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Rev. William Henry Jernagin (October 13, 1869 – February 18, 1958) was an African-American Baptist pastor, an important figure in the civil rights movement (1896–1954), and Pan-African activist. The National Race Congress selected Jernagin to attend the…
1846–1885
William L. Copeland (1846 - December 30, 1885) was an American police officer, government official, and state legislator in Arkansas. He was born in Ohio and studied at Oberlin College in Ohio. On March 7, 1865, at the end of the American Civil War, he…
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William Levi Dawson (April 26, 1886 – November 9, 1970) was an American politician and lawyer who represented a Chicago, Illinois district for more than 27 years in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1943 to his death in office in…
1960–
William L. "Bill" Walker Jr. (born October 24, 1960) is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party, who has served in the Arkansas House of Representatives and Arkansas Senate. He served in the Arkansas House of Representatives from…
September 23, 2011
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe oral history consists of two digital files: 2011.174.58.1a and 2011.174.58.1b. William Strickland, Ph. D. recalls growing up in Boston, Massachusetts, attending Boston Latin High School and Harvard University, and serving as a Marine. He remembers his…
1928–2022
William Lucas (January 15, 1928 – May 30, 2022) was an American politician. When he was orphaned in his early teens (his West Indian immigrant parents died within a year of each other), he went to live with and was raised by an aunt. He attended Morris…
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William "Bill" Lynch Jr. (July 21, 1941 – August 9, 2013) was an American politician and political consultant, advising politicians from the Democratic Party. He was a prominent political figure in New York politics, especially within the African-American…
?–1960
Dr. William M. Hampton (died 1960) was an American physician and politician from North Carolina. In 1951, Hampton became the first African-American elected to the Greensboro, North Carolina City Council. He was re-elected in 1953. Hampton was born in New…
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William M. Thomas (fl. 1868–1876) was an African-American Republican politician during the Reconstruction era. He was a minister affiliated with the African Methodist Episcopal Church. He represented Colleton County in the 1868 South Carolina…
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William Madison McDonald (June 22, 1866 – July 5, 1950), nicknamed "Gooseneck Bill", was an American politician, businessman, and banker of great influence in Texas during the late nineteenth century. Part of the Black and Tan faction, by 1892 he was…
Dates not recorded
William Maree was a state legislator in South Carolina. He represented Colleton County in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1876 to 1880 52nd and 53rd General Assemblies. He had a son William C. Maree and four daughters, three became…
1912–2000
William Thacker McBride Jr. (September 27, 1912- August 11, 2000) was an African-American artist, designer and collector. McBride began his career in the 1930s in the circles of black art collectives and artistic opportunities afforded by the Works…
1915–1996
William McClendon (1915–1996) was an American journalist, newspaper editor, educator, activist, jazz musician, and prominent member of Portland's civil rights community. He was born in 1915 in Atlanta, Georgia. He died at the age of 81 in 1996 in Portland,…
1973–
William McConico is the Chief Judge of Michigan's 36th District Court, the busiest court in Michigan and the fifth-busiest court in America. He was appointed Chief Judge by the Supreme Court of Michigan in 2019. He was appointed to the 36th district court…
?–1902
William McLaurin was an American politician and Republican member of the North Carolina House of Representatives in the Reconstruction Era. He represented New Hanover County from 1872 to 1874. During the American Civil War, he met William B. Gould in New…
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William Monroe Trotter, sometimes just Monroe Trotter (April 7, 1872 – April 7, 1934), was an American newspaper editor and real estate businessman based in Boston, Massachusetts. An activist for African-American civil rights, he was an early opponent of…
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Rev. William Murrell, Sr. (1814–February 7, 1892) was a pastor in the Methodist Episcopal Church and a state legislator in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana.
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William Nash Stevens (1850–1889) was an American lawyer and politician who represented Sussex County, Virginia in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly. He is believed to have been the first African-American to represent the country in the Virginia…
1822–1895
William Nesbit (October 11, 1822 – October 26, 1895) was an African American civic leader in Altoona, Pennsylvania and an instrumental lobbyist for the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
1896–1981
Dr. William O. Walker aka W.O. Walker (born William Otis Walker on September 19, 1896 – died October 29, 1981) was an African-American publisher, Cleveland-area politician, and editor of the Call and Post, an African-American newspaper based in Cleveland.…
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William Oscar Armstrong (March 10, 1847 – May 22, 1932) was an American politician who was the first black candidate for statewide office in Massachusetts. He previously represented Ward 9 in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and the Boston Common…
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William Owen Bush (July 4, 1832 – February 13, 1907) was an American farmer and politician who was elected to the Washington House of Representatives as part of the inaugural Washington State Legislature in 1889. He was the first African-American to serve…
1846–1916
William Patrick Mabson Sr. (c. 1844 or 1846 – December 20, 1916), was an American educator, minister, newspaper owner, editor, and politician. He was a state legislator in North Carolina for at least two terms, active during the Reconstruction era.
1821–1891
William Parker (1821 – April 14, 1891) was an American former slave who escaped from Maryland to Pennsylvania, where he became an abolitionist and anti-slavery activist in Christiana. He was a farmer and led a black self-defense organization. He was…
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