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The list Wiley University alumni includes Al Jackson, Dorothea Church, James Wheaton, Bill Spiller and James L. Farmer, Jr.. The list consists of 45 members and 1 sublist.

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Wiley College
Private historically black college in Marshall, Texas
  • 1.

    Al Jackson
    Baseball player
    Al Jackson
    Overview: Alvin Neill Jackson (December 26, 1935 – August 19, 2019), affectionately referred to as "Little" Al Jackson, was a left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1959 to 1969. His 43 wins ...
    Date of birth: 26 December 1935
    Date of death: 19 August 2019
    Age: 83 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Baseball
    Gender: Male
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    2019 deaths 9,204T
    2019 deaths 6,613T
    Baseball coaches from Texas 48T
  • 2.

    Dorothea Church
    American fashion model
    Dorothea Church
    Overview: Dorothea Towles Church (July 26, 1922 – July 7, 2006) was the first successful black fashion model in Paris.
    Date of birth: 26 July 1922
    Date of death: 7 July 2006
    Age: 83 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Model
    Gender: Female
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    20th-century American women 4,137T
    Female models from Texas 77T
    African-American female models 251T
  • 3.

    James Wheaton
    American actor
    James Wheaton
    Overview: James Wheaton (January 11, 1924 – June 9, 2002), was an American motion picture, stage, and television actor. Wheaton's credits include THX 1138, Trouble Comes to Town and Sanford and Son.
    Date of birth: 11 January 1924
    Date of death: 9 June 2002
    Age: 78 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Actor
    Gender: Male
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    20th-century American male actors 8,672T
    American male stage actors 3,262T
    American male television actors 9,851T
  • 4.

    Bill Spiller
    Professional golfer
    Bill Spiller
    Overview: Bill Spiller (October 25, 1913 – 1988) was an American professional golfer who helped to break the color barrier in the sport.
    Date of birth: 25 October 1913
    Date of death: 1988
    Age: 74 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Golf
    Gender: Male
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    People from Tishomingo, Oklahoma 11T
    African-American golfers 32T
    American male golfers 1,412T
  • 5.

    James L. Farmer, Jr.
    African Americans' rights activist
    James L. Farmer, Jr.
    Overview: James Leonard Farmer Jr. (January 12, 1920 – July 9, 1999) was an American civil rights activist and leader in the Civil Rights Movement "who pushed for nonviolent protest to dismantle segregation, and ...
    Date of birth: 12 January 1920
    Date of death: 9 July 1999
    Age: 79 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Activist
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    Washington, D.C. socialists 4T
    Texas socialists 8T
    Virginia socialists 6T
  • 6.
    Warmoth T. Gibbs
    Overview: Warmoth Thomas Gibbs Sr. (5 April 1892 – 21 April 1993) was an American educator, retired Second Lieutenant in the United States Army, civil rights activist, and fourth president of North Carolina Agr ...
    Date of birth: 5 April 1892
    Date of death: 21 April 1993
    Age: 101 (age at death)
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    People from Baldwin, Louisiana 6T
    African-American centenarians 117T
    North Carolina A&T State University leaders 11T
  • 7.

    Ernest Lyon
    U.S. Minister and Consul General to Liberia
    Ernest Lyon
    Overview: Ernest A. Lyon (October 22, 1860 – July 17, 1938) was an African-American minister, educator and diplomat.
    Date of birth: 1860
    Date of death: 1930
    Age: 69 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Diplomat
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    20th-century African-American people 185T
    20th-century American educators 1,254T
    19th-century American educators 506T
  • 8.

    H. Claude Hudson
    American businessman
    Overview: H. Claude Hudson was a prominent businessman and advocate for civil rights, best known for helping to found the Broadway Federal Savings and Loan Association (now Broadway Federal Bank) in Los Angeles ...
    Date of birth: 19 April 1886
    Date of death: 26 January 1989
    Age: 102 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Business
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    20th-century dentists 354T
    People from Marksville, Louisiana 24T
    American financial businesspeople 328T
  • 9.

    Henrietta Bell Wells
    American social worker
    Henrietta Bell Wells
    Overview: Henrietta Bell Wells (October 11, 1912 – February 27, 2008) was the first female member of the debate team at historically black Wiley College in Texas. She was born Henrietta Pauline Bell on the banks ...
    Date of birth: 11 October 1912
    Date of death: 27 February 2008
    Age: 95 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
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    African-American Episcopalians 74T
    Dillard University faculty 20T
    Gary, Indiana 9T
  • 10.

    Richard Williams (musician)
    American musician
    Richard Williams (musician)
    Overview: Richard Gene Williams (May 4, 1931 – November 4, 1985) was an American jazz trumpeter.
    Date of birth: 4 May 1931
    Date of death: 4 November 1985
    Age: 54 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Jazz Musician
    Gender: Male
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    American male jazz musicians 3,118T
    20th-century American male musicians 6,873T
    The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra members 17T
  • 11.

    Henry Cecil McBay
    American chemist
    Overview: Henry Ransom Cecil McBay (1914–1995) was an American chemist and teacher.
    Date of birth: 1914
    Date of death: 1995
    Age: 80 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Inventor
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    20th-century American inventors 1,114T
    People from Mexia, Texas 24T
    20th-century American educators 1,254T
  • 12.

    Walter McAfee
    American astronomer
    Walter McAfee
    Overview: Walter Samuel McAfee (September 2, 1914 – February 18, 1995) was an American scientist and astronomer, notable for participating in the world's first lunar radar echo experiments with Project Diana.
    Date of birth: 2 September 1914
    Date of death: 18 February 1995
    Age: 80 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Government
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    NASA people 445T
    African-American scientists 217T
    African-American military personnel 375T
  • 13.

    Maxine Horner
    American politician
    Maxine Horner
    Overview: Maxine Horner (died February 7, 2021) was one of the first African American women to serve in the Oklahoma State Senate, serving from 1986 to 2004, along with Vicki Miles-LaGrange. Horner held the position ...
    Date of birth: 1933
    Date of death: 7 February 2021
    Age: 87 (age at death)
    Occupation: Politician
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    2021 deaths 4,264T
    African-American state legislators in Oklahoma 12T
    Politicians from Tulsa, Oklahoma 68T
  • 14.

    C. O. Simpkins
    State legislator in Louisiana (1925–2019)
    Overview: Cuthbert Ormond Simpkins Sr. (January 13, 1925 – December 4, 2019) was a dentist, civil rights campaigner, and state legislator in Louisiana. He left the state under threat of violence before returning ...
    Date of birth: 13 January 1925
    Date of death: 4 December 2019
    Age: 94 (age at death)
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  • 15.

    Opal Lee
    American activist
    Opal Lee
    Overview: Opal Lee (born October 7, 1926) is an American retired teacher, counselor, and activist in the movement to make Juneteenth a federally-recognized holiday. She is often described as the "grandmother of ...
    Date of birth: 7 October 1926
    Age: 98
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    Juneteenth 7T
    20th-century African-American women 3,976T
    21st-century African-American women 3,609T
  • 16.

    Tom Wamukota
    Kenyan basketball player
    Overview: Tom Bush Wamukota (born 28 September 1993) is a Kenyan basketball player who plays for Patriots and Kenya.
    Date of birth: 28 September 1993
    Age: 31
    Nationality: Kenyan
    Occupation: Basketball
    Gender: Male
    Height: 6' 11" (211 cm)
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  • 17.
    Lois Towles
    Overview: Lois Towles (April 4, 1912 – March 18, 1983) was an American classical pianist, music educator, and community activist. Born in Texarkana, Arkansas, she grew up in the town straddling the Arkansas and ...
    Date of birth: 4 April 1912
    Date of death: 18 March 1983
    Age: 70 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Activist
    Gender: Female
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  • 18.

    William Astor Kirk
    American civil rights activist and author
    Overview: William Astor Kirk (October 5, 1922 – August 12, 2011) was a professor, author, a church lay leader and a social activist who worked for racial equality, gay rights, and to end segregation in the United ...
    Date of birth: 5 October 1922
    Date of death: 12 August 2011
    Age: 88 (age at death)
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  • 19.

    Frederick C. Tillis
    American musician
    Overview: Frederick Charles Tillis (January 5, 1930 - May 4, 2020) was an American composer, jazz saxophonist, poet, and music educator at the collegiate level.
    Date of birth: 5 January 1930
    Date of death: 4 May 2020
    Age: 90 (age at death)
    Occupation: Composer
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  • 20.
    J. Mason Brewer
    Overview: John Mason Brewer (March 24, 1896 – 1975) was an American folklorist, scholar, and writer noted for his work on African-American folklore in Texas. He studied at Wiley College in Marshall, Texas ...
    Date of birth: 24 March 1896
    Date of death: 1975
    Age: 78 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Folklorist
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