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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
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22
1952
Maxine Waters birth
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15
1938
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3
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Waller, John Lewis (1850-1907)
John L. Waller was a career Republican and activist who played a significant role in Kansas politics. He was born to slave parents, Anthony and Maria Waller, on a plantation in New Madrid County, Missouri. Some records suggest he was born in 1851, contrary to his own testimony. Waller and his
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28
1887
Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr.
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Caldwell, Elvin R., Sr. (1919-2004)
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Washington, Maurice E. (1956- )
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1956
Lynch, John Roy (1847-1939)
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