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Francisco de Sales Torres Homem, Viscount of Inhomirim (January 29, 1812 – June 3, 1876), was a medical doctor, lawyer, journalist, romantic writer, deputy, senator, top officer of the National Treasury, president of the Bank of Brazil and Minister of…
1951–
Francisco Lopes Borges (born November 17, 1951) is an American business executive and former politician who served as Connecticut State Treasurer from 1987 to 1993, succeeding Joan R. Kemler. A member of the Democratic Party, Borges was Connecticut's third…
Biography
Frank Adamson (c. 1809–1887) was a state legislator who served in the South Carolina House of Representatives during the Reconstruction era, from 1870 to 1874. Adamson was born in about 1809 in South Carolina as a slave and was a tailor by trade.
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Frank Bertran Butler (1885–1973) was an American businessman who established a beach resort for African Americans in northeast Florida during the segregation era. He worked in Fernandina Beach, St. Augustine, and then St.
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Frank Winston Ballance Jr. (February 15, 1942 – February 22, 2019) was an American politician and attorney who was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 2003 to 2004, representing North Carolina's 1st congressional district…
1962–
Frank Headley Baylis (born November 15, 1962) is a Canadian businessman and politician, who was elected to represent the riding of Pierrefonds-Dollard in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 federal election. He did not run for re-election in 2019.…
1938–2011
Frank D. Boston, Jr. (December 5, 1938 – May 10, 2011) was an American politician who served in the Maryland House of Delegates and a chairman of the powerful Baltimore City Delegation. Boston was one of three delegates serving the 41st legislative…
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Frank G. Cousins, Jr. (born May 7, 1958, in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American politician who served as the Essex County, Massachusetts Sheriff. Cousins became the first African-American sheriff in Massachusetts when he was appointed to the position in…
1932–2010
Frank Gilbert Crichlow (13 July 1932 – 15 September 2010) was a British community activist and civil rights campaigner, who became known in 1960s London as a godfather of black power activism. He was a central figure in the Notting Hill Carnival. His…
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Frank Rudolph Crosswaith (July 16, 1892 – June 17, 1965) was a West Indian-born American Socialist politician, activist and trade union organizer in New York City who founded and chaired the Negro Labor Committee from 1935 until his death in 1965. He was…
1938–
Frank Dandridge (born 1938) is a photojournalist and television writer. He is best known for his photographs of the civil rights movement. Many of his photographs appeared in Life magazine.
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Frank George Jackson (born October 4, 1946) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 57th Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio from 2006 to 2022. He was first elected on November 8, 2005, unseating incumbent Jane Campbell, and re-elected in 2009, 2013,…
?–1931
Frank H. Threatt (died October 8, 1931) was a Methodist minister, politician, and public office holder in Alabama. He served in the Alabama legislature from 1872 to 1874 representing Marengo County and was a congressional candidate from the First District…
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Frank Hart (1856 – September 1908) was an American athlete famous as the first African-American world record holder in the 19th century sport of pedestrianism. His most noted win was in an 1879 6 Day Race at Madison Square Garden where he covered 565 miles…
1938–2022
Frank J. Anderson (1938 – April 30, 2022) was an American politician who served as Sheriff of Marion County, Indiana, from 2003 until 2011. He was the first black person to serve in that post and the second black Sheriff in Indiana after Oatess E. Archey,…
1927–1962
Frank London Brown (October 17, 1927 – March 12, 1962) was an American writer, activist, and union leader known for his significant contributions to literature, civil rights, and workers' rights. Born in Kansas City Missouri, to an African-American family,…
Biography
Frank M. Clark II is an American businessman who has held executive positions at Commonwealth Edison, Exelon, Aetna, BMO Bank, and Waste Management. Clark also has been involved in politics and government. He was an early backer of Barack Obama's…
1933–2015
Frank M. Conaway Sr. (March 16, 1933 – February 15, 2015) was a politician, who represented the 40th district in the Maryland House of Delegates and served as the Baltimore City Clerk of the Maryland Circuit Court.
1905–1987
Frank Marshall Davis (December 31, 1905 – July 26, 1987) was an American writer, poet, political and labor activist and businessman. Davis began his career writing for African American newspapers in Chicago. He moved to Atlanta, where he became the editor…
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Frank Ervin Melton (March 19, 1949 – May 7, 2009) was the mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, United States, from 4 July 2005 until his death on 7 May 2009. Melton, an African American, defeated the city's first black mayor Harvey Johnson, Jr. Melton won 63…
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Frank Moss (born c. 1823, died c. 1883–84) was a free-born nineteenth-century African-American farmer and politician from Buckingham County, Virginia. He was the only African-American in Virginia to be a member of the Constitutional Convention, the…
Born 1850
Frank P. Brooks (September 22, 1850 – ?) was an American farmer and state legislator in Mississippi. He represented Sharkey County in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1886 to 1888. Brooks was born in Madison County, Mississippi He went to…
1904–1965
Frank Roscoe Beckwith (December 11, 1904 – August 24, 1965) was a lawyer, civil rights activist, and politician from Indianapolis, Indiana. In 1960 he became the first African American to run as a candidate for President of the United States in a…
1874–1942
Frank Settle Hargrave (1874–1942) was an American physician and Republican Party politician who served nine terms in the New Jersey General Assembly representing Essex County, New Jersey. He was among the first African Americans to serve in the New Jersey…
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