Ed Towns

Ed Towns

male, 75 years old
Adelphi University alumni, from North Carolina, from New York City, From Brooklyn, AfricanAmericanintheUnitedStatesCongress, North Carolina A & T University…African American, United States Army, American
Edolphus "Ed" Towns (born July 21, 1934) is an American politician and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing the 10th...
Bobby Rush

Bobby Rush

male, 62 years old (Chicago, Illinois, United States)
Illinois' 1st congressional district, 1st District, Chicago Alderman, United States Army soldier, englewood, Englewood, Chicago…born in Albany GA, living in Chicago IL, AfricanAmericanintheUnitedStatesCongress, United States Army, African American
Bobby Lee Rush (born November 23 1946) has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1993, representing the 1st...
John Conyers

John Conyers

male, 80 years old (Detroit, Michigan, United States)
Democrat, Michigan's 14th congressional district, American, lawyer, korean war, opponent of the Vietnam War…United States Democratic Party, AfricanAmericanintheUnitedStatesCongress, 110th United States Congress, American anti Iraq War activist, African Americans' rights activist
John Conyers, Jr. (born May 16, 1929) is a U.S. Congressman representing Michigan's 14th congressional district, which includes all of Highland...
Harold Ford Jr.

Harold Ford Jr.

male, 39 years old
Memphis, Blue Dog Coalition, AfricanAmericanintheUnitedStatesCongress, From Tennessee, Democratic Leadership Council, politician…United States Senate candidate, African American
Harold Eugene Ford, Jr. (born May 11, 1970) is the current chairman of the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC) and is a former member of the United...
Jesse Jackson Jr.

Jesse Jackson Jr.

male, 44 years old
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign alumni, From Greenville, South Carolina, St. Albans School, special election, University of Illinois, AfricanAmericanintheUnitedStatesCongress…African American
Jesse Louis Jackson, Jr. (born March 11 1965) is a member of the United States House of Representatives representing (map). He is the son of...
William J. Jefferson

William J. Jefferson

male, 62 years old (New Orleans, Louisiana, United States)
Democrat, U.S. House of Representatives, Harvard Law School alumni, Congressional scandal, grand jury, Louisiana lawyer…AfricanAmericanintheUnitedStatesCongress, United States Democratic Party, African American, Politics of the United States, American politician
William Jennings Jefferson (born March 14, 1947) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Louisiana. A Democrat, Jefferson has been a...
Major Owens

Major Owens

male, 73 years old
House Representative, MS Atlanta University 1957, MS Atlanta University, BA Morehouse College 1956, BA Morehouse College, Memphis TN…born in Memphis TN, living in Brooklyn NY, AfricanAmericanintheUnitedStatesCongress, American with Disabilities Act of 1990, American with Disabilities Act
Major Robert Odell Owens (born June 28, 1936) is a New York politician and a former Congressman, having represented the state's 11th Congressional...
John Lewis

John Lewis

male, 69 years old
COINTELPRO target, from Alabama, American anti Iraq War activist, segregation, American Civil Rights Movement, racial segregation…AfricanAmericanintheUnitedStatesCongress, African Americans' rights activist, American
John Robert Lewis is an American politician and was an important leader in the American Civil Rights Movement. He was chairman of the Student...
William H. Gray

William H. Gray

male, 68 years old
Franklin & Marshall College alumni, congressman, Bates College alumni, Drew Theological Seminary, William Herbert Gray III, American…AfricanAmericanintheUnitedStatesCongress, United States Congressman, united negro college fund, African-American, African American
William Herbert Gray III served as president and chief executive officer of the United Negro College Fund (1991–2004). He was an influential Un...