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Negroes Named to State and City Posts Across U.S.
A wide range of hires and elections place African Americans in leadership roles nationwide. Lawrence N. Houston becomes New Jersey’s first Black state institution superintendent. Other firsts include St. Louis Board of Education president John J. Hicks and New York’s Edward R. Dudley as Democratic Committee chairman. The list spans Albany, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Austin, Phoenix, Denver, Portland, Providence, Montpelier, Boston, Hartford, Honolulu, Nashville, Raleigh, and more, marking growing Black representation in state and municipal posts.
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New Jersey
St. Louis
John J. Hicks
City Board of Education
New York
Manhattan
Edward R. Dudley
Democratic County Committee
Ros L. Morgan
Port of New York Authority Police
Idlewild
Albany
N.Y
Lawrence W. Pierce
New York City
State Division of
Los Angeles
Leslie N. Shaw
Savings and Loan Association
San Francisco
William
J. Cobb
San Francisco Bay Area
Oakland
Calif
Aramis M. Fouche
City Library Commission
Sacramento
Joseph Kennedy
State’ Industrial Accident Commission
Lansing
Mich
Damon J. Keith
Detroit
State Superintendent of Schools
Edith Sampson
James Tresson
Indianapolis
Ind
Edwin Gibson
State Department of Administration
Omaha
Neb
Donald Benning
University of Omaha
University
Seattle
Wash
Samual B. McKinney
Mountain Baptist
Target Negro Church
Johnny Allen
New
Providence
R.I
Bowden
State Parole Board
Harold D. West
State Board of Education
West
Meharry Medical School
Raleigh
N.C
Sarah H. Herbin
Dave S. Coltrane
John 'T. Taylor
North Carolina College