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George Edwin Taylor (August 4, 1857 – December 23, 1925) was an American journalist, editor, political activist, and politician. In 1904, he was the candidate of the National Negro Liberty Party for President of the United States. He was the first African…
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George Augustus Elmore (March 31, 1905 – February 25, 1959) was an American businessman and civil rights activist from South Carolina who successfully sued the South Carolina Democratic Party in Elmore v. Rice, 72 F. Supp. 516 (1947), which eliminated the…
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George Ethelbert Carter, was the first Canadian-born black judge. George Ethelbert Carter was born in Toronto on August 1, 1921. He was the oldest of 14 children born to John and Louise Carter, who came to Toronto from Barbados just after World War I.…
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George F. Bowles (c. 1844 – December 26, 1899) was a lawyer, militia colonel, chief of police and state legislator in Mississippi.
1852–1901
George F. Franklin (February 1852 – 1901) was a journalist and civic leader in Omaha, Nebraska, and Denver, Colorado. He owned and published two African-American newspapers, The Enterprise in Omaha, and The Denver Star (formerly The Statesman) in Denver.…
1802–1869
George Fayerweather III (c. 1802– 13 November 1869) was an American blacksmith and abolitionist. He was of mixed Narragansett and African descent from South Kingstown, Rhode Island, United States.
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George Tyree Fleming (June 29, 1938 – December 6, 2021) was an American politician and professional football player. A multi-positional player, he played college football for the Washington Huskies. Fleming was a member of AAWU champion 1959 and 1960…
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George Freeman Bragg (January 25, 1863 – March 12, 1940) was a priest, journalist, social activist, and historian. The twelfth African American ordained as a priest in the Episcopal Church of the United States, he worked against racial discrimination and…
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George French Ecton (c. 1846 – September 19, 1929) was a civil rights activist and the second African American state legislator in Illinois. He was born a slave in Winchester, Kentucky, in about 1846 to Antonio Ecton and Martha George.
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George G. Moseley (c. 1843–before 1880) was an American politician who was a state legislator in Mississippi. He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from Hinds County, Mississippi in 1874 and 1875. He was described as a "mulatto".
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George Graham was an American politician. Graham and William Finch were the two first black people to serve on the Atlanta Board of Aldermen during Reconstruction. Graham was in office from December 7, 1870 until January 5, 1872, representing the Third…
1939–
George H. Brown Jr. (born 1939) is a Tennessee lawyer who served as a justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court in 1980, and was the first black person to serve on that court. Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Brown received a B.S. from Florida A&M University in…
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George H. Clower was a state legislator and schoolteacher in Central Georgia during the Reconstruction era. He was one of two African Americans elected from Central Georgia to Georgia's legislature during that period. Clower was a Republican Party…
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George Henry Jackson (1847–1925) was a Canadian-born American politician, lawyer, educator, and businessman. He served in the Ohio House of Representatives for Hamilton County, from 1892 to 1893. He was a Republican.
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George H. Jackson (February, 28 1863, Natick – 19??) was an American lawyer, consul, and political activist. He is sometimes confused with George Henry Jackson (1846–1925), who was elected to the Ohio State House of Representatives in 1892 and who was…
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George H. King was an African-American shoemaker and state legislator in North Carolina. He represented Warren County, North Carolina in the North Carolina House of Representatives from 1872 to 1874. He was also elected to a seat in 1881.
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George H. Starke Jr. was the first Black student admitted to the University of Florida. In 1958, Starke entered the University of Florida's law school after graduating from Morehouse College. He was given police protection during his first semester at the…
1958–
James George Hargreaves (born 14 July 1957), known as George Hargreaves or J. G. Hargreaves, is an English religious minister, community worker, political campaigner, former politician, former music producer, songwriter, TV producer and currently working…
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George Henry White (December 18, 1852 – December 28, 1918) was an American attorney and politician, elected as a Republican U.S. Congressman from North Carolina's 2nd congressional district between 1897 and 1901. He later became a banker in Philadelphia,…
1865–1933
George Henry Woodson (December 15, 1865 – July 7, 1933) was an American lawyer, organizer, and civil rights campaigner who lived in Iowa. He was involved in civil rights organizations. He was a public speaker and received new coverage for his activism.
1869–1937
George Heriot DeReef (September 5, 1869 – August 14, 1937) was an American lawyer, political candidate, civil rights leader, and businessman in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Biography
George James Austin Sr. (c. 1881 – August 19, 1930), was an American military officer, educator, and insurance salesman. He was a Black military officer in the United States, who served in the Spanish-American War and World War I. He worked for Black…
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George J. McKenna III (born September 6, 1940) is an American former politician and educator who served as a member of the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education for District 1 from 2014 until 2024. Prior to his board tenure, McKenna served…
1941–1971
George Lester Jackson (September 23, 1941 – August 21, 1971) was an American author, prisoner, and revolutionary. While serving an indeterminate sentence for stealing $71 at gunpoint from a gas station in 1960, Jackson became involved in the Black power…
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