984,
1996
(alternate); U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1986-87; member of New York
state senate 10th District, 1991-2000; Judge of New York Court of
Claims, 2000.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 2000.
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Ivan Warner (1919-1994) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
18, 1919.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 6th District, 1958-60; member of
New
York state senate 27th District, 1961-65, 1967-68; member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1964; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1964;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court.
Episcopalian.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Urban
League; Lions.
Died, of cancer, at
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., 1994
(age about
75 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Lopez Watson (b. 1922) —
also known as James L. Watson —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 21st District, 1955-63; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1956.
Episcopalian.
African
ancestry. Member, Urban
League; American
Legion; NAACP; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Federal
Bar Association; Freemasons.
Still living as of 1963.
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Robert Clifton Weaver (1907-1997) —
also known as Robert C. Weaver —
of Washington,
D.C.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Washington,
D.C., December
29, 1907.
Son of Mortimer G. Weaver and Florence (Freeman) Weaver.
Economist;
received the Spingarn
Medal in 1962; U.S.
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 1966-68; first
black cabinet member; president,
Baruch College, 1969; trustee, Mount Sinai Medical
Center.
Methodist.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Americans
for Democratic Action.
The H.U.D. Headquarters building in Washington, D.C. was named for
him in 2000.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 17,
1997 (age 89 years, 200
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas G. Weaver —
of New York.
Born in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1957.
African
ancestry. Member, Urban
League; NAACP.
Still living as of 1957.
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Samuel D. Wright (1925-1998) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Hilton Head Island, Beaufort
County, S.C.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
13, 1925.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly, 1966-73 (39th District 1966, 37th District
1967-72, 54th District 1973); candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1976.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Convicted
in 1978 of soliciting
a bribe and sentenced to
jail.
Died, of Parkinson's
disease, in Hilton Head, Beaufort
County, S.C., January
20, 1998 (age 72 years, 341
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph Zaretzki (b. 1900) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., March 9,
1900.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1948-74 (23rd District 1948-65, 32nd District 1966,
28th District 1967-74).
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks;
NAACP.
Burial
location unknown.
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