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- John Daniels...
John Daniels former mayor of New Haven, Connecticut.
- John F. Street...
City of Philadelphia Mayor.
- John Mercer Langston...
One of the first blacks in the United States to be elected to public office when in 1855 he was elected as a town clerk in Ohio.
- John Parker...
Candidate of the Workers World Party, a U.S. communist political party, for President of the United States in 2004.
- John R. Lynch...
Was the first African American Speaker of the House in Mississippi.
- John S. Watson...
New Jersey Assemblyman and the first African American to serve as the state's Chairman of the Assembly Appropriations Committee.
- John Willis Menard...
John Willis Menard was an African American journalist, civil rights leader, editor, and poet.
- Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs...
(1821 - 1874) was a Presbyterian minister and a prominent officeholder during Reconstruction.
- Joseph Rainey...
The first African-American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives 1870-1879.
- Josiah T. Walls...
A Representative from Florida; born in Winchester, Frederick County, Va., December 30, 1842.
- Juanita Millender-McDonald...
Late congresswoman. Representing California's 37th congressional district, which includes most of South Central Los Angeles and the city of Long Beach, California.
- Julian Bond...
A state representative until 1974, he then served as a state senator (1975–87). Georgia.
- Julian C. Dixon...
United States Representative, 32nd District of California.
- Julius Patrick...
Was the black Democratic mayor of tiny Boyce.
- Kamala Harris...
District Attorney of San Francisco.
- Katie Hall...
A Representative from Indiana.
- Keith Maurice Ellison...
An American lawyer and politician who became the first Muslim to be elected to the United States Congress. Minnesota.
- Ken Blackwell ...
Former secretary of state for the U.S. state of Ohio who made an unsuccessful bid as the Republican nominee for Governor of Ohio in the 2006 election.
- Kendrick Meek...
Congressman Kendrick Meek, 17th District of Florida.
- Kenneth Reeves...
Cambridge, Massachusetts City Councillor. Also a former Vice Mayor and two-term Mayor of the City.
- K. Leroy Irvis...
The first African American to serve as a speaker of the house in any state legislature in the United States.
- Kurt Schmoke...
Former mayor of Baltimore, Maryland.
- Kwame Kilpatrick...
Mayor of Detroit.
- Lamar Lemmons, Jr....
An African-American politician from the State of Michigan.
- Larry Shaw ...
Member of the North Carolina General Assembly.
- Lee P. Brown ...
The first African-American mayor of Houston, Texas on December 6, 1997.
- Lenora Fulani...
Political activist.
- Letitia James ...
Member for New York City Council Brooklyn's 35th Council District.
- Linda W. Cropp...
DC Council Chairman, Linda W. Cropp.
- Louis Pendleton...
Dentist, businessman, and civic leader in Shreveport, Louisiana,
- Lou Nelle Sutton...
Former state representative from San Antonio, Texas.
- Lucien Edward Blackwell...
United States Congressman who represented West Philadelphia and parts of Delaware County, Pennsylvania from 1991 to 1995. He was a Democrat.
- Lurita Doan...
The Administrator of the U.S. General Services Administration on May 31, 2006, the first woman to hold that position.
- Lynn Swann...
Former professional football player, sports broadcaster and a Republican politician.
- Major Owens...
A New York politician and a former Congressman, having represented the state's 11th Congressional district in the United States House of Representatives.
- Margaret Wright ...
A Green Party politician in the United Kingdom.
- Marie Johns...
Unsuccessful bid for the Democratic party nomination in the 2006 Washington, DC Mayoral Race.
- Marie Redd...
Former West Virginia State Senator.
- Marion Barry...
Mayor of the District of Columbia from 1979 to 1991, and again as the fourth mayor from 1995 to 1999.
- Mark L. Mallory...
Served as assistant minority leader in the Ohio Senate, also elected Mayor of Cincinnati.
- Mark Ridley-Thomas...
26th District California State Senate.
- Marvin Pratt...
Mayor of Milwaukee.
- Marvin Scott...
The Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in 2004.
- Maxine Waters...
Congresswoman from California.
- Maya Keyes ...
Political activist and daughter of United States Ambassador Alan Keyes.
- Mel King...
An American educator, activist, and writer.
- Mel Reynolds...
Member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Illinois.
- Mel Watt...
Representing NC's 12th District.
- Melvin B. Tolson...
Was an American Modernist poet, educator, columnist, and politician.
- Melvin Herbert Evans...
Was Governor of the United States Virgin Islands from 1969 to 1975.
- Melvin T. Mason...
Ran as Socialist Workers Party candidate for United States President in the 1984 United States presidential election.
- Mel Watt ...
Congressman from North Carolina.
- Mervyn M. Dymally...
California State Assemblymember Mervyn M. Dymally.
- Michael B. Coleman...
The City of Columbus Ohio Office of the Mayor's web site. Contains information from the Office of Mayor Michael B. Coleman.
- Michael L. Williams...
Texas Railroad Commissioner Michael L. Williams.
- Michael R. White...
Longest-serving mayor of Cleveland, Ohio encompassing 3 four-year terms, from 1990 to 2001.
- Michael S. Steele...
The first African American elected to statewide office in Maryland as Lt. Governor.
- Mickey Leland...
Congressman from the Texas 18th District.
- Mike Davis ...
Mike Davis was elected to represent California's 48th Assembly District in November of 2006.
- Mike Espy...
Mike Espy served in the U.S. House of Representatives from Mississippi. He served as the Secretary of Agriculture from 1993 to 1994.
- Milton Street...
Former politician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- Mindell Penn...
A city council member in the city of Richmond, California between 1999 and 2005.
- Monica Moorehead...
A political activist since high school. A frequent candidate of the Workers World Party, a U.S. left-wing party.
- Nat Glover...
A political Democrat and a long-time police officer, who ran for Mayor of Jacksonville.
- Nia H. Gill...
New Jersey 34th Legislative District. Senator.
- Noel C. Taylor...
Was the mayor of Roanoke, Virginia from 1975 to 1992.
- Norm Rice...
49th mayor of Seattle, Washington, serving two terms.
- Obi Sium...
The Republican candidate for U.S. Congress in Minnesota's 4th congressional district.
- Oliver Hill...
Civil rights attorney from Richmond, Virginia.
- Omali Yeshitela...
An American civil rights activist who advocates self-determination for African people worldwide.
- Oscar Dunn...
Wwas an American soldier and one of three African Americans who served as a Republican lieutenant governor of Louisiana during the era of Reconstruction.
- Oscar Stanton De Priest...
Oscar Stanton De Priest was an American lawmaker and civil rights advocate.
- Otis Johnson...
Democratic Mayor of Savannah, Georgia.
- Parren Mitchell...
Retired U.S. Representative from Maryland's Seventh District.
- P. B. S. Pinchback...
Pinchback won election to the House of Representatives in 1872 and to the U.S. Senate in 1873.
- Percy Sutton...
Civil rights activist, lawyer and entrepreneur.
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