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Hannah Diggs Atkins (b. 1923) —
of Oklahoma.
Born in Winston-Salem, Forsyth
County, N.C., November
2, 1923.
Daughter of James Thackeray Diggs and Mabel Kennedy Diggs.
Reporter;
school
teacher; librarian;
member of Oklahoma
state house of representatives, 1969-80; secretary of
state of Oklahoma, 1987-91.
Female.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1999.
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Relatives:
Married to Charles N. Atkins. |
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Lee P. Brown (b. 1937) —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.; Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Wewoka, Seminole
County, Okla., October
4, 1937.
Son of Andrew Brown and Zelma (Edwards) Brown.
Democrat. Police
officer; Multnomah
County Sheriff, 1975-76; Houston chief of police, 1982-90; New
York City police commissioner, 1990-92; mayor of
Houston, Tex., 1998-2004.
African ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha; Sigma Pi
Phi.
Still living as of 2009.
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Relatives: Son
of Andrew Brown and Zelma (Edwards) Brown; married, July 14,
1958, to Yvonne Carolyn Streets; married to Frances
Young. |
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dossier |
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Isaac N. Coggs (b. 1920) —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla., June 5,
1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; accountant;
tavern
keeper; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Milwaukee County 6th District, 1953-64.
African ancestry. Member, NAACP; American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Amvets; Elks; Freemasons.
Still living as of 1964.
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Jesse L. Dickinson (b. 1906) —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in Lincoln
County, Okla., March 11,
1906.
Democrat. Musician; social
worker; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1943-46.
Baptist.
African ancestry. Member, NAACP; United
Auto Workers.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Roosevelt F. Dorn —
of Inglewood, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Checotah, McIntosh
County, Okla.
Democrat. Lawyer;
superior court judge in California, 1980-97; mayor
of Inglewood, Calif., 1997-; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 2000.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African ancestry. Member, National
Bar Association; American Bar
Association; NAACP.
Still living as of 2006.
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Walter R. Tucker, Jr. (1924-1990) —
of Compton, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Oklahoma, August
27, 1924.
Dentist;
pastor;
mayor
of Compton, Calif., 1981-90; defeated, 1977; died in office 1990.
Baptist.
African ancestry. Member, Omega
Psi Phi.
Died, of stomach
cancer, October
1, 1990 (age 66 years, 35
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Milton Turner (1840-1915) —
also known as J. Milton Turner —
Born in slavery
in St.
Louis, Mo., 1840.
U.S. Minister to Liberia, 1871-78; stabbed
in the chest by George W. Medley, in St. Louis, October 9, 1872.
African ancestry.
Died, as the result of a railroad
tank car explosion,
in Ardmore, Carter
County, Okla., 1915
(age about
75 years).
Interment at Father
Dickson's Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Julius Ceasar Watts, Jr. (b. 1957) —
also known as J. C. Watts, Jr. —
of Oklahoma.
Born in Eufaula, McIntosh
County, Okla., November
18, 1957.
Republican. Played professional football
in the Canadian Football League; U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 4th District, 1995-2003.
Baptist.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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