20th-century African-American politicians

The list 20th-century African-American politicians includes Jared Gomes, Mike Epps, B.o.B., Maxine Waters and Willie Brown. The list consists of 1,783 members and 1 sublist.

20th-century African-American women politicians
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Kamala Harris

American, Politician

Overview: Kamala Devi Harris ( KAH-mə-lə; born October 20, 1964) is an American politician and attorney serving as the 49th and current vice president of the United States. Harris served as a United States senator ...

Date of birth: 20 October 1964

Age: 60

Nationality: American

Occupation: Politician

Gender: Female

Partner: Douglas Emhoff (Married)

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2024 United States vice-presidential candidates 4T

African-American women memoirists 26T

Women vice presidents in North America 10T
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B.o.B.

American musician

Overview: Bobby Ray Simmons Jr. (born November 15, 1988), known professionally as B.o.B, is an American rapper, record producer, and conspiracy theorist from Decatur, Georgia. In 2006, B.o.B was discovered by Brian ...

Date of birth: 15 November 1988

Age: 36

Nationality: American

Occupation: Rapper

Gender: Male

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21st-century male singers 6,386T

21st-century American rappers 2,145T

American Holocaust deniers 64T
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Jared Gomes

musician

Overview: Paulo Sergio "Jared" Gomes, also known as Jahred and M.C.U.D. (born February 29, 1964) is an American singer, musician and social activist, best known as the lead vocalist of the band Hed PE.

Date of birth: 29 February 1964

Age: 61

Nationality: Brazilian

Occupation: Vocalist

Gender: Male

Partner: Lindsay Gomes (Married)

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Hed PE members 4T

American conspiracy theorists 477T

Musicians from Fullerton, California 14T
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Mike Epps

American actor and comedian

Overview: Michael Elliot Epps is an American stand-up comedian, actor, film producer, writer, and rapper. He is best known for playing Day-Day Jones in Next Friday and its sequel, Friday After Next, and also ap ...

Date of birth: 18 November 1970

Age: 54

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)

Partner: Kyra Robinson (Married)

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20th-century American male musicians 7,721T

21st-century American male musicians 5,522T

21st-century male musicians 9,894T
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Shirley Chisholm

American politician

Overview: Shirley Anita Chisholm (née St. Hill; November 30, 1924 – January 1, 2005) was an American politician, educator, and author. In 1968, she became the first black woman elected to the United States ...

Date of birth: 30 November 1924

Date of death: 1 January 2005

Age: 80 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Politician

Gender: Female

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Methodists from New York (state) 66T

Stroke-related deaths in Florida 23T

20th-century American women educators 415T
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Willie Brown

American politician (born 1934)

Overview: Willie Lewis Brown Jr. (born March 20, 1934) is an American politician of the Democratic Party. Brown served over 30 years in the California State Assembly, spending 15 years as its speaker. He later became ...

Date of birth: 20 March 1934

Age: 91

Nationality: American

Occupation: Politician

Gender: Male

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African-American mayors in California 29T

People from Mineola, Texas 13T

20th-century African-American people 185T
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Angela Davis

American academic and political activist (born 1944)

Overview: Angela Yvonne Davis (born January 26, 1944) is an American political activist, philosopher, academic and author. She is a professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Ideologically a Marxist ...

Date of birth: 26 January 1944

Age: 81

Nationality: American

Occupation: Activist

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

Partner: Gina Dent (Dating)

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American anti-poverty advocates 79T

Time 100 250T

American Marxist writers 49T
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Jesse Jackson

American Baptist minister, activist, and politician

Overview: Jesse Louis Jackson (né Burns; born October 8, 1941) is an American political activist, Baptist minister, and politician. He was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988 ...

Date of birth: 8 October 1941

Age: 83

Nationality: American

Occupation: Activist

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 3" (190 cm)

Partner: Jacqueline Lavinia Brown (Married)

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United States shadow senators from the District of Columbia 4T

Activists from Chicago 43T

21st-century African-American people 81T
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Karen Bass

Mayor of Los Angeles since 2022 (born 1953)

Overview: Karen Ruth Bass (born October 3, 1953) is an American politician, social worker, and the mayor-elect of Los Angeles, the first woman elected to the office. She has been serving as the U.S. representative ...

Date of birth: 3 October 1953

Age: 71

Nationality: American

Occupation: Politician

Gender: Female

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Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from California 196T

20th-century African-American women 4,054T

21st-century African-American women 3,685T
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Edward Brooke

American politician (1919–2015)

Overview: Edward William Brooke III (October 26, 1919 – January 3, 2015) was an American Republican politician. In 1966, he became the first African American popularly elected to the United States Senate. He re ...

Date of birth: 26 October 1919

Date of death: 3 January 2015

Age: 95 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Politician

Gender: Male

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Liberalism in the Republican Party (United States) 53T

Dunbar High School (Washington, D.C.) alumni 73T

African-American people in Massachusetts politics 14T
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Erika Harold

American politician

Overview: Erika Natalie Louise Harold (born February 20, 1980) is an American attorney, politician, and former Miss America.

Date of birth: 20 February 1980

Age: 45

Nationality: American

Occupation: Model

Gender: Female

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Beauty queen-politicians 62T

American politicians of Greek descent 89T

20th-century African-American women 4,116T
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Maxine Waters

American politician

Overview: Maxine Moore Waters (née Carr, August 15, 1938) is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for California's 43rd congressional district since 1991. The district, numbered as the 29th ...

Date of birth: 31 August 1938

Age: 86

Nationality: American

Occupation: Politician

Gender: Female

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American reparationists 17T

20th-century American women politicians 1,263T

21st-century American women politicians 3,139T
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Vincent Hughes

American politician

Overview: Vincent J. Hughes (born October 26, 1956) is a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania State Senate, representing the 7th District since 1994. He is currently the Democratic chair of the Senate Appropriations ...

Date of birth: 26 October 1956

Age: 68

Nationality: American

Occupation: Politician

Gender: Male

Partner: Sheryl Lee Ralph (Married)

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Baptists from Pennsylvania 19T

African-American state legislators in Pennsylvania 52T

American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees people 44T
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Adam Clayton Powell Jr.

American politician

Overview: Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (November 29, 1908 – April 4, 1972) was an American Baptist pastor and politician who represented the Harlem neighborhood of New York City in the United States House of Represe ...

Date of birth: 29 November 1908

Date of death: 4 April 1972

Age: 63 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Religion

Gender: Male

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Doctors of Divinity 143T

Baptists from New York (state) 133T

Politicians from New Haven, Connecticut 84T
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Katherine Dunham

American dancer and choreographer (1909–2006)

Overview: Katherine Mary Dunham (June 22, 1909 – May 21, 2006) was an American dancer, choreographer, anthropologist, and social activist. Dunham had one of the most successful dance careers of the 20th century ...

Date of birth: 22 June 1910

Date of death: 21 May 2006

Age: 95 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Dancer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

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20th-century American women scientists 967T

Dancers from Illinois 39T

Joliet Junior College alumni 10T
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Bernard Shaw

American journalist (1940–2022)

Overview: Bernard Shaw (May 22, 1940 – September 7, 2022) was an American journalist and lead news anchor for CNN from 1980 until his retirement in March 2001.

Date of birth: 22 May 1940

Date of death: 7 September 2022

Age: 82 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: TV News

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

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2022 deaths 6,236T

United States Marine Corps non-commissioned officers 142T

21st-century African-American people 4,962T
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Muriel Bowser

American politician

Overview: Muriel Elizabeth Bowser (born August 2, 1972) is an American politician serving as the eighth mayor of the District of Columbia (since 2015). A member of the Democratic Party, she previously represented ...

Date of birth: 2 August 1972

Age: 52

Nationality: American

Occupation: Politician

Gender: Male

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Women city councillors in the District of Columbia 19T

African-American city council members 29T

21st-century American women politicians 3,139T
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Georgia Davis Powers

Kentucky senator and civil rights activist

Overview: Georgia Davis Powers (née Montgomery; October 19, 1923 – January 30, 2016) was an American politician who served for 21 years as a state senator in the Kentucky Senate. In 1967, she was the first person ...

Date of birth: 19 October 1923

Date of death: 30 January 2016

Age: 92 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Politician

Gender: Female

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African-American state legislators in Kentucky 6T

20th-century American women 4,137T

2016 deaths 9,448T
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Susan Rice

American diplomat

Overview: Susan Elizabeth Rice (born November 17, 1964) is an American diplomat, policy advisor, and former public official who served as the 27th United States ambassador to the United Nations from 2009 to 2013 ...

Date of birth: 17 November 1964

Age: 60

Nationality: American

Occupation: Diplomat

Gender: Female

Partner: Ian Cameron (Married)

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American women political scientists 216T

American women ambassadors 309T

American women memoirists 620T
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Adrian Fenty

Mayor of the District of Columbia

Overview: Adrian Malik Fenty (born December 6, 1970) is an American politician who served as the sixth mayor of the District of Columbia. He served one term, from 2007 to 2011, losing his bid for reelection at the ...

Date of birth: 6 December 1970

Age: 54

Nationality: American

Occupation: Politician

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People from Mount Pleasant (Washington, D.C.) 4T

People associated with Perkins Coie 36T

African-American people in Washington, D.C. politics 49T