George Henry White
Born on December 18, 1852, in Rosindale, Bladen County, North Carolina, George Henry White died on December 28, 1918, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A successful attorney,...
Category : Politics
Michael S. Steele
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Michael S. Steele, in full Michael Stephen Steele, (born Oct. 19, 1958, Andrews Air Force Base, Prince George’s County, Md., U.S.), American politician, the first...
Arthur Wergs Mitchell
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The politician Arthur Wergs Mitchell was born in Chambers County, Alabama. He left home at age fourteen and walked to Tuskegee Institute, where he obtained...
James T. Rapier
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James T. Rapier, in full James Thomas Rapier, (born Nov. 13, 1837, Florence, Ala., U.S.—died May 31, 1883, Montgomery, Ala.), black planter and labor organizer...
Allen West
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Allen West was born on February 7, 1961, in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, to Herman and Elizabeth West, and grew up in Atlanta’s inner city....
George Thomas “Mickey” Leland
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George Thomas “Mickey” Leland was America’s most effective spokesman for hungry people in the United States and throughout the world. During six terms in the...
Richard Harvey Cain
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Richard Harvey Cain (April 12, 1825 – January 18, 1887) was a prominent African American minister, bishop, abolitionist, newspaper editor, and politician during the Reconstruction...
William Levi Dawson
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William Levi Dawson was a well-known Chicago, Illinois lawyer who became one of the city’s most influential politicians. His career paralleled the rising significance of...
Abraham Doras Shadd
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Abraham Doras Shadd, born March 2, 1801, in Wilmington, Delaware, was the first Afro-Canadian to hold public office. The grandson of a white German soldier...
Benjamin Pelham
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Benjamin Pelham was a powerful Detroit politician and journalist. He was the Wayne County accountant from 1906 until 1942 and the proprietor and editor of...